Statutory Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Statutory Accounting Practices Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of statutory net income and capital and surplus determined in accordance with SAP prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities



	SAP Net income (loss)								SAP Capital and surplus
(in millions)	Years ended December 31,								At December 31,
	2012			2011			2010		2012		2011
Erie Insurance Exchange	$	311		$	182		$	531	$	5,633	$	5,166
Erie Insurance Company	14			9			21		276		260
Erie Insurance Company of New York	(1		)	(1		)	2		21		20
Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company	0			0			0		11		11
Flagship City Insurance Company	0			0			0		11		11
Erie Family Life Insurance Company	25			34			38		281		245

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority.

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