Investment income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investment income. Gross realized investment and other gains and losses follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
	($000 omitted)
Realized gains	1,554		384
Realized losses	(403	)	(244	)
	1,151		140

Expenses assignable to investment income were insignificant. There were no significant investments as of March 31, 2015 that did not produce income during the year.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, investment and other gains – net included realized gains of $1.2 million from the sale of debt and equity investments available-for-sale.

Proceeds from the sale of investments available-for-sale follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015	2014
	($000 omitted)
Proceeds from sale of investments available-for-sale	23,901	11,176