Reserves - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assurant Health and AEB
Claims and Benefits Payable
Favorable (unfavorable) loss development	$ 2,697	$ (340)	$ 2,097

Amount of aggregate reconciling items for the reconciliation of the liability in the disclosure of claims development (in excess of) less than the liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense for short-duration insurance contracts.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4C
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65670685&loc=SL65671315-158438

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