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Reinsurance

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

(3) Reinsurance:

The following table summarizes the Company's transactions with reinsurers for the 2017 and 2016 comparative periods.

	2017		2016
Three months ended June 30:
Premiums ceded to reinsurers	$	45,791	$	32,073
Losses and loss expenses
ceded to reinsurers		52,396		19,520
Commissions from reinsurers		6,387		9,914

Six months ended June 30:
Premiums ceded to reinsurers	$	77,099	$	63,336
Losses and loss expenses
ceded to reinsurers		71,870		48,845
Commissions from reinsurers		13,795		20,688

- Definition

The entire disclosure pertaining to the existence, magnitude and information about insurance that has been ceded to or assumed from another insurance company, including the methodologies and assumptions used in determining recorded amounts.

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