Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

(9) Shareholders’ Equity

Treasury Stock

We purchased our common stock as follows:

	2014		2013		2012
Shares of common stock		4,710		1,055		5,567
Total cost	$	224,706	$	42,212	$	178,669
Weighted-average cost per share	$	47.70	$	40.02	$	32.09

Dividends

U.S. insurance companies are limited in the amount of dividends they can pay to their parent by the laws of their state of domicile. The maximum dividends that our direct domestic insurance subsidiaries can pay in 2015 without special permission is $235.2million.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income in our consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

				Foreign		Accumulated
		Net unrealized		currency		other
		investment		translation		comprehensive
		gains (losses)		adjustment		income
Balance at December 31, 2011		$	213,114	$	14,545	$	227,659
Other comprehensive income (loss) – 2012			69,389		(1,777)		67,612
Balance at December 31, 2012			282,503		12,768		295,271
Other comprehensive income (loss) – 2013			(182,543)		5,923		(176,620)
Balance at December 31, 2013			99,960		18,691		118,651
Other comprehensive income (loss) – 2014			70,024		(13,661)		56,363
	Balance at December 31, 2014	$	169,984	$	5,030	$	175,014

Other

In 2012, we acquired the non-controlling interest of an entity we previously controlled and consolidated, resulting in a decrease in additional paid-in capital of $14.4 million.