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Investments (Details Textuals) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments [Abstract]        
Total other-than-temporary impairment loss     $ (2,000,000)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities  
Portion recognized in other comprehensive income     (1,000,000)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestAvailableforsaleSecurities  
Net other-than-temporary impairment loss recognized in earnings     1,028,000us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities  
Condition for categorizing the impaired securities 1,000,000hcc_ConditionForCategorizingImpairedSecurities 500,000hcc_ConditionForCategorizingImpairedSecurities    
Condition for categorizing the impaired securities, percentage 10.00%hcc_ConditionForCategorizingImpairedSecuritiesPercentage 10.00%hcc_ConditionForCategorizingImpairedSecuritiesPercentage    
Gross unrealized losses on fixed income securities 41,800,000hcc_AvailableForSaleSecurityGrossUnrealizedLoss      
Weighted-average life of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, Years 5.3hcc_WeightedAverageLifeOfMortgageBackedAndAssetBackedSecuritiesYears      
Domestic insurance companies deposited fixed income securities (at fair value) required by state insurance departments. 39,000,000hcc_DomesticInsuranceCompaniesDepositedFixedIncomeSecuritiesFairValue      
Domestic insurance companies deposited fixed income securities (at amortized cost) required by state insurance departments. 38,700,000hcc_DomesticInsuranceCompaniesDepositedFixedIncomeSecuritiesAmortizedCost      
Number of fixed maturity and equity securities held 2,900us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1      
Percentage of securities in unrealized loss position 24.00%hcc_Percentageofsecuritiesinunrealizedlossposition      
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses (41,776,000)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses (105,221,000)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses    
Other-than-temporary impairment credit losses       $ 5,000,000us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld