Note 6 - Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Investments [Abstract]

Total Debt And Equity Securities [Table Text Block]

Our held to maturity and available for sale securities within our investment portfolio consisted of the following as of the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2014
(In thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed-maturities held to maturity:
State and municipal obligations	$	50	$	50	$	—	$	—
	$	50	$	50	$	—	$	—
Fixed-maturities available for sale:
U.S. government and agency securities	$	8,961	$	9,116	$	202	$	47
State and municipal obligations	26,428		26,699		624		353
Corporate bonds and notes	58,480		58,812		1,102		770
RMBS	36,500		37,196		696		—
Other ABS	64,184		64,124		65		125
Foreign government and agency securities	17,944		17,805		69		208
Other investments	237		237		—		—
	$	212,734	$	213,989	$	2,758	$	1,503
Equity securities available for sale (1)	$	78,106	$	137,920	$	59,814	$	—
Total debt and equity securities	$	290,890	$	351,959	$	62,572	$	1,503

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(1) Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds ($130.0 million fair value) and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries ($8.0 million fair value).

	December 31, 2013
(In thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed-maturities held to maturity:
State and municipal obligations	$	358	$	351	$	—	$	7
	$	358	$	351	$	—	$	7
Fixed-maturities available for sale:
U.S. government and agency securities	$	8,939	$	9,106	$	224	$	57
State and municipal obligations	26,489		25,946		26		569
Corporate bonds and notes	11,951		12,045		578		484
RMBS	72,665		73,115		450		—
Other investments	341		341		—		—
	$	120,385	$	120,553	$	1,278	$	1,110
Equity securities available for sale (1)	$	78,106	$	135,168	$	57,062	$	—
Total debt and equity securities	$	198,849	$	256,072	$	58,340	$	1,117

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(1) Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds ($128.3 million fair value) and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries ($6.9 million fair value).

Trading Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) [Table Text Block]

The trading securities within our investment portfolio, which are recorded at fair value, consisted of the following as of the dates indicated:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Trading securities:
U.S. government and agency securities	$	333,804	$	393,815
State and municipal obligations	611,410		595,070
Corporate bonds and notes	967,207		1,024,574
RMBS	245,232		487,239
CMBS	282,561		288,895
Other ABS	170,289		195,816
Foreign government and agency securities	28,866		40,657
Equity securities	88,860		90,604
Other investments	747		759
Total	$	2,728,976	$	3,117,429

Schedule Of Unrealized Losses [Table Text Block]

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of our securities deemed “available for sale” and “held to maturity,” aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates indicated:

March 31, 2014: ($ in thousands) Description of Securities	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. government and agency securities	1	$	5,417	$	47	—	$	—	$	—	1	$	5,417	$	47
State and municipal obligations	1	2		4		1	5,389		349		2	5,391		353
Corporate bonds and notes	10	31,135		223		2	2,950		547		12	34,085		770
Other ABS	8	46,709		125		—	—		—		8	46,709		125
Foreign government and agency securities	6	6,432		208		—	—		—		6	6,432		208
Total	26	$	89,695	$	607	3	$	8,339	$	896	29	$	98,034	$	1,503

December 31, 2013: ($ in thousands) Description of Securities	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		# of securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. government and agency securities	1	$	5,401	$	57	—	$	—	$	—	1	$	5,401	$	57
State and municipal obligations	4	14,502		42		2	5,514		534		6	20,016		576
Corporate bonds and notes	—	—		—		2	2,966		484		2	2,966		484
Total	5	$	19,903	$	99	4	$	8,480	$	1,018	9	$	28,383	$	1,117

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

The contractual maturities of fixed-maturity investments are as follows:

	March 31, 2014
	Held to Maturity				Available for Sale
(In thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less (1)	$	50	$	50	$	3,543	$	3,066
Due after one year through five years (1)	—		—		42,858		42,935
Due after five years through ten years (1)	—		—		39,863		39,858
Due after ten years (1)	—		—		25,785		26,809
RMBS (2)	—		—		36,500		37,196
Other ABS (2)	—		—		64,185		64,125
Total	$	50	$	50	$	212,734	$	213,989

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(1) Actual maturities may differ as a result of calls before scheduled maturity.

(2) RMBS and Other ABS are shown separately, as they are not due at a single maturity date.