Note 9 - Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts Weighted Average Risk Free Rates For Financial Guaranty (Details)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Weighted Average Discount Rate [Line Items]
Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	3.00%	1.94%	2.00%	2.80%

The average discount rate applied to insurance contracts to determine future policy benefits to be paid to or on behalf of policyholders.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 40

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (b)

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