Note 12 - Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts Future Premiums Net of Commission on Financial Guaranty Contracts (Details) (Total Financial Guaranty Future Expected Premium Payments Net [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Total Financial Guaranty Future Expected Premium Payments Net [Member]
Future Expected Premium Payments Net of Commissions To Be Recognized [Line Items]
First quarter 2013	$ 1,391
Second quarter 2013	769
Third quarter 2013	976
Fourth quarter 2013	567
2013 Total	3,703
2014	2,822
2015	2,729
2016	2,339
2017	2,166
2013-2017 Total	13,759
2018-2022	8,627
2023-2027	5,753
2028-2032	3,736
After 2032	4,725
Total	$ 36,600

Note 12 - Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts Future Premiums Net of Commission on Financial Guaranty Contracts (Details) (Total Financial Guaranty Future Expected Premium Payments Net [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2012

Total Financial Guaranty Future Expected Premium Payments Net [Member]

Future Expected Premium Payments Net of Commissions To Be Recognized [Line Items]

$ 1,391

769

976

567

3,703

2,822

2,729

2,339

2,166

13,759

8,627

5,753

3,736

4,725

$ 36,600

For financial guarantee insurance contracts, the amount of premium related to the premium receivable which is expected to be collected within five years following the statement of financial position reporting date.

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Total Future Premiums Net for Financial Guaranty Contracts with premium received greater than 20 Years from the balance sheet date.

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Amount of premium receivables under financial guarantee insurance contracts expected to be collected in the next fiscal quarter following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of premium receivables under financial guarantee insurance contracts expected to be collected in the fourth fiscal quarter following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of premium receivables under financial guarantee insurance contracts expected to be collected in the eleventh through the fifteenth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of premium receivables under financial guarantee insurance contracts expected to be collected in the sixteenth through the twentieth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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