Indemnity Shareholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interest

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Indemnity Shareholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interest

Note 13.  Indemnity Shareholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interest

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Indemnity's shareholders’ equity and the noncontrolling interest is presented as follows for the year ended December 31, 2012 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:

	Erie Insurance Group
(in millions, except per share data)	Indemnity shareholder interest			Exchange noncontrolling interest			Erie Insurance Group
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	781		$	5,512		$	6,293
Net income	160			459			619
Change in other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(28		)	178			150
Net purchase of treasury stock	(69		)	—			(69		)
Dividends declared:
Class A $4.25 per share	(200		)	—			(200		)
Class B $637.50 per share	(2		)	—			(2		)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	642		$	6,149		$	6,791
Net income	127			607			734
Change in other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(7		)	(214		)	(221		)
Net purchase of treasury stock	(22		)	—			(22		)
Dividends declared:
Class A $1.7775 per share	(82		)	—			(82		)
Class B $266.6250 per share	(1		)	—			(1		)
Balance at September 30, 2013	$	657		$	6,542		$	7,199