Statutory	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Statutory Accounting Practices [Abstract]
Statutory	Note Q - Statutory Net income (loss) of the insurance subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices, was $29,262, ($19,120) and $12,542 for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Consolidated statutory surplus for these subsidiaries was $338,857 and $313,705 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, of which $55,192 may be transferred by dividend or loan to the parent company during calendar year 2013 with proper notification to, but without approval from, regulatory authorities. An additional $196,234 of shareholders' equity of such insurance subsidiaries could, under existing regulations, be advanced or loaned to the parent company with prior notification to and approval from regulatory authorities, although it is unlikely that transfers of this size would be practical. Minimum statutory surplus necessary for the insurance subsidiaries to satisfy statutory risk based capital requirements was $86,060 at December 31, 2012.

Statutory

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Statutory Accounting Practices [Abstract]

Note Q - Statutory

Net income (loss) of the insurance subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices, was $29,262, ($19,120) and $12,542 for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Consolidated statutory surplus for these subsidiaries was $338,857 and $313,705 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, of which $55,192 may be transferred by dividend or loan to the parent company during calendar year 2013 with proper notification to, but without approval from, regulatory authorities. An additional $196,234 of shareholders' equity of such insurance subsidiaries could, under existing regulations, be advanced or loaned to the parent company with prior notification to and approval from regulatory authorities, although it is unlikely that transfers of this size would be practical.

Minimum statutory surplus necessary for the insurance subsidiaries to satisfy statutory risk based capital requirements was $86,060 at December 31, 2012.