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Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices: Premium, Fee, and Agency Income Revenue Recognition (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Policies  
Premium, Fee, and Agency Income Revenue Recognition

Premium, Fee, and Agency Income Revenue Recognition

Direct and assumed premiums from short-duration contracts are recognized as revenue over the period of the contracts in proportion to the amount of insurance protection provided.  The Company records fee income as policy premium payments are earned.  Risk Solutions is compensated in two ways.  It earns fee income based on the volume of business produced, and collects profit-sharing commissions if such business exceeds certain profitability benchmarks. Profit-sharing commissions are accounted for beginning in the period in which the Company believes they are reasonably estimable, which is typically at the point that claims have developed to a level where recent claim development history (“Claim Development Patterns”) can be applied to generate reasonably reliable estimates of ultimate claim levels. Profit-sharing commissions are a function of Risk Solutions attaining certain profitability thresholds and could greatly vary from quarter to quarter.  Agency income consists of commissions, fees and lead revenue earned by our Agencies.