Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segments [Abstract]

Information by business segment

			U.S. Property & Casualty		Professional Liability		Accident & Health		U.S. Surety & Credit		International		Investing		Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Six months ended June 30, 2013
Net earned premium			$	184,963	$	185,223	$	434,947	$	97,231	$	210,412	$	0	$	9,766	$	1,122,542
Other revenue				11,429		325		2,330		621		1,902		124,626		22		141,255
	Segment revenue			196,392		185,548		437,277		97,852		212,314		124,626		9,788		1,263,797
Loss and LAE				107,394		111,821		320,566		18,851		104,916		0		8,623		672,171
Other expense				52,757		35,872		63,709		53,681		71,921		0		37,459		315,399
	Segment expense			160,151		147,693		384,275		72,532		176,837		-		46,082		987,570
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	36,241	$	37,855	$	53,002	$	25,320	$	35,477	$	124,626	$	(36,294)	$	276,227

Six months ended June 30, 2012
Net earned premium			$	177,852	$	200,905	$	415,028	$	100,844	$	196,472	$	0	$	21,371	$	1,112,472
Other revenue				6,885		267		2,494		415		2,135		116,950		193		129,339
	Segment revenue			184,737		201,172		417,522		101,259		198,607		116,950		21,564		1,241,811
Loss and LAE				100,927		134,323		306,918		26,723		79,623		0		17,239		665,753
Other expense				59,767		36,207		61,102		55,523		68,765		0		43,415		324,779
	Segment expense			160,694		170,530		368,020		82,246		148,388		-		60,654		990,532
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	24,043	$	30,642	$	49,502	$	19,013	$	50,219	$	116,950	$	(39,090)	$	251,279

			U.S. Property & Casualty		Professional Liability		Accident & Health		U.S. Surety & Credit		International		Investing		Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Three months ended June 30, 2013
Net earned premium			$	91,432	$	92,444	$	217,822	$	50,054	$	105,270	$	0	$	4,334	$	561,356
Other revenue				4,245		739		1,140		384		1,124		60,291		152		68,075
	Segment revenue			95,677		93,183		218,962		50,438		106,394		60,291		4,486		629,431
Loss and LAE				55,238		55,435		160,139		5,637		58,997		0		4,028		339,474
Other expense				25,452		18,124		32,583		27,402		36,212		0		25,353		165,126
	Segment expense			80,690		73,559		192,722		33,039		95,209		-		29,381		504,600
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	14,987	$	19,624	$	26,240	$	17,399	$	11,185	$	60,291	$	(24,895)	$	124,831

Three months ended June 30, 2012
Net earned premium			$	88,834	$	99,467	$	208,147	$	53,115	$	105,188	$	0	$	10,580	$	565,331
Other revenue				4,522		134		1,157		200		941		59,769		234		66,957
	Segment revenue			93,356		99,601		209,304		53,315		106,129		59,769		10,814		632,288
Loss and LAE				51,666		65,168		154,396		15,690		41,856		0		8,049		336,825
Other expense				30,045		18,676		30,948		27,403		36,612		0		17,460		161,144
	Segment expense			81,711		83,844		185,344		43,093		78,468		-		25,509		497,969
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	11,645	$	15,757	$	23,960	$	10,222	$	27,661	$	59,769	$	(14,695)	$	134,319