Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segments [Abstract]

Information by business segment

			U.S. Property		Professional		Accident		U.S. Surety						Corporate
			& Casualty		Liability		& Health		& Credit		International		Investing		& Other		Consolidated
Six months ended June 30, 2014
Net earned premium			$	185,588	$	173,577	$	472,481	$	97,134	$	205,460	$	-	$	620	$	1,134,860
Other revenue				9,946		470		5,502		868		1,899		138,395		564		157,644
	Segment revenue			195,534		174,047		477,983		98,002		207,359		138,395		1,184		1,292,504
Loss and LAE				93,388		103,321		341,295		28,558		82,380		-		(4)		648,938
Other expense				58,148		34,545		74,254		53,407		79,979		-		50,617		350,950
	Segment expense			151,536		137,866		415,549		81,965		162,359		-		50,613		999,888
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	43,998	$	36,181	$	62,434	$	16,037	$	45,000	$	138,395	$	(49,429)	$	292,616

Six months ended June 30, 2013
Net earned premium			$	184,963	$	185,223	$	434,947	$	97,231	$	210,412	$	-	$	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		-		8,623		672,171
Other expense				52,757		35,872		63,709		53,681		71,921		-		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

			U.S. Property		Professional		Accident		U.S. Surety						Corporate
			& Casualty		Liability		& Health		& Credit		International		Investing		& Other		Consolidated
Three months ended June 30, 2014
Net earned premium			$	88,536	$	88,127	$	240,338	$	50,191	$	104,727	$	-	$	329	$	572,248
Other revenue				4,070		195		3,862		580		931		61,343		345		71,326
	Segment revenue			92,606		88,322		244,200		50,771		105,658		61,343		674		643,574
Loss and LAE				46,733		52,189		172,296		14,862		40,765		-		249		327,094
Other expense				29,055		17,420		37,875		27,463		41,302		-		25,721		178,836
	Segment expense			75,788		69,609		210,171		42,325		82,067		-		25,970		505,930
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	16,818	$	18,713	$	34,029	$	8,446	$	23,591	$	61,343	$	(25,296)	$	137,644

Three months ended June 30, 2013
Net earned premium			$	91,432	$	92,444	$	217,822	$	50,054	$	105,270	$	-	$	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		-		4,028		339,474
Other expense				25,452		18,124		32,583		27,402		36,212		-		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