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Mercury General Corporation
(NYSE:MCY) 

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Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. It also writes homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical protection, and umbrella insurance. The company's automobile insurance products includ...

Full Time Employees: 4,500
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Insurance-Property & Casualty

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      revenues:
                                                                                                    
      net premiums earned
    1,452,413,000 1,445,405,000 1,410,400,000 1,366,738,000 1,283,069,000 1,352,101,000 1,320,652,000 1,236,024,000 1,166,679,000 1,144,895,000 1,090,311,000 1,034,469,000 1,004,704,000 1,005,482,000 996,939,000 987,512,000 962,550,000 958,266,000 940,941,000 926,820,000 915,922,000 921,860,000 899,304,000 811,898,000 922,574,000 925,384,000 915,012,000 888,776,000 870,245,000 868,233,000 858,135,000 833,959,000 808,084,000 806,796,000 801,205,000 797,666,000 789,770,000 2,340,923,000 790,850,000 779,321,000 767,085,000 2,212,377,000 745,520,000 731,546,000 720,737,000 2,090,958,000 705,237,000 697,889,000 683,701,000 2,019,274,000 678,913,000 675,787,000 662,595,000 1,928,836,000 646,084,000 637,247,000 635,812,000 1,922,431,000 643,626,000 642,331,000 638,487,000 640,796,000 642,558,000 642,717,000 640,614,000 646,101,000 653,758,000 659,211,000 666,063,000                            
      net investment income
    85,636,000 84,493,000 83,970,000 78,759,000 81,479,000 73,263,000 72,738,000 68,970,000 65,018,000 63,343,000 60,965,000 58,350,000 51,973,000 49,887,000 44,563,000 38,555,000 35,351,000 34,161,000 32,334,000 30,953,000 32,279,000 34,057,000 32,140,000 34,166,000 34,495,000 35,701,000 36,356,000 35,032,000 34,174,000 31,383,000 38,159,000 34,786,000 31,510,000 30,872,000 30,988,000 31,901,000 31,169,000 91,500,000 30,371,000 31,414,000 29,655,000 95,401,000 30,898,000 31,697,000 31,506,000 93,159,000 32,564,000 30,850,000 30,242,000 93,681,000 30,857,000 31,674,000 31,175,000 98,486,000 33,410,000 31,673,000 31,486,000 105,421,000 35,526,000 36,009,000 35,096,000 35,461,000 35,992,000 36,475,000 35,886,000 35,615,000 35,208,000 36,212,000 37,914,000 34,900,000 38,086,000 38,995,000 39,299,000 36,755,000 39,216,000 40,795,000 42,145,000  36,857,000 36,242,000 39,403,000  30,857,000 30,701,000 28,785,000  28,410,000 26,212,000 25,728,000  24,528,000 26,718,000 26,926,000  27,821,000 29,026,000 
      net realized investment gains
    -4,543,000 117,000 84,451,000 23,480,000 23,321,000 -66,865,000 114,446,000 2,899,000 38,192,000   -19,778,000 49,008,000 93,157,000 -144,213,000 -241,938,000 -195,086,000 54,705,000 -43,543,000 58,805,000 41,691,000 114,189,000 64,436,000 158,426,000 -251,320,000 25,067,000 33,324,000 53,329,000 111,074,000 -85,165,000 -3,910,000 14,290,000 -58,735,000 17,316,000 20,718,000 21,156,000 24,460,000 -34,309,973  45,381,000 25,057,000 -83,731,405  -39,348,000 -9,961,000 101,273,000 -20,089,000 76,190,000 46,712,000 -27,634,000 16,212,000  44,050,000 16,628,000 49,752,000 -23,759,000 52,663,000 125,316,000 -66,919,000 23,764,000 28,690,000 -23,681,000 86,439,000 -27,713,000 22,044,000 -6,105,000 171,373,000 99,862,000 81,314,000 -217,906,000 -276,973,000 36,496,000  9,812,000 2,049,000 9,989,000 -1,042,000  2,690,000 4,232,000 6,454,000  7,696,000 3,545,000 4,216,000  861,000 12,117,000 5,674,000  6,266,000  -759,000  65,000  
      other
    6,303,000 5,764,000 6,105,000 8,908,000 6,010,000 7,680,000 22,538,000 -2,899,000 4,196,000 4,609,000 3,917,000 10,186,000 894,000 3,167,000 2,998,000 1,496,000 2,646,000 2,141,000 2,481,000 2,197,000 3,204,000 1,477,000 2,894,000 1,353,000 2,562,000 1,841,000 2,603,000 2,350,000 2,250,000 2,167,000 2,427,000 2,356,000 2,325,000 2,270,000 5,446,000 2,124,000 2,105,000 5,888,000 2,406,000 1,887,000 2,123,000 6,630,000 2,281,000 2,276,000 2,266,000 6,396,000 2,275,000 2,090,000 2,301,000 7,053,000 2,685,000 2,521,000 2,333,000 7,642,000 2,532,000 2,544,000 2,714,000 8,376,000 3,508,000 4,443,000 3,270,000 3,063,000 1,761,000 2,180,000 1,293,000 1,711,000 895,000 694,000 1,667,000 788,000 1,313,000 1,202,000 1,294,000 1,258,000 1,324,000 1,225,000 1,347,000  1,263,000 1,129,000 1,337,000  1,294,000 1,424,000 1,623,000  1,368,000 965,000 1,117,000  1,111,000 1,331,000 1,241,000  44,000 538,000 
      total revenues
    1,539,809,000 1,535,779,000 1,584,926,000 1,477,885,000 1,393,879,000 1,366,179,000 1,530,374,000 1,304,994,000 1,274,085,000 1,374,633,000 1,065,192,000 1,083,227,000 1,106,579,000 1,151,693,000 900,287,000 785,625,000 805,461,000 1,049,273,000 932,213,000 1,018,775,000 993,096,000 1,071,583,000 998,774,000 1,005,843,000 708,311,000 987,993,000 987,295,000 979,487,000 1,017,743,000 816,618,000 894,811,000 885,391,000 783,184,000 857,254,000 858,357,000 852,847,000 847,504,000 2,419,521,000 808,162,000 858,003,000 823,920,000 2,256,887,000 752,413,000 726,171,000 744,548,000 2,291,786,000 719,987,000 807,019,000 762,956,000 2,092,374,000 728,667,000 642,567,000 740,153,000 2,051,592,000 731,778,000 647,705,000 722,675,000 2,161,544,000 615,741,000 706,547,000 705,543,000 655,639,000 766,750,000 653,659,000 699,837,000 677,322,000 861,234,000 795,979,000 786,958,000 497,896,000 459,031,000 787,897,000 669,372,000 783,076,000 791,387,000 806,085,000 798,202,000  793,932,000 794,953,000 783,874,000  762,746,000 742,931,000 719,338,000  678,804,000 659,726,000 624,456,000  578,543,000 552,948,000 528,074,000  483,397,000 398,784,000 
      yoy
    10.47% 12.41% 3.56% 13.25% 9.40% -0.62% 43.67% 20.47% 15.14% 19.36% 18.32% 37.88% 37.38% 9.76% -3.42% -22.89% -18.89% -2.08% -6.66% 1.29% 40.21% 8.46% 1.16% 2.69% -30.40% 20.99% 10.34% 10.63% 29.95% -4.74% 4.25% 3.82% -7.59% -64.57% 6.21% -0.60% 2.86% 7.21% 7.41% 18.15% 10.66% -1.52% 4.50% -10.02% -2.41% 9.53% -1.19% 25.59% 3.08% 1.99% -0.43% -0.79% 2.42% -5.09% 18.85% -8.33% 2.43% 229.69% -19.69% 8.09% 0.82% -3.20% -10.97% -17.88% -11.07% 36.04% 87.62% 1.03% 17.57% -36.42% -42.00% -2.26% -16.14%  -0.32% 1.40% 1.83%  4.09% 7.00% 8.97%  12.37% 12.61% 15.19%  17.33% 19.31% 18.25%  19.68% 38.66%     
      qoq
    0.26% -3.10% 7.24% 6.03% 2.03% -10.73% 17.27% 2.43% -7.31% 29.05% -1.66% -2.11% -3.92% 27.93% 14.60% -2.46% -23.24% 12.56% -8.50% 2.59% -7.32% 7.29% -0.70% 42.01% -28.31% 0.07% 0.80% -3.76% 24.63% -8.74% 1.06% 13.05% -8.64% -0.13% 0.65% 0.63% -64.97% 199.39% -5.81% 4.14% -63.49% 199.95% 3.61% -2.47% -67.51% 218.31% -10.78% 5.78% -63.54% 187.15% 13.40% -13.18% -63.92% 180.36% 12.98% -10.37% -66.57% 251.05% -12.85% 0.14% 7.61% -14.49% 17.30% -6.60% 3.32% -21.35% 8.20% 1.15% 58.06% 8.47% -41.74% 17.71% -14.52% -1.05% -1.82% 0.99%   -0.13% 1.41%   2.67% 3.28%   2.89% 5.65%   4.63% 4.71%   21.22%  
      expenses:
                                                                                                    
      losses and loss adjustment expenses
    932,950,000 919,435,000 882,745,000 940,037,000 1,220,813,000 925,394,000 918,439,000 936,714,000 903,965,000 866,772,000 823,742,000 897,810,000 929,529,000 926,044,000 787,462,000 826,779,000 821,933,000 778,636,000 697,947,000 657,228,000 626,344,000 629,716,000 618,657,000 495,300,000 651,670,000 738,103,000 680,928,000 656,577,000 630,416,000 724,939,000 614,069,000 605,547,000 632,234,000 654,334,000 595,290,000 588,595,000 606,665,000 1,778,822,000 576,316,000 595,086,000 594,082,000 1,599,803,000 545,692,000 521,214,000 514,400,000 1,493,597,000 492,525,000 483,043,000 476,603,000 1,470,132,000 492,558,000 486,906,000 467,060,000 1,493,519,000 467,929,000 497,251,000 449,916,000 1,370,675,000 458,530,000 451,338,000 446,461,000 514,969,000 440,566,000 439,609,000 430,622,000 446,042,000 446,436,000 445,463,000 444,292,000 575,585,000 511,806,000 489,545,000 483,473,000 524,716,000 497,791,000 504,378,000 509,759,000  491,129,000 534,316,000 475,180,000  464,709,000 442,764,000 448,246,000            
      policy acquisition costs
    240,502,000 250,174,000 236,164,000 227,880,000 228,720,000 228,245,000 230,293,000 203,682,000 196,040,000 189,712,000 181,569,000 172,737,000 164,507,000 167,168,000 168,870,000 156,482,000 162,092,000 164,829,000 153,142,000 150,984,000 164,430,000 164,184,000 157,365,000 149,706,000 156,533,000 154,114,000 150,929,000 148,629,000 148,413,000 147,365,000 142,295,000 141,520,000 140,984,000 138,622,000 136,290,000 137,839,000 142,599,000 422,342,000 140,203,000 139,922,000 141,560,000 406,350,000 132,881,000 135,140,000 133,847,000 395,118,000 131,090,000 133,060,000 129,814,000 378,626,000 126,891,000 126,393,000 123,722,000 355,882,000 121,906,000 117,726,000 117,430,000 360,705,000 121,016,000 122,829,000 121,804,000 125,257,000 125,001,000 126,325,000 128,982,000 129,245,000 130,172,000 136,359,000 147,531,000 152,742,000 154,530,000 157,441,000 160,141,000 162,279,000 166,496,000 165,685,000 165,211,000  163,362,000 160,840,000 160,096,000  154,237,000 154,278,000 151,058,000  143,404,000 141,280,000 132,162,000  118,991,000 115,585,000 110,289,000  97,043,000 91,236,000 
      other operating expenses
    123,887,000 110,230,000 108,518,000 96,025,000 79,453,000 81,506,000 86,861,000 81,702,000 77,087,000 72,433,000 69,192,000 68,341,000 69,690,000 71,413,000 68,585,000 69,430,000 70,290,000 66,674,000 80,238,000 70,927,000 65,558,000 66,312,000 71,859,000 71,103,000 76,557,000 63,055,000 70,341,000 68,420,000 67,489,000 54,505,000 63,904,000 60,822,000 65,399,000 50,516,000 64,339,000 53,432,000 65,188,000 176,308,000 59,006,000 57,700,000 61,294,000 190,051,000 60,788,000 64,537,000 65,692,000 190,836,000 58,545,000 53,792,000 54,004,000 165,391,000 54,087,000 54,015,000 58,063,000 157,056,000 50,225,000 51,203,000 52,925,000 162,684,000 53,027,000 55,098,000 58,672,000 63,807,000 63,711,000 70,516,000 57,324,000 59,067,000 53,766,000 51,364,000 53,486,000 42,994,000 44,350,000 43,169,000 44,315,000 39,518,000 41,289,000 38,636,000 39,367,000  45,813,000 47,843,000 41,073,000  37,750,000 40,419,000 34,720,000  29,177,000 26,039,000 23,300,000  23,727,000 21,785,000 20,751,000  19,684,000 17,498,000 
      interest
    6,817,000 7,061,000 7,181,000 7,195,000 7,189,000 7,536,000 7,717,000 7,799,000 7,773,000 7,771,000 5,918,000 5,549,000 4,931,000 4,410,000 4,273,000 4,274,000 4,275,000 4,268,000 4,267,000 4,235,000 4,343,000 4,262,000 4,262,000 4,268,000 4,256,000 4,256,000 4,257,000 4,266,000 4,256,000 4,257,000 4,257,000 4,256,000 4,266,000 4,295,000 4,191,000 4,229,000 2,453,000 2,950,000 1,012,000 960,000 950,000 2,383,000 785,000 769,000 750,000 1,930,000 707,000 688,000 505,000 922,000 338,000 212,000 314,000 1,155,000 388,000 378,000 410,000 4,263,000 1,286,000 1,669,000 1,695,000 1,703,000 1,633,000 1,851,000 1,619,000 1,670,000 1,634,000 1,879,000 1,546,000 1,307,000 1,663,000 1,486,000 510,000 1,818,000 2,136,000 2,269,000 2,366,000  2,209,000 2,396,000 2,311,000  1,881,000 1,821,000 1,469,000  1,189,000 830,000 713,000  552,000 953,000 717,000  947,000 1,045,000 
      total expenses
    1,304,156,000 1,286,900,000 1,234,608,000 1,271,137,000 1,536,175,000 1,242,681,000 1,243,310,000 1,229,897,000 1,184,865,000 1,136,688,000 1,080,421,000 1,144,437,000 1,168,657,000 1,169,035,000 1,029,190,000 1,056,965,000 1,058,590,000 1,014,407,000 935,594,000 883,374,000 860,675,000 864,474,000 852,143,000 720,377,000 889,016,000 959,528,000 906,455,000 877,892,000 850,574,000 931,066,000 824,525,000 812,145,000 842,883,000 847,767,000 800,110,000 784,095,000 816,905,000 2,380,422,000 776,537,000 793,668,000 797,886,000 2,198,587,000 740,146,000 721,660,000 714,689,000 2,081,481,000 682,867,000 670,583,000 660,926,000 2,015,071,000 673,874,000 667,526,000 649,159,000 2,007,612,000 640,448,000 666,558,000 620,681,000 1,898,327,000 633,859,000 630,934,000 628,632,000 705,736,000 630,911,000 638,301,000 618,547,000 636,024,000 632,008,000 635,065,000 646,855,000 772,628,000 712,349,000 691,641,000 688,439,000 728,331,000 707,712,000 710,968,000 716,703,000  702,513,000 745,395,000 678,660,000  658,577,000 639,282,000 635,493,000  589,929,000 548,675,000 528,171,000  510,880,000 495,888,000 473,303,000  466,720,000 406,347,000 
      income before income taxes
    235,653,000 248,879,000 350,318,000 206,748,000 -142,296,000 123,498,000 287,064,000 75,097,000 89,220,000 237,945,000 -15,229,000 -61,210,000 -62,078,000 -17,342,000 -128,903,000 -271,340,000 -253,129,000 34,866,000 -3,381,000 135,401,000 132,421,000 207,109,000 146,631,000 285,466,000 -180,705,000 28,465,000 80,840,000 101,595,000 167,169,000 -114,448,000 70,286,000 73,246,000 -59,699,000 9,487,000 58,247,000 68,752,000 30,599,000 39,099,000 31,625,000 64,335,000 26,034,000 58,300,000 12,267,000 4,511,000 29,859,000 210,305,000 37,120,000 136,436,000 102,030,000 77,303,000 54,793,000 -24,959,000 90,994,000 43,980,000 91,330,000 -18,853,000 101,994,000 263,217,000 -18,118,000 75,613,000 76,911,000 -50,097,000 135,839,000 15,358,000 81,290,000 41,298,000 229,226,000 160,914,000 140,103,000   96,256,000 -19,067,000 54,745,000 83,675,000 95,117,000 81,499,000  91,419,000 49,558,000 105,214,000  104,169,000 103,649,000 83,845,000  88,875,000 111,051,000 96,285,000  67,663,000 57,060,000 54,771,000  16,677,000 -7,563,000 
      income tax expense
    45,232,000 46,332,000 69,915,000 40,276,000 -33,969,000 22,431,000 56,208,000 12,529,000 15,758,000     -10,572,000 -30,600,000 -60,659,000 -56,212,000 4,393,000 -4,669,000 26,220,000 25,426,000 40,366,000 27,774,000 57,255,000 -41,501,000 -3,223,000 11,558,000 18,345,000 31,302,000 -32,569,000 11,708,000 13,066,000 -17,092,000 -10,292,000 11,762,000 17,119,000 3,619,000 -7,015,000 4,695,000 15,462,000 2,711,000 -909,000 -3,003,000 -5,128,000 3,694,000 63,652,000 5,824,000 41,476,000 29,381,000 4,730,000 15,223,000  24,533,000 -6,730,000 25,129,000 -13,589,000 28,638,000 68,271,000 -14,336,000 18,362,000 18,685,000 -26,450,000 38,990,000 -2,459,000 20,111,000 7,063,000 71,489,000 46,467,000 43,450,000                  23,746,000    18,048,000 13,688,000     
      net income
    190,421,000 202,547,000 280,403,000 166,472,000 -108,327,000 101,067,000 230,856,000 62,568,000 73,462,000 191,394,000 -8,227,000 -41,543,000 -45,288,000 -6,770,000 -98,303,000 -210,681,000 -196,917,000 30,473,000 1,288,000 109,181,000 106,995,000 166,743,000 118,857,000 228,211,000 -139,204,000 31,688,000 69,282,000 83,250,000 135,867,000 -81,879,000 58,578,000 60,180,000 -42,607,000 19,779,000 46,485,000 51,633,000 26,980,000 46,114,000 26,930,000 48,873,000 23,323,000 59,209,000 15,270,000 9,639,000 26,165,000 146,653,000 31,296,000 94,960,000 72,649,000 72,573,000 39,570,000 -9,264,000 66,461,000 50,710,000 66,201,000 -5,264,000 73,356,000 194,946,000 -3,782,000 57,251,000 58,226,000 -23,647,000 96,849,000 17,817,000 61,179,000 34,235,000 157,737,000 114,447,000 96,653,000 -168,345,000 -140,539,000 70,726,000 -3,961,000 44,592,000 63,278,000 69,509,000 60,453,000  68,227,000 37,812,000 58,646,000  73,014,000 73,602,000 60,424,000  65,129,000 78,134,000 68,816,000  49,615,000 43,372,000 42,108,000  18,520,000 1,301,000 
      yoy
    -275.78% 100.41% 21.46% 166.07% -247.46% -47.19% -2906.08% -250.61% -262.21% -2927.09% -91.63% -80.28% -77.00% -122.22% -7732.22% -292.96% -284.04% -81.72% -98.92% -52.16% -176.86% 426.20% 71.56% 174.13% -202.46% -138.70% 18.27% 38.33% -418.88% -513.97% 26.01% 16.55% -257.92% -57.11% 72.61% 5.65% 15.68% -22.12% 76.36% 407.03% -10.86% -59.63% -51.21% -89.85% -63.98% 102.08% -20.91% -1125.04% 9.31% 43.11% -40.23% 75.99% -9.40% -73.99% -1850.42% -109.19% 25.98% -924.40% -103.91% 221.33% -4.83% -169.07% -38.60% -84.43% -36.70% -120.34% -212.24% 61.82% -2540.12% -477.52% -322.10% 1.75% -106.55%  -7.25% 83.83% 3.08%  -6.56% -48.63% -2.94%  12.11% -5.80% -12.19%  31.27% 80.15% 63.43%  167.90% 3233.74%     
      qoq
    -5.99% -27.77% 68.44% -253.68% -207.18% -56.22% 268.97% -14.83% -61.62% -2426.41% -80.20% -8.27% 568.95% -93.11% -53.34% 6.99% -746.20% 2265.92% -98.82% 2.04% -35.83% 40.29% -47.92% -263.94% -539.30% -54.26% -16.78% -38.73% -265.94% -239.78% -2.66% -241.24% -315.42% -57.45% -9.97% 91.38% -41.49% 71.24% -44.90% 109.55% -60.61% 287.75% 58.42% -63.16% -82.16% 368.60% -67.04% 30.71% 0.10% 83.40% -527.14% -113.94% 31.06% -23.40% -1357.62% -107.18% -62.37% -5254.57% -106.61% -1.67% -346.23% -124.42% 443.58% -70.88% 78.70% -78.30% 37.83% 18.41% -157.41% 19.79% -298.71% -1885.56% -108.88% -29.53% -8.96% 14.98%   80.44% -35.53%   -0.80% 21.81%   -16.64% 13.54%   14.39% 3.00%   1323.52%  
      net income margin %
    12.37% 13.19% 17.69% 11.26% -7.77% 7.40% 15.08% 4.79% 5.77% 13.92% -0.77% -3.84% -4.09% -0.59% -10.92% -26.82% -24.45% 2.90% 0.14% 10.72% 10.77% 15.56% 11.90% 22.69% -19.65% 3.21% 7.02% 8.50% 13.35% -10.03% 6.55% 6.80% -5.44% 2.31% 5.42% 6.05% 3.18% 1.91% 3.33% 5.70% 2.83% 2.62% 2.03% 1.33% 3.51% 6.40% 4.35% 11.77% 9.52% 3.47% 5.43% -1.44% 8.98% 2.47% 9.05% -0.81% 10.15% 9.02% -0.61% 8.10% 8.25% -3.61% 12.63% 2.73% 8.74% 5.05% 18.32% 14.38% 12.28% -33.81% -30.62% 8.98% -0.59% 5.69% 8.00% 8.62% 7.57% NaN% 8.59% 4.76% 7.48% NaN% 9.57% 9.91% 8.40% NaN% 9.59% 11.84% 11.02% NaN% 8.58% 7.84% 7.97% NaN% 3.83% 0.33% 
      net income per share
                                                                                                    
      basic
    3.44 3.66 5.06 3.01 -1.96 1.82 4.17 1.13 1.33 3.46 -0.15 -0.75 -0.82 -0.12 -1.78 -3.8 -3.56 0.55 0.02 1.97 1.93 3.02 2.15 4.12 -2.51 0.57 1.25 1.5 2.46 -1.48 1.06 1.09 -0.77 0.36 0.84 0.93 0.49 0.83 0.49 0.88 0.42 1.07 0.28 0.17 0.47 2.66 0.57 1.73 1.32 1.32 0.72 -0.17 1.21 0.92 1.21 -0.1 1.34 3.56 -0.07 1.04 1.06 -0.43 1.77 0.33 1.12                                
      diluted
    3.44 3.66 5.06 3.01 -1.96 1.82 4.17 1.13 1.33 3.46 -0.15 -0.75 -0.82 -0.12 -1.78 -3.8 -3.56 0.55 0.02 1.97 1.93 3.02 2.15 4.12 -2.51 0.57 1.25 1.5 2.45 -1.48 1.06 1.09 -0.77 0.36 0.84 0.93 0.49 0.83 0.49 0.88 0.42 1.07 0.28 0.17 0.47 2.66 0.57 1.73 1.32 1.32 0.72 -0.17 1.21 0.92 1.21 -0.1 1.34 3.56 -0.07 1.04 1.06 -0.43 1.77 0.32 1.12                                
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                                    
      basic
    55,389  55,389 55,389 55,389  55,371 55,371 55,371  55,371 55,371 55,371  55,371 55,371 55,371  55,371 55,371 55,361  55,358 55,358 55,358  55,355 55,353 55,341  55,337 55,332 55,332  55,324 55,311 55,297  55,259 55,254 55,201  55,164 55,160 55,139  55,002 54,978 54,977  54,959 54,941 54,922  54,911 54,895 54,877  54,826 54,820 54,809  54,795 54,788 54,783                                
      diluted
    55,389  55,389 55,389 55,389  55,376 55,375 55,372  55,371 55,371 55,371  55,371 55,371 55,371  55,375 55,376 55,372  55,358 55,358 55,358  55,366 55,363 55,348  55,341 55,335 55,335  55,334 55,323 55,312  55,328 55,322 55,208  55,178 55,179 55,159  55,014 54,989 54,986  54,973 54,941 54,935  54,925 54,895 54,908  54,826 54,837 54,831  54,817 54,833 54,805                                
      net realized investment losses
             -15,193,000 -90,001,000                           -3,866,250 -15,465,000   -6,571,500 -26,286,000         -67,415,000                     -92,137,000                   -173,000    -48,926,000 
      income tax benefit
             -10,864,750 -7,002,000 -19,667,000 -16,790,000                                       -15,695,000                                             
      dividends paid per share
                                 0.469 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.467 0.623 0.623 0.623 0.155 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.154 0.618 0.618 0.618 0.154 0.615 0.615 0.615 0.153 0.613 0.613 0.613 0.153 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.15 0.6                                      
      dividends declared per share
                                                               0.6 0.6 0.445 0.6 0.59 0.59 0.435 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.435 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.39 0.52 0.52 0.52  0.48 0.48 0.48  0.43 0.43 0.43  0.37 0.37 0.37  0.33 0.33 0.33  0.3 0.3 
      basic earnings per share
                                                                     1.683 2.88 2.09 1.76 -3.07 -2.57 1.29 -0.07 0.82 1.16 1.27 1.11  1.25 0.69 1.07  1.34 1.35 1.11  1.2 1.43 1.26  0.91 0.8 0.77  0.34 0.02 
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                     1.675 2.85 2.07 1.75 -3.07 -2.57 1.29 -0.07 0.82 1.15 1.27 1.1  1.25 0.69 1.07  1.33 1.35 1.1  1.19 1.43 1.26  0.91 0.8 0.77  0.34 0.02 
      earned premiums
                                                                         532,181,250 696,605,000 711,204,000 720,916,000 735,251,000 748,798,000 754,076,000 755,752,000  753,122,000 753,350,000 736,680,000  722,899,000 707,261,000 684,714,000  648,165,000 620,432,000 591,937,000  546,638,000 525,072,000 500,666,000  455,467,000 418,146,000 
      (loss) income before income taxes
                                                                         -274,732,000 -253,318,000                          
      provision for income tax expense
                                                                         -25,588,750 -112,779,000                          
      provision for income taxes
                                                                           25,530,000 -15,106,000 16,762,750 20,397,000 25,608,000 21,046,000  23,192,000                  
      income taxes
                                                                                   11,746,000 46,568,000  31,155,000 30,047,000 23,421,000   32,917,000 27,469,000    12,663,000  -1,843,000 -8,864,000 
      incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses
                                                                                          416,159,000 380,526,000 371,996,000  367,610,000 357,565,000 341,546,000    
      incurred losses
                                                                                                  349,046,000 296,568,000 
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        assets
                                                                                                     
        investments, at fair value:
                                                                                                     
        fixed maturity securities
      5,499,834,000 5,430,251,000 5,154,481,000 4,993,829,000 4,600,058,000 4,913,378,000 4,858,840,000 4,661,761,000 4,489,552,000 4,319,336,000 4,114,657,000 4,094,703,000 4,142,087,000 4,088,311,000 3,897,859,000 3,878,684,000 3,959,679,000 4,031,523,000 3,990,513,000 3,761,777,000 3,587,496,000 3,549,810,000 3,485,363,000 3,327,362,000 3,299,873,000 3,093,275,000 3,139,439,000 3,157,398,000 3,077,373,000 2,985,161,000 2,952,871,000 2,949,236,000 2,929,132,000 2,892,777,000 2,841,736,000 2,952,084,000 2,914,287,000 2,814,553,000 2,972,927,000 2,939,494,000 2,942,514,000 2,880,003,000 2,886,864,000 2,890,629,000 2,888,943,000 2,618,400,000 2,619,867,000 2,704,628,000 2,633,232,000 2,560,653,000 2,538,514,000 2,482,052,000 2,513,418,000 2,408,354,000                                          
        equity securities
      883,623,000 812,787,000 746,227,000 687,652,000 588,341,000 879,175,000 870,837,000 815,924,000 801,108,000 730,693,000 670,993,000 670,491,000 686,105,000 699,552,000 684,335,000 782,802,000 946,015,000 970,939,000 890,620,000 870,556,000 810,602,000 803,851,000 809,591,000 739,163,000 619,684,000 724,751,000 657,135,000 645,407,000 616,500,000 529,631,000 688,387,000 614,336,000 549,786,000 537,240,000 519,194,000 427,029,000 425,506,000 357,327,000 374,458,000 367,039,000 335,616,000 315,362,000 298,687,000 315,590,000 380,816,000 412,880,000 496,511,000 455,542,000 379,912,000 281,883,000 336,367,000 528,725,000 539,258,000 477,088,000                                          
        short-term investments
      441,841,000 336,992,000 472,897,000 281,766,000 208,143,000 283,817,000 288,704,000 147,865,000 162,466,000 178,491,000 211,778,000 189,991,000 146,840,000 122,937,000 100,621,000 172,130,000 133,920,000 140,127,000 193,621,000 408,471,000 548,104,000 375,609,000 253,842,000 335,634,000 237,520,000 494,135,000 421,574,000 362,197,000 367,351,000 253,299,000 262,806,000 270,584,000 245,198,000 302,711,000 366,402,000 280,045,000 260,705,000 375,680,000 206,851,000 181,304,000 155,185,000 185,277,000 162,835,000 153,548,000 173,604,000 372,542,000 291,325,000 229,412,000 303,560,000 315,776,000 251,449,000 165,520,000 152,081,000 294,653,000 221,083,000 179,326,000 227,196,000 236,444,000 248,857,000 138,671,000 111,618,000 143,371,000 162,229,000 103,740,000 134,255,000 156,165,000                              
        total investments
      6,825,298,000 6,580,030,000 6,373,605,000 5,963,247,000 5,396,542,000 6,076,370,000 6,018,381,000 5,625,550,000 5,453,126,000 5,228,520,000 4,997,428,000 4,955,185,000 4,975,032,000 4,910,800,000 4,682,815,000 4,833,616,000 5,039,614,000 5,142,589,000 5,074,754,000 5,040,804,000 4,946,202,000 4,729,270,000 4,548,796,000 4,402,159,000 4,157,077,000 4,312,161,000 4,218,148,000 4,165,002,000 4,061,224,000 3,768,091,000 3,904,064,000 3,834,156,000 3,724,116,000 3,732,728,000 3,727,332,000 3,659,158,000 3,600,498,000 3,547,560,000 3,554,236,000 3,487,837,000 3,433,315,000 3,380,642,000 3,348,386,000 3,359,767,000 3,443,363,000 3,403,822,000 3,407,703,000 3,389,582,000 3,316,704,000 3,158,312,000 3,126,330,000 3,176,297,000 3,204,757,000 3,180,095,000 3,160,613,000 3,113,130,000 3,119,246,000 3,062,421,000 3,037,561,000 3,117,602,000 3,025,854,000 3,155,257,000 3,223,482,000 3,081,104,000 3,116,141,000 3,146,857,000 3,142,707,000 2,978,182,000 2,905,217,000 2,933,820,000 3,217,923,000 3,484,055,000 3,474,062,000 3,588,675,000 3,612,940,000 3,536,425,000 3,536,031,000 3,499,738,000 3,472,815,000 3,376,319,000 3,321,281,000 3,242,712,000 3,253,359,000 3,114,910,000 3,040,571,000 2,921,042,000 2,886,352,000 2,699,390,000 2,631,800,000 2,539,514,000 2,448,566,000 2,369,052,000 2,244,298,000 2,150,658,000 1,982,568,000 
        cash
      1,350,883,000 1,315,574,000 1,252,575,000 1,122,252,000 1,284,790,000 720,257,000 616,275,000 609,333,000 530,085,000 550,903,000 453,936,000 357,723,000 270,380,000 289,776,000 335,886,000 290,002,000 295,764,000 335,557,000 341,606,000 378,615,000 338,430,000 348,479,000 322,129,000 262,153,000 252,836,000 294,398,000 315,370,000 240,320,000 270,105,000 314,291,000 261,680,000 243,751,000 290,070,000 291,413,000 284,639,000 261,425,000 236,584,000 220,318,000 229,857,000 233,281,000 235,109,000 264,221,000 295,184,000 274,782,000 234,576,000 289,907,000 279,681,000 258,473,000 238,832,000 266,508,000 250,061,000 180,331,000 185,042,000 158,183,000 188,174,000 160,487,000 204,701,000 211,393,000 209,763,000 305,057,000 334,290,000 181,388,000 174,794,000 219,466,000 242,511,000 185,505,000 204,194,000 194,710,000 178,844,000 35,396,000 33,761,000 43,239,000 50,559,000 48,245,000 47,920,000 42,220,000 46,275,000 47,606,000 62,102,000 38,333,000 39,803,000 34,793,000 34,201,000 36,552,000 29,834,000 23,714,000 31,929,000 41,526,000 51,220,000 36,964,000 19,408,000 18,229,000 14,191,000 13,191,000 15,712,000 
        receivables:
                                                                                                     
        premiums
      825,000,000 751,554,000 778,611,000 756,554,000 752,248,000 697,176,000 731,379,000 711,491,000 682,473,000 607,025,000 624,953,000 590,617,000 568,825,000 571,910,000 646,942,000 639,272,000 647,143,000 621,740,000 653,599,000 621,704,000 623,011,000 599,070,000 631,091,000 612,745,000 633,328,000 604,871,000    555,038,000    474,060,000    459,152,000 474,586,000   436,621,000 442,061,000 413,870,000 417,323,000 390,009,000 395,688,000 384,388,000 392,523,000 366,075,000 372,818,000 356,061,000 368,303,000 345,387,000 346,317,000 317,438,000 309,910,000 288,799,000 298,184,000 287,006,000 296,321,000 280,980,000 290,722,000                                 
        allowance for credit losses on premiums receivable
      -6,100,000 -6,000,000 -6,400,000 -6,300,000 -6,600,000 -6,400,000 -6,100,000 -6,000,000 -5,800,000 -5,300,000 -5,200,000 -5,400,000 -5,800,000 -5,800,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -7,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000                                                                       
        premiums receivable, net of allowance
      818,900,000 745,554,000 772,211,000 750,254,000 745,648,000 690,776,000 725,279,000 705,491,000 676,673,000 601,725,000 619,753,000 585,217,000 563,025,000 566,110,000 640,942,000 633,272,000 641,143,000 615,740,000 647,599,000 615,704,000 616,011,000 589,070,000 621,091,000 602,745,000 623,328,000                                                                       
        accrued investment income
      73,380,000 73,004,000 69,107,000 66,949,000 61,895,000 67,630,000 65,118,000 64,414,000 61,198,000 59,128,000 58,273,000 55,597,000 53,135,000 52,474,000 48,894,000 46,071,000 43,380,000 43,299,000 41,546,000 40,760,000 44,182,000 42,985,000 43,356,000 42,247,000 43,101,000 40,107,000 41,492,000 42,691,000 43,936,000 45,373,000 48,021,000 45,657,000 42,599,000 39,368,000 42,535,000 44,334,000 41,676,000 41,205,000 41,143,000 42,217,000 40,768,000 42,747,000 41,383,000 43,562,000 40,828,000 38,737,000 38,171,000 39,254,000 36,572,000 36,120,000 35,316,000 33,783,000 33,778,000 31,109,000 33,348,000 32,828,000 33,649,000 32,541,000 33,976,000 35,300,000 35,712,000 36,885,000 38,257,000 37,294,000 37,985,000 37,405,000 38,168,000 36,634,000 36,991,000 36,540,000 37,824,000 36,850,000 37,517,000 36,436,000 37,818,000 34,872,000 35,201,000 34,307,000 35,610,000 37,180,000 34,310,000 33,051,000 29,644,000 32,377,000 28,856,000 28,855,000 27,019,000 28,742,000 26,840,000 26,585,000 24,382,000 26,740,000 24,697,000 26,203,000 28,526,000 
        other
      86,557,000 86,508,000 59,741,000 97,721,000 151,306,000 62,118,000 57,862,000 33,662,000 30,040,000 25,603,000 18,262,000 15,092,000 21,500,000 11,358,000 7,871,000 7,358,000 7,490,000 7,600,000 7,258,000 10,309,000 6,675,000 10,730,000 10,014,000 8,421,000 7,831,000 6,464,000 5,554,000 5,252,000 6,330,000 6,132,000 6,077,000 6,152,000 6,978,000 6,658,000 18,041,000 18,961,000 23,079,000 24,635,000 22,291,000 23,019,000 21,176,000 21,925,000 21,114,000 21,411,000 21,744,000 21,202,000 22,212,000 21,462,000 21,448,000 23,029,000 18,399,000 17,846,000 16,306,000 17,756,000 12,102,000 11,691,000 11,565,000 11,320,000 10,203,000 11,287,000 10,669,000 10,076,000 11,246,000 11,059,000 11,010,000 13,689,000 9,835,000 8,343,000 10,400,000 9,526,000 7,875,000 7,595,000 9,466,000 9,010,000 11,497,000 10,136,000 13,733,000 10,085,000 11,867,000 12,368,000 13,647,000 19,724,000 13,258,000 13,352,000 13,784,000 30,415,000 24,267,000 20,837,000 21,231,000 18,612,000 20,028,000 19,589,000 18,232,000 25,035,000 23,063,000 
        total receivables
      978,837,000 905,066,000 901,059,000 914,924,000 958,849,000 820,524,000 848,259,000 803,567,000 767,911,000 686,456,000 696,288,000 655,906,000 637,660,000 629,942,000 697,707,000 686,701,000 692,013,000 666,639,000 696,403,000 666,773,000 666,868,000 642,785,000 674,461,000 653,413,000 674,260,000 651,442,000 676,882,000 640,675,000 630,229,000 606,543,000 612,102,000 579,089,000 558,754,000 520,086,000 546,444,000 532,376,000 543,100,000 524,992,000 538,020,000 525,313,000 527,681,000 501,293,000 504,558,000 478,843,000 479,895,000 449,948,000 456,071,000 445,104,000 450,543,000 425,224,000 426,533,000 407,690,000 418,387,000 394,252,000 391,767,000 361,957,000 355,124,000 332,660,000 342,363,000 333,593,000 342,702,000 327,941,000 340,225,000 328,265,000 340,578,000 327,882,000 339,044,000 328,391,000 348,942,000 339,992,000 359,187,000 353,588,000 376,327,000 367,686,000 393,943,000 380,150,000 393,863,000 372,777,000 399,596,000 400,445,000 408,181,000 390,234,000 385,196,000 365,096,000 360,859,000 367,662,000 356,280,000 331,951,000 317,619,000  295,421,000 277,899,000 266,694,000   
        reinsurance recoverables
      47,771,000 109,672,000 175,768,000 390,717,000 623,599,000 28,613,000 28,019,000 29,759,000 29,964,000 31,947,000 26,446,000 27,538,000 32,726,000 25,895,000 25,309,000 27,707,000 35,106,000 45,000,000 49,925,000 52,705,000 54,312,000 48,579,000 41,432,000 50,137,000 70,366,000 78,774,000 103,448,000 126,571,000 114,500,000 221,088,000 53,419,000 47,837,000 52,676,000 56,349,000                                                              
        deferred policy acquisition costs
      366,573,000 359,724,000 362,886,000 349,145,000 336,470,000 335,332,000 341,406,000 326,859,000 307,938,000 293,844,000 296,572,000 278,261,000 266,391,000 266,475,000 279,726,000 273,533,000 265,921,000 258,259,000 263,274,000 250,823,000 243,736,000 246,994,000 251,462,000 242,740,000 234,642,000 233,166,000 237,694,000 227,167,000 219,723,000 215,131,000 216,480,000 209,275,000 202,208,000 198,151,000 201,919,000 199,070,000 199,526,000 200,826,000 206,757,000 203,993,000 203,565,000 201,762,000 205,245,000 199,305,000 199,101,000 197,202,000 201,438,000 199,217,000 201,318,000 194,466,000 196,284,000 189,599,000 190,844,000 185,910,000 186,313,000 179,115,000 175,392,000 171,430,000 174,633,000 171,552,000 170,645,000 170,579,000 176,422,000 173,894,000 174,791,000 175,866,000 182,237,000 181,132,000 188,745,000 200,005,000 205,768,000 205,954,000 210,542,000 209,805,000 215,650,000 213,902,000 216,191,000 209,783,000 213,720,000 207,684,000 204,921,000 197,943,000 197,946,000 189,998,000 183,429,000 174,840,000 156,487,000 146,436,000 142,126,000 132,059,000 128,647,000 119,690,000 115,173,000 107,485,000 96,002,000 
        fixed assets
      150,854,000 146,880,000 146,797,000 145,681,000 141,650,000 138,177,000 135,919,000 133,972,000 152,462,000 151,183,000 148,668,000 160,067,000 158,543,000 171,442,000 189,753,000 189,600,000 190,867,000 191,332,000 185,934,000 181,969,000 178,393,000 178,923,000 174,924,000 172,015,000 169,287,000 168,986,000 168,294,000 162,650,000 155,844,000 153,023,000 149,719,000 148,214,000 145,853,000 145,223,000 144,478,000 155,264,000 155,515,000 155,910,000 155,730,000 157,164,000 158,412,000 157,131,000 157,605,000 157,455,000 156,989,000 158,976,000 160,134,000 157,428,000 155,954,000 156,716,000 154,467,000 154,884,000 158,284,000 161,940,000 165,169,000 168,696,000 172,422,000 177,760,000 179,977,000 185,075,000 190,325,000 196,505,000 197,165,000 200,999,000 201,091,000 201,862,000 200,930,000 201,987,000 198,675,000 191,777,000 189,477,000 188,504,000 190,294,000 172,357,000 165,946,000 165,788,000 162,560,000 152,260,000 140,688,000 136,944,000 137,120,000 136,779,000 126,179,000 124,511,000 119,198,000 88,645,000 85,475,000 83,550,000 81,274,000 79,286,000 77,069,000 71,509,000 67,256,000 61,619,000 46,534,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      12,153,000 12,125,000 13,483,000 15,602,000 17,637,000 13,407,000 13,947,000 14,220,000 14,371,000 14,406,000 17,843,000 18,775,000 17,799,000 20,183,000 23,610,000 26,952,000 29,098,000 31,967,000 34,038,000 36,896,000 38,889,000 40,554,000 41,075,000 43,207,000 45,126,000 44,909,000 45,834,000 44,432,000 41,275,000                                                                   
        deferred income taxes
      31,821,000 30,637,000 27,852,000 53,802,000 51,893,000 45,854,000 20,905,000 34,753,000 31,367,000 33,013,000 66,156,000 44,660,000 36,879,000 42,903,000 65,705,000 39,071,000 7,969,000 53,569,000 39,524,000 52,616,000 42,747,000 41,132,000 19,996,000 9,131,000 26,689,000     13,339,000 7,146,000 8,807,000 7,251,000  30,339,000 34,347,000 41,393,000 45,277,000 13,521,000 5,234,000 18,637,000 23,231,000 20,971,000 14,076,000 326,000 5,333,000 5,306,000 12,962,000 2,318,000 15,220,000 26,437,000 17,689,000 12,755,000 445,000 17,014,000 1,002,000 9,915,000 6,511,000 45,511,000 22,509,000 28,619,000 26,499,000 18,911,000 43,772,000 32,424,000 36,139,000 63,604,000 119,988,000 162,916,000 171,025,000 92,476,000 3,149,000 4,342,000 30,852,000 32,756,000 20,358,000 31,585,000 33,608,000 46,117,000 33,348,000 37,236,000  42,321,000 40,045,000 29,633,000  19,025,000 3,042,000 24,354,000    9,795,000 17,004,000 12,373,000 
        goodwill
      42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,796,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000 42,850,000                           
        other intangible assets
      6,613,000 6,827,000 7,040,000 7,254,000 7,468,000 7,682,000 7,906,000 8,129,000 8,353,000 8,333,000 8,553,000 8,772,000 8,992,000 9,212,000 9,455,000 9,722,000 9,988,000 10,255,000 10,522,000 10,789,000 11,055,000 11,322,000 9,939,000 10,164,000 10,400,000 10,636,000 11,903,000 13,170,000 14,437,000 15,534,000 16,901,000 18,256,000 19,622,000 20,728,000 21,611,000 22,949,000 24,287,000 25,625,000 27,144,000 28,663,000 30,182,000 31,702,000 32,538,000 34,033,000 35,528,000 35,623,000 37,118,000 38,613,000 40,108,000 41,603,000 43,098,000 44,593,000 46,090,000 47,589,000 49,105,000 50,653,000 52,201,000 53,749,000 55,298,000 56,870,000 58,486,000 60,124,000 61,715,000 63,418,000 65,120,000 66,823,000 68,526,000 70,229,000 71,482,000                           
        other assets
      59,266,000 51,338,000 68,881,000 77,607,000 162,067,000 81,620,000 79,135,000 98,142,000 57,595,000 57,915,000 92,273,000 50,831,000 64,208,000 49,628,000 53,470,000 35,505,000 35,312,000 27,970,000 44,701,000 34,155,000 33,473,000 38,635,000 38,832,000 38,041,000 33,567,000 44,247,000 39,608,000 35,525,000 29,536,000 45,008,000 28,864,000 29,242,000 34,029,000 32,592,000 26,041,000 31,598,000 20,290,000 25,414,000 33,211,000 27,695,000 30,459,000 16,826,000 27,381,000 18,359,000 22,666,000 21,512,000 24,065,000 31,187,000 29,864,000 14,336,000 74,450,000 17,941,000 25,966,000 11,863,000 14,193,000 22,105,000 14,843,000 11,232,000 8,661,000 11,407,000 9,512,000 16,502,000 20,840,000 22,638,000 19,807,000 21,581,000 29,755,000 24,402,000 26,190,000 34,802,000 38,497,000 35,444,000 37,932,000 27,728,000 41,431,000 32,438,000 17,822,000 18,898,000 20,618,000 20,736,000 25,639,000 27,871,000 19,951,000 22,852,000 22,258,000 33,840,000 36,756,000 35,887,000 34,600,000 32,849,000 34,000,000 31,462,000 34,271,000 35,894,000 60,471,000 
        total assets
      9,872,865,000 9,560,669,000 9,372,742,000 9,083,027,000 9,027,658,000 8,310,632,000 8,152,948,000 7,727,080,000 7,395,968,000 7,103,397,000 6,922,238,000 6,690,640,000 6,589,357,000 6,514,188,000 6,454,661,000 6,499,665,000 6,667,116,000 6,772,472,000 6,754,373,000 6,696,948,000 6,554,154,000 6,328,246,000 6,145,788,000 5,916,737,000 5,716,898,000 5,889,157,000 5,873,242,000 5,716,518,000 5,606,720,000 5,433,729,000 5,313,037,000 5,204,471,000 5,132,787,000 5,101,323,000 5,025,599,000 4,938,983,000 4,863,989,000 4,788,718,000 4,801,272,000 4,722,048,000 4,692,063,000 4,628,645,000 4,646,579,000 4,586,484,000 4,618,057,000 4,600,289,000 4,609,006,000 4,562,400,000 4,476,119,000 4,315,181,000 4,340,456,000 4,231,820,000 4,272,166,000 4,189,686,000 4,210,910,000 4,120,433,000 4,136,779,000 4,070,006,000 4,096,617,000 4,246,515,000 4,208,575,000 4,203,364,000 4,260,496,000 4,181,870,000 4,237,508,000 4,232,633,000 4,273,847,000 4,141,871,000 4,131,962,000 3,950,195,000 4,150,250,000 4,310,784,000 4,344,058,000 4,414,496,000 4,477,830,000 4,370,923,000 4,372,742,000 4,301,062,000 4,310,117,000 4,180,461,000 4,136,945,000 4,041,551,000 4,016,832,000 3,853,919,000 3,756,149,000 3,609,743,000 3,553,279,000 3,338,740,000 3,258,639,000 3,119,766,000 3,003,111,000 2,887,841,000 2,751,678,000 2,645,296,000 2,451,120,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                     
        loss and loss adjustment expense reserves
      3,646,201,000 3,633,338,000 3,595,972,000 3,612,160,000 3,792,581,000 3,152,031,000 3,073,690,000 2,976,403,000 2,859,220,000 2,785,702,000 2,723,776,000 2,720,007,000 2,677,561,000 2,584,910,000 2,432,734,000 2,386,822,000 2,307,826,000 2,226,430,000 2,142,121,000 2,091,015,000 2,041,100,000 1,991,304,000 1,941,986,000 1,865,110,000 1,897,945,000 1,921,255,000 1,855,211,000 1,783,924,000 1,787,612,000 1,829,412,000 1,580,054,000 1,549,850,000 1,530,973,000 1,510,613,000 1,372,164,000 1,326,963,000 1,316,933,000 1,290,248,000                                                          
        unearned premiums
      2,353,558,000 2,255,935,000 2,273,531,000 2,184,846,000 2,121,243,000 2,039,830,000 2,076,910,000 1,974,134,000 1,854,184,000 1,735,660,000 1,748,554,000 1,632,390,000 1,551,329,000 1,545,639,000 1,635,459,000 1,597,940,000 1,568,186,000 1,519,799,000 1,545,297,000 1,471,124,000 1,440,434,000 1,405,873,000 1,432,549,000 1,390,039,000 1,384,803,000 1,355,547,000 1,383,965,000 1,314,995,000 1,273,661,000 1,236,181,000 1,240,776,000 1,190,766,000 1,150,344,000 1,101,927,000 1,119,973,000 1,093,594,000 1,094,802,000 1,074,437,000 1,102,151,000 1,080,138,000 1,078,571,000 1,049,314,000 1,063,323,000 1,026,614,000 1,025,627,000 999,798,000 1,012,619,000 993,462,000 993,522,000 953,527,000 967,320,000 938,112,000 948,373,000 920,429,000 921,276,000 882,441,000 865,982,000 843,427,000 866,207,000 847,240,000 853,114,000 833,379,000 856,946,000 844,853,000 856,449,000 844,540,000 871,698,000 862,706,000 884,496,000 879,651,000 918,141,000 919,622,000 946,675,000 938,370,000 973,799,000 963,775,000 980,428,000 950,344,000 963,365,000 940,289,000 939,813,000 902,567,000 907,418,000 867,450,000 844,828,000 799,679,000 771,759,000 727,414,000 700,708,000 663,004,000 645,441,000 602,521,000 579,762,000 545,485,000 484,467,000 
        notes payable
      574,626,000 574,527,000 574,427,000 574,327,000 574,227,000 574,128,000 574,028,000 573,928,000 573,829,000 573,729,000 573,629,000 448,529,000 448,430,000 398,330,000 373,230,000 373,130,000 373,031,000 372,931,000 372,831,000 372,732,000 372,632,000 372,532,000 372,432,000 372,333,000 372,233,000 372,133,000 372,034,000 371,934,000 371,834,000 371,734,000 371,635,000 371,535,000 371,435,000 371,335,000 371,236,000 371,136,000 371,044,000 320,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 290,000,000 270,000,000 270,000,000 190,000,000 180,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 138,000,000 263,896,000 265,592,000 267,210,000 268,991,000 269,964,000 270,915,000 271,397,000 272,690,000 273,426,000 275,888,000 158,625,000 154,956,000 154,067,000 160,118,000 138,562,000 130,980,000 127,913,000 140,808,000 141,554,000 141,961,000 138,744,000 140,743,000 143,540,000 136,016,000 136,008,000 136,001,000 124,743,000 124,736,000 124,729,000 124,721,000 124,714,000 124,708,000 124,701,000 128,938,000 128,859,000 129,691,000 
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      394,423,000 448,703,000 422,351,000 468,310,000 172,393,000 242,118,000 231,519,000 203,612,000 178,086,000 175,219,000 166,750,000 165,331,000 151,413,000 151,686,000 155,441,000 165,922,000 175,406,000 169,125,000 182,138,000 195,973,000 191,121,000 194,421,000 180,312,000 190,204,000 150,307,000 143,318,000 156,276,000 147,424,000 137,258,000 115,071,000 138,643,000 133,293,000 132,223,000 108,252,000 130,825,000 121,195,000 124,488,000 112,334,000 119,508,000 115,561,000 116,765,000 122,571,000 139,345,000 128,291,000 118,561,000 130,887,000 141,897,000 120,839,000 112,146,000 127,663,000 133,973,000 116,561,000 113,090,000 96,220,000 100,180,000 100,158,000 99,420,000 94,743,000 105,855,000 108,511,000 98,026,000 106,662,000 138,482,000 128,757,000 118,250,000 114,469,000 133,954,000 118,766,000 116,094,000 93,864,000 129,232,000 119,402,000 126,255,000 125,755,000 142,756,000 133,566,000 119,938,000 137,194,000 156,533,000 141,252,000 133,225,000 137,661,000 143,302,000 134,584,000 119,251,000 138,836,000 143,169,000 116,050,000 100,994,000 99,389,000 93,373,000 76,652,000 62,209,000 61,270,000 52,806,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      12,652,000 12,328,000 13,712,000 15,845,000 17,859,000 13,580,000 14,055,000 14,211,000 14,425,000 14,231,000 19,047,000 20,114,000 19,383,000 21,924,000 26,366,000 29,799,000 31,991,000 34,577,000 36,843,000 39,874,000 42,038,000 43,825,000 44,558,000 46,636,000 48,238,000 47,996,000 48,699,000 47,091,000 43,439,000                                                                   
        current income taxes
      77,180,000 30,770,000 81,845,000 37,946,000 3,897,000     4,081,000 75,279,000 90,126,000 77,951,000 55,136,000 48,429,000 44,460,000 30,637,000 20,108,000 10,420,000 623,000 34,238,000     7,642,000 13,265,000 18,210,000 27,051,000 38,885,000 27,012,000 51,855,000 62,663,000 61,257,000 13,173,000 12,706,000 8,646,000   10,072,000 11,907,000 9,041,000 11,915,000 7,068,000 2,817,000 503,000 7,792,000 24,476,000 4,961,000 11,856,000 26,324,000 2,395,000 4,726,000 7,058,000 12,726,000 21,440,000 5,292,000 67,000 15,570,000 15,863,000 5,292,000 25,719,000 4,092,000 5,464,000 2,195,000 27,268,000   8,101,000 43,378,000 13,161,000 4,056,000 22,691,000 3,150,000 15,685,000 11,553,000 28,223,000  578,000    16,000,000 1,062,000 17,455,000  13,857,000 26,435,000 24,249,000  9,446,000 11,987,000 10,166,000  8,447,000 
        other liabilities
      224,115,000 187,793,000 178,590,000 220,096,000 528,744,000 321,669,000 296,062,000 334,308,000 305,569,000 270,711,000 316,150,000 304,129,000 281,978,000 289,568,000 284,950,000 283,687,000 294,500,000 255,760,000 290,686,000 294,983,000 285,407,000 236,136,000 246,722,000 219,616,000 234,418,000 221,442,000 233,445,000 267,534,000 267,456,000 263,647,000 240,553,000 240,362,000 256,340,000 224,877,000 242,037,000 250,197,000 202,107,000 229,335,000 226,855,000 203,528,000 224,381,000 199,187,000 192,859,000 179,904,000 208,028,000 207,028,000 163,839,000 163,968,000 187,321,000 170,665,000 182,150,000 193,848,000 168,458,000 153,972,000 160,187,000 157,780,000 163,224,000 149,007,000 182,773,000 184,419,000 180,247,000 167,093,000 159,837,000 152,515,000 169,048,000 177,947,000 163,892,000 164,848,000 203,895,000 190,496,000 203,908,000 223,228,000 219,623,000 211,894,000 238,504,000 233,457,000 227,346,000 207,169,000 242,891,000 233,541,000 106,924,000 85,294,000 109,524,000 95,653,000 115,176,000 63,219,000 108,678,000 99,117,000 86,660,000 70,020,000 74,359,000 70,158,000 71,227,000 60,625,000 58,022,000 
        total liabilities
      7,282,755,000 7,143,394,000 7,140,428,000 7,113,530,000 7,207,047,000 6,364,108,000 6,290,658,000 6,078,065,000 5,791,941,000 5,555,252,000 5,547,906,000 5,290,500,000 5,130,094,000 4,992,057,000 4,908,180,000 4,837,300,000 4,758,909,000 4,632,191,000 4,609,440,000 4,518,317,000 4,449,717,000 4,295,649,000 4,244,956,000 4,099,922,000 4,093,454,000 4,089,655,000 4,070,698,000 3,948,556,000 3,887,426,000 3,816,045,000 3,578,807,000 3,494,613,000 3,448,566,000 3,339,936,000 3,249,408,000 3,175,791,000 3,118,020,000 3,036,316,000 2,985,815,000 2,900,020,000 2,884,685,000 2,807,760,000 2,817,080,000 2,738,741,000 2,748,093,000 2,724,843,000 2,684,366,000 2,638,737,000 2,614,313,000 2,492,695,000 2,500,301,000 2,397,952,000 2,396,820,000 2,347,189,000 2,317,077,000 2,259,702,000 2,238,219,000 2,212,523,000 2,287,130,000 2,400,913,000 2,387,698,000 2,408,549,000 2,409,405,000 2,395,866,000 2,437,383,000 2,461,687,000 2,505,234,000 2,499,325,000 2,572,618,000 2,456,144,000 2,455,478,000 2,444,456,000 2,517,885,000 2,552,498,000 2,632,158,000 2,581,304,000 2,606,632,000 2,576,932,000 2,615,931,000 2,547,124,000 2,506,809,000 2,433,714,000 2,418,950,000 2,302,470,000 2,271,980,000 2,150,195,000 2,151,207,000 2,015,336,000 1,946,541,000 1,864,263,000 1,792,333,000 1,691,915,000 1,618,309,000 1,546,510,000 1,369,999,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                     
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                     
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,389; 55,389
      99,699,000  99,699,000 99,699,000 99,699,000                                                                                           
        retained earnings
      2,490,411,000 2,317,576,000 2,132,615,000 1,869,798,000 1,720,912,000 1,846,825,000 1,763,343,000 1,550,068,000 1,505,080,000 1,449,198,000 1,275,385,000 1,301,193,000 1,360,316,000 1,423,184,000 1,447,534,000 1,563,418,000 1,809,260,000 2,041,338,000 2,046,025,000 2,079,759,000 2,005,600,000 1,933,627,000 1,801,898,000 1,717,917,000 1,524,581,000 1,700,674,000 1,703,861,000 1,669,315,000 1,620,799,000 1,519,658,000 1,636,263,000 1,612,272,000 1,586,675,000 1,663,864,000 1,678,668,000 1,666,627,000 1,649,425,000 1,656,873,000 1,717,373,000 1,724,711,000 1,710,096,000 1,721,030,000 1,731,827,000 1,750,621,000 1,775,047,000 1,782,937,000 1,837,928,000 1,840,469,000 1,779,322,000 1,740,484,000 1,758,918,000 1,753,011,000 1,795,937,000 1,763,117,000 1,814,135,000 1,781,430,000 1,820,189,000 1,780,311,000 1,734,304,000 1,770,981,000 1,746,624,000 1,721,289,000 1,777,817,000 1,713,299,000 1,727,809,000 1,698,954,000 1,697,037,000 1,571,066,000 1,488,385,000 1,423,499,000 1,623,607,000 1,795,903,000 1,756,924,000 1,712,072,000 1,695,940,000 1,661,117,000 1,620,061,000 1,588,042,000 1,564,152,000 1,522,173,000 1,510,606,000 1,478,185,000 1,455,448,000 1,405,906,000 1,355,765,000 1,318,793,000 1,264,834,000 1,219,867,000 1,161,890,000 1,113,217,000 1,081,949,000 1,050,290,000 1,024,873,000 1,000,713,000 997,459,000 
        total shareholders’ equity
      2,590,110,000 2,417,275,000 2,232,314,000 1,969,497,000 1,820,611,000 1,946,524,000 1,862,290,000 1,649,015,000 1,604,027,000 1,548,145,000 1,374,332,000 1,400,140,000 1,459,263,000 1,522,131,000 1,546,481,000 1,662,365,000 1,908,207,000 2,140,281,000 2,144,933,000 2,178,631,000 2,104,437,000 2,032,597,000 1,900,832,000 1,816,815,000 1,623,444,000 1,799,502,000 1,802,544,000 1,767,962,000 1,719,294,000 1,617,684,000 1,734,230,000 1,709,858,000 1,684,221,000 1,761,387,000 1,776,191,000 1,763,192,000 1,745,969,000 1,752,402,000 1,815,457,000 1,822,028,000 1,807,378,000 1,820,885,000 1,829,499,000 1,847,743,000 1,869,964,000 1,875,446,000 1,924,640,000 1,923,663,000 1,861,806,000 1,822,486,000 1,840,155,000 1,833,868,000 1,875,346,000 1,842,497,000 1,893,833,000 1,860,731,000 1,898,560,000 1,857,483,000 1,809,487,000 1,845,602,000 1,820,877,000 1,794,815,000 1,851,091,000 1,786,004,000 1,800,125,000 1,770,946,000 1,768,613,000 1,642,546,000 1,559,344,000    1,826,173,000 1,861,998,000 1,845,672,000 1,789,619,000  1,724,130,000 1,694,186,000 1,633,337,000 1,630,136,000 1,607,837,000 1,597,882,000 1,551,449,000 1,484,169,000 1,459,548,000 1,402,072,000 1,323,404,000 1,312,098,000 1,255,503,000 1,210,778,000 1,195,926,000 1,133,369,000 1,098,786,000 1,081,121,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      9,872,865,000 9,560,669,000 9,372,742,000 9,083,027,000 9,027,658,000 8,310,632,000 8,152,948,000 7,727,080,000 7,395,968,000 7,103,397,000 6,922,238,000 6,690,640,000 6,589,357,000 6,514,188,000 6,454,661,000 6,499,665,000 6,667,116,000 6,772,472,000 6,754,373,000 6,696,948,000 6,554,154,000 6,328,246,000 6,145,788,000 5,916,737,000 5,716,898,000 5,889,157,000 5,873,242,000 5,716,518,000 5,606,720,000 5,433,729,000 5,313,037,000 5,204,471,000 5,132,787,000 5,101,323,000 5,025,599,000 4,938,983,000 4,863,989,000 4,788,718,000 4,801,272,000 4,722,048,000 4,692,063,000 4,628,645,000 4,646,579,000 4,586,484,000 4,618,057,000 4,600,289,000 4,609,006,000 4,562,400,000 4,476,119,000 4,315,181,000 4,340,456,000 4,231,820,000 4,272,166,000 4,189,686,000 4,210,910,000 4,120,433,000 4,136,779,000 4,070,006,000 4,096,617,000 4,246,515,000 4,208,575,000 4,203,364,000 4,260,496,000 4,181,870,000 4,237,508,000 4,232,633,000 4,273,847,000 4,141,871,000 4,131,962,000  4,150,250,000 4,310,784,000 4,344,058,000 4,414,496,000 4,477,830,000 4,370,923,000 4,372,742,000 4,301,062,000 4,310,117,000 4,180,461,000 4,136,945,000 4,041,551,000 4,016,832,000 3,853,919,000 3,756,149,000 3,609,743,000 3,553,279,000 3,338,740,000 3,258,639,000  3,003,111,000 2,887,841,000 2,751,678,000 2,645,296,000  
        common stock without par value or stated value:
                                                                             70,250,000 69,538,000  69,006,000 68,732,000                    
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,389; 55,389
       99,699,000                                                                                              
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,389; 55,371
           99,699,000                                                                                          
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,371; 55,371
            98,947,000 98,947,000 98,947,000  98,947,000 98,947,000 98,947,000  98,947,000 98,947,000 98,947,000                                                                               
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,371; 55,371
               98,947,000    98,947,000                                                                                  
        allowance for credit losses on reinsurance recoverables
                           -91,000 -58,000 -88,000 -148,000                                                                       
        reinsurance recoverables, net of allowance for credit losses
                       45,000,000 49,925,000 52,705,000 54,312,000 48,488,000 41,374,000 50,049,000 70,218,000                                                                       
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,371; 55,358
                       98,943,000                                                                              
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,371; 55,358
                        98,908,000 98,872,000 98,837,000                                                                           
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,358; 55,358
                           98,970,000                                                                          
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,358; 55,358
                            98,934,000 98,898,000 98,863,000                                                                       
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,358; 55,340
                               98,828,000                                                                      
        premium
                                629,836,000 592,732,000 579,963,000  558,004,000 527,280,000 509,177,000  485,868,000 469,081,000 478,345,000   460,077,000 465,737,000                                                       
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,355; 55,340
                                98,683,000 98,647,000                                                                    
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,350; 55,340
                                  98,495,000                                                                   
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,340; 55,332
                                   98,026,000                                                                  
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,340; 55,332
                                    97,967,000                                                                 
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,332; 55,332
                                     97,586,000 97,546,000                                                               
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,332; 55,289
                                       97,523,000                                                              
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,332; 55,289
                                        97,523,000                                                             
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,311; 55,289
                                         96,565,000 96,544,000                                                           
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,289; 55,164
                                           95,529,000                                                          
        additional paid-in capital
                                            3,147,000 3,311,000 3,311,000 8,870,000 6,644,000 6,129,000 4,812,000 3,804,000 3,046,000 1,410,000 774,000 411,000 128,000    635,000 285,000 538,000 538,000 352,000 166,000 78,000  285,000 36,000 18,000                               
        losses and loss adjustment expenses
                                            1,244,553,000   1,146,688,000 1,131,553,000 1,113,932,000 1,105,877,000 1,091,797,000 1,062,913,000 1,053,030,000 1,044,045,000 1,038,984,000 1,010,534,000 1,007,036,000 1,009,418,000 1,036,123,000 978,420,000 978,321,000 954,386,000 985,279,000 978,725,000 980,984,000 990,719,000 1,034,205,000 985,149,000 999,777,000 1,022,721,000 1,053,334,000 1,055,887,000 1,070,003,000 1,092,245,000 1,133,508,000 1,049,241,000 1,020,932,000 1,042,523,000 1,103,915,000 1,097,678,000 1,090,682,000 1,078,304,000 1,088,822,000 1,065,064,000 1,058,171,000 1,011,567,000 1,022,603,000 968,874,000 940,491,000 919,872,000 900,744,000 879,760,000 837,145,000 805,651,000 797,927,000 760,655,000 721,341,000 697,591,000 679,271,000 577,477,000 
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,271; 55,164
                                            94,937,000                                                         
        losses and loss adjustment expense reserves
                                             1,210,793,000 1,174,968,000                                                       
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,254; 55,164
                                             94,006,000 93,971,000                                                       
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,164; 55,121
                                               90,985,000                                                      
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,164; 55,121
                                                91,028,000 90,993,000                                                    
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,147; 55,121
                                                  90,105,000                                                   
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,121; 54,975
                                                   88,705,000                                                  
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 55,021; 54,975
                                                    83,666,000                                                 
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,979; 54,975
                                                     81,784,000                                                
        common stock without par value or stated value:authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,978; 54,975
                                                      81,710,000                                               
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,975; 54,922
                                                       81,591,000                                              
        common stock without par value or stated value:authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,960; 54,922
                                                        81,109,000                                             
        common stock without par value or stated value:authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,959; 54,922
                                                         80,857,000                                            
        common stock without par value or stated value:authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,922; 54,922
                                                          79,409,000                                           
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,922; 54,856
                                                           79,380,000                                          
        fixed maturities trading
                                                            2,468,717,000 2,487,637,000 2,485,594,000 2,445,589,000 2,466,857,000 2,556,964,000 2,519,549,000 2,652,280,000 2,759,757,000 2,698,711,000 2,700,268,000 2,704,561,000                              
        equity securities trading
                                                            470,813,000 446,167,000 406,456,000 380,388,000 321,847,000 421,967,000 394,687,000 359,606,000 301,496,000 278,653,000 281,618,000 286,131,000          9,438,000                    
        common stock without par value or stated value:authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,911; 54,856
                                                            79,063,000 79,016,000                                        
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,883; 54,856
                                                              77,833,000                                       
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,856; 54,803
                                                               76,634,000                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                                -539,000 -631,000 -647,000 -740,000 -870,000 -797,000 -696,000 -597,000 -672,000 -550,000 -868,000                           
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,827; 54,803
                                                                75,370,000                                     
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,822; 54,803
                                                                 75,086,000                                    
        common stock without par value or stated value: authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,818; 54,803
                                                                  74,822,000                                   
        common stock without par or stated value:
                                                                                                     
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,803; 54,777
                                                                   74,188,000                                  
        additional paid in capital
                                                                   78,000                                  
        authorized 70,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,800; 54,777
                                                                    73,859,000                                 
        premiums receivable
                                                                     271,866,000 281,822,000 262,278,000 267,684,000 256,004,000 271,361,000 268,227,000 284,565,000 279,478,000 297,150,000 294,663,000 313,278,000 303,578,000 310,937,000 298,772,000 321,151,000 320,298,000 327,998,000 310,457,000 316,250,000 293,256,000 293,497,000 284,690,000 280,349,000 257,492,000 246,452,000 231,277,000 227,785,000 207,906,000 201,388,000 186,446,000 165,474,000 
        premium notes
                                                                     8,046,000 9,761,000 14,510,000 23,357,000 27,410,000 30,190,000 25,699,000 28,923,000 29,665,000 32,194,000 27,577,000 31,350,000 31,564,000 33,992,000 29,613,000 30,968,000 30,599,000 32,226,000 27,002,000 26,044,000 26,111,000 24,722,000 23,702,000 24,645,000 24,880,000 23,096,000 22,620,000 23,226,000 23,664,000 22,377,000 21,761,000 20,397,000 
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,793,483; 54,776,958
                                                                     73,466,000                                
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,784,958; 54,776,958
                                                                      72,994,000                               
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,776,958; 54,763,713
                                                                       72,589,000                              
        investments:
                                                                                                     
        fixed maturities trading, at fair value
                                                                        2,728,815,000 2,624,812,000 2,585,225,000 2,481,673,000 2,601,669,000 2,772,028,000 2,775,430,000                       
        equity securities trading, at fair value
                                                                        287,720,000 258,813,000 225,907,000 247,391,000 366,738,000 493,143,000 446,147,000 15,114,000 8,483,000                     
        short-term investments, at fair value
                                                                        126,172,000 94,557,000 94,085,000  249,516,000 218,884,000 252,485,000                       
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,770,238 in 2009 and 54,763,713 shares in 2008
                                                                        72,248,000                             
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,769,713 in 2009 and 54,763,713 shares in 2008
                                                                         72,030,000 71,827,000                           
        fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value
                                                                               2,887,760,000 2,855,325,000                     
        equity securities available for sale, at fair value
                                                                               413,123,000 417,132,000                     
        short-term investments, at fair value in 2008; at cost in 2007
                                                                           204,756,000                          
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                                     
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                                     
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,763,713 in 2008
                                                                                                     
        and 54,729,913 shares in 2007
                                                                           71,428,000                          
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                           -876,000 54,000 175,000 -289,000 80,557,000 80,726,000 59,770,000 78,987,000 69,652,000 63,682,000 45,383,000 55,079,000 66,549,000 79,788,000 83,877,000 67,363,000 80,549,000 77,736,000 44,546,000 92,117,000 84,833,000 71,723,000 88,622,000 51,764,000 42,140,000 28,556,000 
        total shareholders' equity
                                                                           1,494,051,000 1,694,772,000 1,866,328,000     1,766,110,000                   
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                           3,950,195,000                          
        common stock without par value or stated value
                                                                            71,111,000        66,352,000                 
        short-term investments, at cost, which approximates fair value
                                                                               272,678,000 332,000,000                     
        commitments and contingencies shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                     
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,729,913 shares in 2007 and 54,669,606 in 2006
                                                                               69,369,000                      
        fixed maturities available for sale
                                                                                 2,883,376,000 2,929,364,000 2,898,987,000 2,880,398,000 2,772,752,000 2,707,035,000 2,645,555,000 2,438,026,000 2,411,489,000 2,327,639,000 2,245,311,000 2,244,444,000 2,164,629,000 2,077,509,000 1,945,309,000 1,783,571,000 1,842,478,000 1,698,762,000 1,632,871,000 1,626,822,000 
        equity securities available for sale
                                                                                 360,038,000 362,229,000 318,449,000 303,393,000 294,036,000 280,464,000 276,108,000 281,561,000 259,637,000 256,768,000 254,362,000 249,691,000 232,227,000 266,742,000 264,393,000 271,581,000 275,389,000 229,079,000 230,981,000 245,169,000 
        short-term investments, at cost, which approximates market
                                                                                 283,573,000 244,438,000                   
        short-term cash investments, at cost, which approximates market
                                                                                   282,302,000 289,024,000 309,531,000 333,782,000 321,049,000 533,772,000 443,784,000 456,164,000 421,369,000 392,217,000 302,534,000 287,549,000 329,812,000 393,414,000 251,185,000 316,457,000 286,806,000 110,577,000 
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,669,606 shares in 2006 and 54,605,406 in 2005
                                                                                   66,436,000                  
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,677,791 shares in 2006 and 54,605,406 shares in 2005
                                                                                     65,781,000                
        loss drafts payable
                                                                                      108,215,000 104,593,000 95,495,000 87,177,000 89,764,000 82,245,000 90,223,000 81,404,000 79,204,000 79,960,000  71,720,000 68,416,000 64,346,000 59,089,000 
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,634,656 shares in 2006 and 54,605,406 shares in 2005
                                                                                      64,451,000               
        current income tax
                                                                                       11,219,000    10,123,000    11,441,000    6,654,000  
        deferred income tax
                                                                                       37,456,000    30,606,000          
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,605,406 shares in 2005 and 54,514,693 in 2004
                                                                                       63,103,000              
        common stock without par value or stated value.
                                                                                                     
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,594,806 shares in 2005 and 54,514,693 shares in 2004
                                                                                        62,646,000             
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,561,056 shares in 2005 and 54,514,693 shares in 2004
                                                                                         61,666,000            
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,540,818 shares in 2005 and 54,514,693 shares in 2004
                                                                                          61,041,000           
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,514,693 shares in 2004 and 54,424,128 in 2003
                                                                                           60,206,000          
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,495,943 shares in 2004 and 54,424,128 shares in 2003
                                                                                            59,502,000         
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,482,103 shares in 2004 and 54,424,128 shares in 2003
                                                                                             58,991,000        
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,447,108 shares in 2004 and 54,424,128 shares in 2003
                                                                                              58,091,000       
        receivables: - sum
                                                                                               299,094,000    259,445,000 237,460,000 
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,424,128 shares in 2003 and 54,361,698 in 2002
                                                                                               57,453,000      
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity.
                                                                                               3,119,766,000      
        loss drafts and checks payable
                                                                                                75,180,000     
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,410,403 shares in 2003 and 54,361,698 shares in 2002
                                                                                                57,106,000     
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,407,603 shares in 2003 and 54,344,648 shares in 2002
                                                                                                 57,014,000    
        common stock without par value or stated value. authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,395,948 shares in 2003 and 54,361,698 shares in 2002
                                                                                                  56,732,000   
        authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,361,698 shares in 2002 and 54,276,798 in 2001
                                                                                                   55,933,000  
        unearned esop compensation
                                                                                                    -500,000 
        common stock without par value or stated value authorized 70,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 54,344,648 shares in 2002 and 54,276,798 shares in 2001
                                                                                                    55,606,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 2002-09-30 2002-06-30 
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          net income
        190,421,000 202,547,000 280,402,000 166,472,000 -108,327,000 101,067,000 230,856,000 62,568,000 73,462,000     -6,770,000 -98,303,000 -210,682,000 -196,917,000 30,473,000 1,288,000 109,181,000 106,995,000 166,743,000 118,857,000 228,211,000 -139,204,000 31,688,000 69,282,000 83,250,000 135,867,000 -81,879,000 58,578,000 60,180,000 -42,607,000 19,779,000 46,485,000 51,633,000 26,980,000 -26,082,000 26,930,000 48,873,000 23,323,000 23,405,000 15,270,000 9,639,000 26,165,000 -20,956,000 31,296,000 94,960,000 72,649,000 15,376,000 39,570,000 -9,264,000 66,461,000 -17,382,000 66,201,000 -5,264,000 73,356,000 79,469,000 -3,782,000 57,251,000 58,226,000 -23,647,000 96,849,000 17,817,000 61,179,000 34,235,000 157,737,000 114,447,000 96,653,000 -168,345,000 -140,539,000 70,726,000 -3,961,000 44,592,000 129,962,000 60,453,000 164,685,000 96,458,000 58,646,000 207,040,000 134,026,000 60,424,000 212,079,000 146,950,000 68,816,000 135,095,000 85,480,000 42,108,000 48,775,000 30,255,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
        19,841,000 21,269,000 18,774,000 17,702,000 17,244,000 19,589,000 19,106,000 17,401,000 17,337,000 18,086,000 18,237,000 18,506,000 17,411,000 17,743,000 18,948,000 23,446,000 22,253,000 22,192,000 20,022,000 19,262,000 17,580,000 17,846,000 17,635,000 16,956,000 16,026,000 17,318,000 16,248,000 16,079,000 15,085,000 15,061,000 15,158,000 14,424,000 14,148,000 13,726,000 14,092,000 14,260,000 13,265,000 6,683,000 6,844,000 6,501,000 6,357,000 6,511,000 6,217,000 6,643,000 7,107,000 7,909,000 6,751,000 6,634,000 6,760,000 6,872,000 6,796,000 8,102,000 8,817,000 9,071,000 9,203,000 9,184,000 9,516,000 10,061,000 10,022,000 10,154,000 10,420,000 11,063,000 12,591,000 8,519,000 8,562,000 9,377,000 8,897,000 9,051,000 8,367,000 7,119,000 6,843,000 6,626,000 6,449,000                  
          net realized investment losses
        4,543,000     66,865,000    -161,786,000 90,001,000 19,779,000 -49,008,000 -93,157,000 144,213,000 241,938,000 195,086,000  43,543,000 -58,805,000 -41,691,000 -114,189,000 -64,436,000 -158,426,000 251,320,000 -25,067,000 -33,323,000 -53,329,000 -111,074,000 85,165,000 3,910,000 -14,290,000 58,735,000     89,228,000 15,465,000 -45,381,000 -25,057,000 8,212,000 26,286,000 39,348,000 9,961,000 21,629,000 20,089,000   4,269,000 -16,212,000        66,919,000       6,105,000 -171,373,000 -99,862,000 -81,314,000 217,906,000 276,973,000 -36,496,000 92,137,000   1,042,000        -17,791,000 -5,674,000 -5,334,000 932,000 759,000 48,623,000 48,688,000 
          increase in premiums receivable
        -73,346,000 26,657,000 -21,957,000 -4,606,000 -54,872,000  -19,788,000    -34,536,000    -7,670,000 7,871,000 -25,403,000    -26,941,000    -20,312,000 24,965,000 -37,104,000 -12,770,000 -24,923,000 2,965,000 -30,724,000 -18,103,000 -35,117,000 11,808,000 -16,787,000 9,264,000 -19,193,000                            -19,544,000    -3,134,000    -2,487,000  -4,806,000 -12,165,000 -10,694,000 -9,841,000 -17,541,000 -31,560,000 -8,566,000 -8,807,000 -49,072,000 -26,215,000 -15,175,000 -41,339,000 -21,460,000 -14,942,000 -35,905,000 -21,862,000 
          decrease in reinsurance recoverables
        61,901,000 66,097,000 214,947,000 232,883,000 -594,986,000 -594,000 1,740,000 205,000 1,983,000 -5,501,000 1,092,000 5,188,000 -6,831,000 -586,000 2,398,000 7,399,000 9,894,000 4,925,000 2,780,000 1,607,000 -5,824,000 -7,114,000 8,675,000 20,169,000 8,397,000 24,674,000 23,123,000 -12,071,000 106,588,000 -167,669,000 -5,582,000 4,839,000 3,673,000                                                          
          changes in current and deferred income taxes
        45,226,000 -53,859,000 69,849,000 39,934,000 -30,688,000 -28,591,000 36,773,000 -8,545,000 12,355,000 104,341,000 -6,649,000 -19,956,000 -16,791,000 16,095,000 -30,603,000 -60,863,000 -56,129,000 4,357,000 -22,889,000 -24,992,000 25,427,000 25,161,000 10,413,000 37,163,000 -41,501,000 12,519,000 10,359,000 18,329,000 31,338,000 -32,357,000 23,182,000 12,364,000 -17,087,000 -21,159,000 4,475,000 11,106,000 2,568,000                                                      
          increase in deferred policy acquisition costs
        -6,849,000 3,162,000 -13,740,000 -12,675,000 -1,139,000 6,074,000 -14,546,000   2,728,000 -18,311,000   13,251,000 -6,193,000   5,015,000 -12,451,000   4,468,000 -8,722,000 -8,097,000 -1,477,000  -10,527,000 -7,444,000 -4,592,000          -2,764,000 -428,000 -1,803,000 3,483,000 -5,940,000 -204,000 -1,899,000 4,236,000 -2,221,000 2,101,000 -6,852,000 1,818,000 -6,685,000 1,245,000 -4,934,000  -7,198,000 -3,723,000 -3,962,000                -737,000 5,845,000 -4,119,000 -6,408,000 -15,777,000 -9,741,000 -6,978,000 -23,106,000 -15,158,000 -8,589,000 -24,428,000 -14,377,000 -10,067,000 -21,162,000 -12,205,000 -7,688,000 -19,460,000 -12,562,000 
          increase in loss and loss adjustment expense reserves
        12,863,000 37,366,000 -16,188,000 -180,421,000 640,550,000 78,341,000 97,287,000 117,183,000 73,518,000 61,926,000 3,769,000 42,446,000 92,651,000 152,176,000 45,912,000 78,996,000 81,396,000 84,309,000 51,106,000 49,915,000 49,796,000 49,318,000    66,044,000 71,287,000 -3,688,000 -41,800,000 249,358,000 30,204,000 18,877,000 20,360,000 138,449,000 45,201,000 10,030,000 26,685,000                                                      
          increase in unearned premiums
        97,623,000 -17,596,000 88,685,000 63,603,000 81,413,000 -37,080,000 102,776,000 119,950,000 118,524,000 -12,894,000 116,164,000 81,061,000 5,690,000 -89,820,000 37,519,000 29,754,000 48,387,000 -25,498,000 74,173,000 30,690,000 34,561,000 -26,676,000 42,510,000 5,236,000 29,256,000 -28,418,000 68,970,000 41,334,000 37,480,000 -4,595,000 50,010,000 40,422,000 48,417,000 -18,046,000 26,379,000 -1,208,000 20,365,000 -27,714,000 22,014,000 1,566,000 29,258,000 -14,010,000 36,709,000 987,000 18,866,000 -12,821,000 19,157,000 -60,000 39,995,000 -13,793,000 29,208,000 -10,261,000 27,944,000 -847,000 38,835,000 16,459,000 22,555,000 -22,781,000 18,968,000 -5,874,000 19,735,000  12,093,000 -11,596,000 11,909,000    4,845,000    8,305,000 -35,429,000 13,431,000 30,084,000 60,798,000 37,722,000 37,246,000 107,739,000 67,771,000 45,149,000 108,755,000 64,410,000 37,704,000 99,956,000 57,036,000 34,277,000 98,580,000 63,125,000 
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        -55,895,000 26,282,000 -43,230,000 120,468,000 -70,773,000 10,305,000 27,758,000 25,461,000 3,615,000 7,074,000 1,589,000 14,057,000 442,000   -9,304,000 7,548,000 -13,766,000 -13,333,000 2,798,000 -2,423,000 13,109,000 -9,899,000 39,138,000 9,640,000 -14,271,000 8,204,000 9,818,000 22,742,000 -25,042,000 6,082,000 785,000 24,761,000  10,192,000 -516,000 9,584,000     -17,577,000    15,051,000 21,768,000 7,826,000 -13,626,000 -8,382,000 17,078,000 4,011,000 17,660,000 -5,356,000 210,000 326,000 6,017,000 -11,952,000 -3,054,000 10,432,000 -5,411,000 -35,151,000 9,334,000 11,644,000 5,119,000 -21,994,000 18,632,000 2,313,000 16,806,000    500,000  -3,628,000  18,872,000 3,591,000  4,466,000 -4,252,000 -19,585,000 43,780,000 16,661,000 1,606,000 32,103,000 15,382,000 939,000 14,850,000 6,168,000 
          other
        29,273,000 -23,935,000 3,346,000 -45,584,000 76,170,000 -2,163,000 -29,478,000 -11,757,000 19,066,000 1,961,000 -40,836,000 9,352,000 14,944,000 -11,895,000 -6,304,000 -12,615,000 28,110,000 -15,641,000 -1,592,000 19,810,000 13,747,000 1,641,000 10,070,000 -5,696,000 8,276,000 -7,930,000 -38,585,000 11,392,000 7,960,000 15,843,000 -2,534,000 -6,749,000 7,103,000 183,000 -1,447,000 26,632,000 17,094,000 -3,740,000 -825,000 -12,689,000 13,195,000 -3,878,000 951,000 -7,275,000 8,706,000 -3,599,000 -687,000 -7,913,000 10,245,000 -5,636,000 -2,801,000 -11,360,000 9,480,000 -2,669,000 -1,417,000 -7,124,000 5,029,000 -8,546,000 4,279,000 -11,190,000 11,344,000 5,204,000 -1,124,000 -8,037,000 8,188,000 6,681,000 -4,653,000 -8,004,000 2,202,000 -1,269,000 6,067,000 -14,092,000 3,809,000 -182,000 1,450,000 -970,000 8,124,000 27,855,000 18,522,000 40,427,000 35,574,000 36,375,000 5,600,000 4,391,000 9,773,000 13,190,000 -1,316,000 15,797,000 1,043,000 -4,461,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        325,601,000 287,873,000 496,439,000 371,605,000 -68,729,000 248,318,000 318,129,000 278,044,000 192,626,000 225,335,000 122,291,000 87,189,000 18,173,000 67,718,000 89,965,000 88,328,000 106,578,000 73,555,000 110,788,000 142,722,000 174,519,000 162,364,000 183,669,000 162,437,000 97,146,000 106,085,000 147,970,000 90,936,000 174,687,000 58,239,000 141,120,000 105,724,000 78,351,000 64,940,000 101,720,000 100,522,000 74,223,000 77,922,000 107,866,000 56,006,000 45,679,000 41,537,000   11,452,000 47,038,000 71,108,000 78,943,000 49,446,000 40,087,000 73,259,000 38,260,000 58,198,000 34,732,000 63,949,000 14,698,000 34,683,000 -12,227,000 77,694,000 57,482,000 35,576,000 -7,643,000 47,380,000 19,163,000 32,881,000 32,565,000 50,097,000 55,505,000 50,858,000 -8,011,000 59,679,000 -19,236,000 32,169,000 9,680,000 115,377,000 49,919,000 293,173,000 199,805,000 116,679,000 409,191,000 257,684,000 147,057,000 393,524,000 246,952,000 115,033,000 341,928,000 201,131,000 101,277,000 255,964,000 150,533,000 
          capital expenditures
          
          free cash flows
        325,601,000 287,873,000 496,439,000 371,605,000 -68,729,000 248,318,000 318,129,000 278,044,000 192,626,000 225,335,000 122,291,000 87,189,000 18,173,000 67,718,000 89,965,000 88,328,000 106,578,000 73,555,000 110,788,000 142,722,000 174,519,000 162,364,000 183,669,000 162,437,000 97,146,000 106,085,000 147,970,000 90,936,000 174,687,000 58,239,000 141,120,000 105,724,000 78,351,000 64,940,000 101,720,000 100,522,000 74,223,000 77,922,000 107,866,000 56,006,000 45,679,000 41,537,000   11,452,000 47,038,000 71,108,000 78,943,000 49,446,000 40,087,000 73,259,000 38,260,000 58,198,000 34,732,000 63,949,000 14,698,000 34,683,000 -12,227,000 77,694,000 57,482,000 35,576,000 -7,643,000 47,380,000 19,163,000 32,881,000 32,565,000 50,097,000 55,505,000 50,858,000 -8,011,000 59,679,000 -19,236,000 32,169,000 9,680,000 115,377,000 49,919,000 293,173,000 199,805,000 116,679,000 409,191,000 257,684,000 147,057,000 393,524,000 246,952,000 115,033,000 341,928,000 201,131,000 101,277,000 255,964,000 150,533,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                                  
          fixed maturity securities available for sale in nature:
                                                                                                  
          purchases
        -646,273,000 -524,757,000 -386,343,000 -632,787,000 -299,354,000 -499,644,000 -431,801,000 -369,778,000 -419,763,000 -325,363,000 -203,501,000 -80,596,000 -175,292,000 -495,386,000 -521,495,000 -439,107,000 -338,829,000 -415,822,000 -470,221,000 -344,560,000 -230,038,000 -191,672,000 -236,900,000 -115,124,000 -334,517,000 -106,804,000 -90,430,000 -147,969,000 -146,592,000 -158,839,000 -153,487,000 -179,951,000 -213,947,000 -206,979,000 -87,124,000 -162,001,000 -278,293,000 -334,967,000 -251,440,000 -104,603,000 -386,628,000 -158,551,000 -287,813,000 -144,755,000 -374,582,000 -149,286,000 -61,770,000 -153,930,000 -177,508,000 -206,470,000 -194,342,000 -221,216,000 -209,768,000 -204,300,000 -125,636,000 -131,053,000 -129,573,000 -114,315,000 -81,908,000 -126,558,000 -57,182,000 -77,662,000 -166,980,000 -76,055,000 -112,172,000 -65,826,000 -132,750,000 -153,254,000 -78,862,000 -152,129,000 -109,080,000 -168,282,000 -243,740,000 -362,923,000 -1,055,169,000 -591,197,000 -1,817,114,000 -1,381,759,000 -739,535,000 -943,707,000 -697,996,000 -345,133,000 -823,109,000 -610,445,000 -285,516,000 -551,137,000 -370,584,000 -123,715,000 -348,067,000 -268,882,000 
          sales
        342,886,000 36,893,000 26,990,000 42,594,000 351,769,000 8,327,000 17,961,000 28,307,000 116,837,000 116,690,000 41,994,000 20,419,000 97,702,000 234,772,000 255,692,000 218,739,000 147,088,000 218,447,000 31,732,000 44,981,000 41,041,000 40,751,000 20,350,000 83,483,000 23,503,000 80,678,000 1,913,000 38,772,000 15,197,000 40,885,000 29,944,000 58,239,000 60,238,000 13,739,000 21,759,000 42,702,000 22,509,000 165,857,000 58,419,000 22,746,000 149,744,000 49,222,000 141,890,000 53,101,000 16,733,000 33,761,000 49,493,000 52,515,000 73,911,000 55,559,000 55,481,000 107,508,000 9,568,000 61,519,000 22,224,000 20,301,000 35,816,000 21,984,000 45,835,000 53,009,000 96,707,000 58,705,000 71,618,000 15,763,000 58,457,000 12,124,000 102,909,000 91,484,000 31,791,000 127,656,000 93,116,000 100,730,000 229,185,000 279,549,000 844,592,000 452,094,000 1,056,826,000 578,909,000 466,094,000 410,881,000 343,411,000 165,585,000 240,992,000 180,801,000 91,118,000 78,824,000 35,576,000 2,440,000 314,608,000 177,049,000 
          calls or maturities
        204,163,000 206,752,000 232,475,000 182,339,000 255,122,000 378,726,000 300,852,000 146,980,000 114,300,000 110,271,000 59,496,000 71,644,000 52,898,000 91,602,000 121,620,000 177,402,000 89,399,000 121,033,000 171,874,000 122,640,000 103,010,000 96,698,000 69,942,000 42,595,000 41,643,000 58,050,000 119,964,000 58,747,000 80,099,000 90,644,000 88,368,000 92,941,000 62,673,000 139,256,000 177,697,000 99,629,000 159,153,000 225,322,000 133,480,000 108,132,000 180,125,000 103,333,000 142,167,000 53,779,000 87,365,000 116,772,000 96,761,000 57,471,000 59,633,000 111,202,000 68,692,000 82,193,000 81,541,000 200,294,000 138,820,000 116,480,000 73,292,000 124,386,000 143,251,000 68,054,000 82,925,000 53,180,000 81,638,000 77,499,000 73,137,000 52,878,000 53,449,000 67,250,000 44,460,000 50,933,000 59,964,000 55,299,000 69,650,000 49,794,000 176,510,000 101,956,000 517,520,000 636,624,000 193,469,000 309,028,000 178,464,000 71,584,000 268,917,000 162,394,000 75,363,000 338,267,000 159,404,000 64,248,000 82,044,000 46,815,000 
          equity securities available for sale in nature:
                                                                                                  
          changes in securities payable and receivable
        -1,231,000 20,307,000 -21,390,000 33,489,000 -31,936,000 18,301,000 -6,581,000 9,824,000 10,783,000 -23,591,000 16,351,000 8,455,000 -37,650,000 33,427,000 -13,997,000 -468,000 3,162,000 -11,940,000 -11,840,000 -11,329,000 43,436,000 -11,050,000 14,142,000 -11,083,000 8,864,000 -6,307,000 1,321,000 -13,451,000 15,901,000 -9,612,000 1,384,000 -7,274,000 19,537,000 -22,266,000 7,200,000 9,590,000 -39,264,000 12,686,000 19,660,000 -1,406,000 -982,000 5,271,000 126,000 -20,422,000 13,638,000 14,916,000 10,708,000 -15,652,000 -678,000 45,620,000 -68,368,000 34,899,000 -10,449,000                                      
          decrease in short-term investments
        -104,832,000   -73,622,000 75,683,000   25,341,000 16,151,000 33,545,000   -23,435,000 -1,493,000   5,372,000 56,830,000 214,679,000 144,033,000 -145,159,000 -121,843,000 81,561,000 -95,699,000 254,811,000 -72,013,000 -60,008,000 4,917,000 -113,287,000                                                              
          purchases of fixed assets
        -16,802,000 -14,015,000 -16,903,000 -14,370,000 -13,143,000 -12,324,000 -11,957,000 -11,586,000 -10,271,000 -9,825,000 -7,922,000 -10,378,000 -8,685,000 -9,919,000 -8,517,000 -8,799,000 -8,273,000  -11,696,000 -9,873,000 -7,929,000  -9,975,000 -9,484,000 -10,305,000  -10,950,000 -12,444,000 -8,430,000                                                              
          net cash from investing activities
        -272,308,000 -207,230,000 -348,540,000 -515,988,000 651,602,000 -127,382,000 -293,621,000 -180,774,000 -194,879,000 -110,540,000 -133,284,000 17,887,000 -69,500,000 -120,891,000 -26,290,000 -58,782,000 -110,421,000 -44,384,000 -112,398,000 -67,520,000 -149,368,000 -100,391,000 -88,817,000 -118,245,000 -103,833,000 -92,292,000 -38,184,000 -86,125,000 -184,600,000 29,080,000 -88,944,000 -117,460,000 -45,112,000 -23,583,000 -45,053,000 -40,621,000 -76,340,000 -83,887,000 -77,819,000 -23,577,000 -41,437,000 -38,218,000   -34,093,000 -7,203,000 -37,909,000 -25,528,000 -123,395,000 161,000 -9,929,000 -10,885,000 2,302,000 -31,451,000 -2,766,000 -26,527,000 -9,001,000 44,162,000 -15,269,000 -53,977,000 149,699,000 47,005,000 -59,956,000 -10,183,000 56,234,000 -19,085,000 -8,860,000 -7,874,000 4,122,000 45,755,000 -38,099,000 43,110,000 -16,112,000 18,841,000 -54,630,000 -23,297,000 -224,491,000 -145,904,000 -86,543,000 -330,346,000 -199,170,000 -118,200,000 -339,704,000 -203,252,000 -81,114,000 -281,890,000 -160,302,000 -82,120,000 -191,918,000 -106,582,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                                  
          dividends paid to shareholders
        -17,586,000 -17,586,000 -17,585,000 -17,586,000 -17,586,000 -17,585,000 -17,581,000 -17,580,000 -17,580,000 -17,581,000 -17,581,000 -17,580,000 -17,580,000 -17,580,000 -17,581,000 -35,160,000 -35,161,000 -35,160,000 -35,022,000 -35,022,000 -35,022,000 -35,014,000 -34,876,000 -34,875,000 -34,875,000 -34,875,000 -34,736,000 -34,734,000 -34,726,000 -34,726,000 -34,587,000 -34,583,000 -34,582,000 -34,583,000 -34,444,000 -34,431,000 -34,428,000 -34,418,000 -34,268,000 -34,258,000 -34,257,000 -34,203,000 -34,063,000 -34,065,000 -34,055,000 -34,035,000 -33,837,000 -33,813,000 -33,811,000 -33,809,000 -33,664,000 -33,662,000 -33,641,000 -33,636,000 -33,496,000 -33,495,000 -33,478,000 -33,462,000 -32,896,000 -32,893,000 -32,891,000 -32,882,000 -32,330,000 -32,328,000 -32,323,000 -32,318,000 -31,766,000 -31,766,000 -31,767,000 -31,763,000 -31,757,000 -31,748,000 -31,743,000 -28,460,000 -56,887,000 -28,434,000 -78,719,000 -52,470,000 -26,225,000 -70,386,000 -46,912,000 -23,452,000 -60,463,000 -40,300,000 -20,143,000 -53,858,000 -35,903,000 -17,948,000 -48,874,000 -32,577,000 
          payments on finance lease obligations
        -398,000 -58,000 9,000 -569,000 -754,000 -121,000 15,000 -442,000 -985,000 -247,000 -213,000 -153,000 -489,000 -357,000 -210,000 -148,000 -789,000 -60,000 -377,000 5,000 -393,000                                                                      
          net cash from financing activities
        -17,984,000 -17,644,000 -17,576,000 -18,155,000 -18,340,000 -16,954,000 -17,566,000 -18,022,000 -18,565,000 -17,828,000 107,206,000 -17,733,000 31,931,000 7,063,000 -17,791,000 -35,308,000 -35,950,000 -35,220,000 -35,399,000 -35,017,000 -35,200,000 -35,623,000 -34,876,000 -34,875,000 -34,875,000 -34,765,000 -34,736,000 -34,596,000 -34,273,000 -34,708,000 -34,247,000 -34,583,000 -34,582,000 -34,583,000 -33,453,000 -35,060,000 18,383,000 -3,574,000 -33,471,000 -34,257,000 -33,354,000 -34,282,000   -32,690,000 -29,609,000 -11,991,000 -33,774,000 46,273,000 -23,801,000 6,400,000 -32,086,000 -33,641,000 -33,272,000 -33,496,000 -32,385,000 -32,374,000 -30,305,000 -157,719,000 -32,738,000 -32,373,000 -32,768,000 -32,096,000 -32,025,000 -32,109,000 -32,169,000 -31,753,000 -31,765,000 88,468,000 -36,109,000 -31,058,000 -31,194,000 -13,743,000 -28,196,000 -66,133,000 -27,953,000 -76,364,000 -50,361,000 -25,126,000 -68,358,000 -45,676,000 -22,737,000 -58,855,000 -39,138,000 -19,663,000 -53,821,000 -35,791,000 -18,157,000 -49,511,000 -32,090,000 
          net increase in cash
        35,309,000 62,999,000 130,323,000 -162,538,000 564,533,000 103,982,000 6,942,000   96,967,000 96,213,000   -46,110,000 45,884,000   -6,049,000 -37,009,000   26,350,000    -20,972,000    52,611,000 17,929,000 -46,319,000 -1,343,000 6,774,000 23,214,000 24,841,000 16,266,000 -9,539,000    -30,963,000    10,226,000 21,208,000 19,641,000 -27,676,000 16,447,000 69,730,000 -4,711,000 26,859,000 -29,991,000 27,687,000 -44,214,000 -6,692,000 1,630,000 -95,294,000 -29,233,000 152,902,000 6,594,000 -44,672,000 -23,045,000 57,006,000 -18,689,000 9,484,000 15,866,000 143,448,000 1,635,000   2,314,000 325,000  -1,331,000 -7,682,000 3,540,000 5,010,000 10,487,000 12,838,000 6,120,000 -5,035,000 4,562,000 14,256,000 6,217,000 5,038,000 1,000,000 14,535,000 11,861,000 
          cash:
                                                                                                  
          beginning of the year
        1,315,574,000  720,257,000  550,903,000  289,776,000  335,557,000  348,479,000  294,398,000  314,291,000  291,413,000  220,318,000  264,221,000  289,907,000  266,508,000  158,183,000  211,393,000  181,388,000  185,505,000                        3,851,000 3,851,000 
          end of period
        1,350,883,000  130,323,000 -162,538,000 1,284,790,000  6,942,000 79,248,000 530,085,000  96,213,000 87,343,000 270,380,000  45,884,000 -5,762,000 295,764,000  -37,009,000 40,185,000 338,430,000  59,976,000 9,317,000 252,836,000  75,050,000 -29,785,000 270,105,000  17,929,000 -46,319,000 290,070,000  23,214,000 24,841,000 236,584,000  -3,424,000 -1,828,000 235,109,000  20,402,000 40,206,000 234,576,000  21,208,000 19,641,000 238,832,000  69,730,000 -4,711,000 185,042,000  27,687,000 -44,214,000 204,701,000    334,290,000                              
          supplemental cash flow disclosure
                                                                                                  
          interest paid
        10,840,000 2,799,000 11,237,000 2,946,000 11,179,000 3,294,000 11,771,000 3,271,000 11,741,000 3,466,000 11,125,000 94,000 8,315,000 53,000 8,287,000 37,000 8,288,000 32,000 8,281,000 28,000 8,275,000 26,000 8,275,000 29,000 8,269,000 19,000 8,270,000 29,000 8,268,000 86,000 8,250,000 8,250,000 8,571,000 1,292,000 734,000 977,000 942,000 878,000 761,000 788,000 748,000 692,000 703,000 688,000 675,000 477,000 202,000 214,000 214,000 368,000 371,000 392,000 388,000 539,000 907,000 2,004,000 1,153,000 2,129,000 1,150,000 2,200,000 1,171,000 2,086,000                          
          income taxes paid (refunded)
             51,023,000 19,435,000                                                                                    
          u.s. federal
                                                                                                  
          u.s. state and local
                                                                                                  
          california
                                                                                                  
          foreign
        5,000                                                                                          
          total income taxes paid (refunded)
        5,000                                                                                          
          net realized investment gains
         -117,000 -84,450,000 -23,480,000 -23,321,000   -2,898,000 -38,192,000                          -20,718,000 -21,156,000 -24,460,000            -46,712,000    -44,050,000   23,759,000 -52,663,000    -28,690,000    -22,044,000         -9,812,000 -8,947,000  -13,376,000 -10,686,000 -6,454,000 -15,457,000 -7,761,000 -4,216,000 -18,652,000        
          net gains on sales of fixed assets
                                                                                                 
          loss on property held for sale
             275,000                                                                                    
          calls
             7,185,000             880,000                             923,000                                 
          increase in short-term investments
         135,900,000                                                                                         
          sales of fixed assets
         21,420,000   12,703,000   3,000 2,000 28,863,000 1,008,000                                                                              
          proceeds from stock options exercised
                         215,000     110,000 138,000 453,000 18,000    991,000 1,171,000 926,000    828,000 1,283,000 4,447,000 1,682,000 34,000 84,000 64,000 58,000   394,000 1,026,000 1,072,000 1,141,000 169,000 143,000 498,000 42,000 216,000 286,000 189,000 149,000 11,000 233,000 166,000 625,000   194,000 1,834,000 424,000 1,866,000 1,651,000 860,000 2,028,000 1,236,000 715,000 1,608,000 1,162,000 480,000 1,037,000 956,000 712,000 1,363,000 1,309,000 
          proceeds from bank loan
                                                     20,000,000 80,000,000 10,000,000                120,000,000 18,000,000                  
          beginning of year
                                                                                                  
          end of year
                                                                     6,594,000 -44,672,000 -23,045,000 242,511,000                          
          u.s. state and local - sum
                                                                                                  
          income taxes (refunded) paid
          62,000 341,000 -3,280,000     -57,789,000 1,000                   -211,000   -6,000                                                          
          net losses on sales of fixed assets
                 -22,000 -2,000 -7,639,000 1,784,000                                                                              
          decrease in premiums receivable
                -74,948,000    3,085,000                                                                              
          proceeds from bank borrowing
                  125,000,000 50,000,000                                                                              
          decrease in deferred policy acquisition costs
                -14,094,000    84,000    -7,662,000    3,257,000           -7,066,000 -4,058,000   456,000 1,300,000                       -907,000 -66,000 5,843,000 -2,528,000 897,000 1,075,000 6,371,000 -1,105,000 7,613,000 11,260,000                      
          net decrease in cash
                -20,818,000    -19,396,000    -39,793,000    -10,049,000   9,317,000 -41,562,000   -29,785,000 -44,186,000           -1,828,000 -29,112,000   40,206,000 -55,331,000                              -5,386,000                
          income taxes paid
                3,404,000      4,000    18,223,000                7,287,000 6,012,000 1,051,000  101,000 194,000 79,000 5,000 8,738,000 12,849,000 9,798,000 1,090,000 30,000,000 11,312,000 18,737,000 -800,000 37,000 16,827,000 439,000 -10,849,000 403,000 21,973,000 6,954,000 8,000,000 9,002,000 -8,908,000 409,000 2,761,000 12,701,000 12,087,000 -8,757,000                          
          net loss
                  -8,227,000 -41,543,000 -45,288,000                                                                              
          income taxes refunded
                        28,000            36,000                                                              
          decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                              3,994,000 -1,038,000 -5,128,000   9,480,000 -38,258,000                               -17,256,000   -4,436,000            
          share-based compensation
                      15,000 35,000 36,000 35,000 35,000 36,000 36,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 36,000 36,000 16,000 41,000 40,000 41,000 23,000 4,000 21,000 35,000 3,614,000 -31,000 36,000 -3,477,000 2,262,000 550,000 1,353,000 1,043,000 1,371,000 1,672,000 671,000 398,000 758,000 316,000 -129,000 29,000 -682,000 397,000 -180,000 95,000 293,000 292,000 198,000 116,000 8,000 408,000 187,000 209,000 192,000 204,000 203,000 164,000 163,000 162,000 158,000 169,000 99,000 292,000 145,000               
          purchase of fixed assets
                                     -7,310,000 -7,501,000 -6,942,000 -6,206,000 -5,168,000 -3,718,000 -7,132,000 -3,425,000 -4,105,000 -3,939,000 -4,339,000 -4,596,000 -3,728,000 -5,086,000 -5,370,000 -5,928,000 -5,157,000 -8,676,000 -5,759,000 -6,445,000 -5,688,000 -4,622,000 -3,860,000 -4,501,000 -2,972,000 -4,430,000 -3,623,000 -4,152,000 -5,466,000 -3,029,000 -3,628,000 -5,956,000 -6,743,000 -6,836,000 -7,876,000 -7,431,000 -6,121,000 -9,559,000 -10,341,000 -10,315,000 -10,726,000 -8,030,000 -4,520,000 -25,237,000 -9,599,000 -26,589,000 -12,762,000 -22,533,000 -11,980,000 -6,219,000 -26,739,000 -20,328,000 -9,432,000 -18,753,000 -12,663,000 -5,921,000 -28,250,000 -18,466,000 -9,272,000 -12,932,000 -8,429,000 
          decrease in loss and loss adjustment expense reserves
                               -32,835,000 -23,310,000                                                                  
          gain on sale of fixed assets
                                         229,000                                                         
          sale of fixed assets
                                            11,000 1,000 2,000 5,000 32,000 46,000 58,000 15,000 2,000 56,000 151,000 210,000 157,000 306,000 147,000 180,000 471,000 560,000 833,000           -426,000 783,000 399,000 339,000 677,000 99,000 186,000 176,000 141,000 935,000 335,000 237,000 1,114,000 534,000 322,000 769,000 669,000 146,000 1,267,000 1,150,000 182,000 1,713,000 1,640,000 
          net proceeds from issuance of senior notes
                                         -629,000 371,640,000                                                      
          payoff of principal on loan and credit facilities
                                         -320,000,000                                                      
          employee taxes paid with shares related to share-based compensation
                                                                                                  
          change in short-term investments and purchased options
                                      7,861,000                                                            
          changes in short-term investments and purchased options
                                        57,110,000 61,836,000                                                         
          change in reinsurance recoverables
                                                                                                  
          business acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                 7,771,000                     -440,000 -115,048,000                      
          net decrease in short-term investments and purchased options
                                           -17,504,000 115,294,000   -27,409,000 29,086,000 -22,782,000 -9,211,000 20,865,000 198,620,000  -62,424,000                                            
          employee taxes paid for withheld shares related to share-based compensation
                                                                                                  
          bond amortization
                                             6,995,000 6,818,000 6,539,000 6,521,000 4,081,000 5,931,000 6,135,000 5,213,000 4,268,000 4,537,000 5,960,000 4,153,000 3,870,000 2,945,000 2,979,000 2,735,000 144,000 2,632,000 2,436,000 1,545,000 544,000 1,367,000 1,427,000 1,277,000 1,490,000 773,000 -767,000 -434,000 1,895,000 2,542,000 1,724,000 494,000 6,552,000 2,068,000 962,000 2,681,000 3,150,000 2,079,000 567,000 3,371,000 682,000 -1,678,000 9,385,000 6,533,000 3,155,000 6,003,000 4,759,000 2,212,000 1,773,000     
          excess tax benefits related to share-based compensation
                                                                                                  
          increase in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
                                             45,695,000    15,135,000 17,621,000 8,055,000 -4,597,000 28,884,000 9,883,000 8,985,000 5,061,000                         6,237,000 1,860,000  42,461,000 35,568,000 -11,036,000 68,130,000 39,747,000 19,128,000 81,833,000 39,218,000 7,724,000 81,384,000 42,070,000 18,320,000 100,416,000 42,551,000 
          increase in other payables
                                                             -7,958,000 8,892,000 -1,937,000 3,548,000  22,546,000 -7,082,000 9,195,000                              
          excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                              -91,000 -904,000 79,000 -24,000 -82,000 21,000 -164,000   56,000 -6,000   30,000 -84,000 -32,000 -16,000 -8,000 -12,000 -20,000 -72,000 -18,000 -17,000 -25,000 -2,000 -1,000 -2,000 12,000 -74,000   -70,000 -170,000 -57,000 489,000 458,000 239,000            
          increase in premiums receivables
                                                  -28,191,000 3,453,000 -22,214,000  -11,300,000 8,135,000 -26,448,000  -16,757,000 12,242,000 -22,916,000  -28,879,000 -7,528,000 -21,111,000    -15,341,000                              
          change in current and deferred income taxes
                                              4,623,000 15,239,000 2,632,000  -11,742,000 -17,978,000 -6,102,000  -24,176,000 30,165,000 10,643,000  15,187,000 -32,523,000 24,094,000  24,726,000 -35,561,000 21,683,000                                  
          changes in other payables
                                              5,637,000 -4,696,000 1,598,000  587,000 2,125,000 7,543,000  -5,497,000 -2,326,000 -6,820,000  1,122,000                                        
          fixed maturities available-for-sale in nature:
                                                                                                  
          equity securities available-for-sale in nature:
                                                                                                  
          increase in premium receivables
                                               5,660,000 -29,116,000                                                  
          increase in losses and loss adjustment expense reserves
                                               35,824,000 28,280,000                                                  
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                                  
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                                                                  
          net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
                                                                                                  
          net increase in short-term investments
                                                                                                  
          net decrease in short-term investments
                                                        12,206,000  -85,668,000 -14,086,000 142,368,000 -73,459,000 -41,791,000 47,245,000 9,056,000   -27,934,000 31,760,000 18,900,000 -57,828,000 29,871,000 21,872,000 -30,038,000 -31,512,000 -507,000 110,775,000 48,184,000 -33,663,000 33,652,000 19,829,000 59,322,000 -1,271,000 37,864,000               
          payment to retire senior notes
                                                                                                 
          payoff bank loan
                                                                                                  
          decrease in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
                                                          3,498,000 -2,382,000 -26,705,000  99,000 23,935,000 -30,893,000 6,554,000 -2,259,000 -9,735,000 -43,486,000  -14,628,000 -22,944,000 -30,613,000  -14,116,000 -22,242,000 -41,263,000    -61,392,000   -10,518,000               
          change in other payables
                                                            -417,000                                      
          net decrease in payable for securities
                                                                                                  
          net increase in payable for securities
                                                               -3,623,000 275,000 -4,015,000 -19,717,000 17,859,000 -3,264,000 6,575,000 4,053,000 -11,372,000 11,507,000 -521,000 -2,414,000 -22,128,000 26,255,000                      
          decrease in current and deferred income taxes
                                                                 23,222,000 -23,337,000 27,269,000 18,277,000 -29,212,000 26,289,000                            
          decrease in trading securities in nature, net of realized gains and losses
                                                                         3,209,000                      
          decrease in other payables
                                                                     -2,081,000 4,590,000 -1,380,000 -24,315,000 12,117,000 -2,019,000 -6,518,000 -6,322,000                      
          fixed maturities available for sale in nature:
                                                                                                  
          sale and write-off of fixed assets
                                                                  -4,183,000 1,899,000 554,000 1,171,000 104,000 56,000 10,000                          
          net realized gains from sale of investments
                                                                  -3,785,000 3,537,000 7,776,000 6,276,000 -47,000 1,800,000 3,178,000 9,996,000 -19,867,000 -26,673,000 -16,204,000    3,402,000                  
          decrease in unearned premiums
                                                                         -27,158,000 8,992,000                        
          repayment of debt
                                                                                                  
          decrease in premiums receivables
                                                                                                  
          decrease in premium notes receivable
                                                                                                  
          decrease in premiums notes receivable
                                                                        4,749,000                          
          increase in liability for taxes
                                                                        28,866,000        -15,498,000                  
          decrease in premiums notes
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          decease in premiums receivable
                                                                          -11,680,000                        
          decrease in income taxes
                                                                          53,988,000                        
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                  
          sale and write off of fixed assets
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                  
          beginning of the period
                                                                          35,396,000  48,245,000  47,606,000 47,606,000 69,784,000 34,793,000 34,793,000 23,714,000 23,714,000 23,714,000 36,964,000 36,964,000 36,964,000 13,191,000 13,191,000 13,191,000   
          end of the period
                                                                          9,484,000 15,866,000 178,844,000  -9,478,000 -7,320,000 50,559,000  42,220,000 46,275,000 62,102,000 38,333,000 39,803,000 34,201,000 36,552,000 29,834,000 31,929,000 41,526,000 51,220,000 19,408,000 18,229,000 14,191,000 18,386,000 15,712,000 
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                                                                                                  
          interest paid during the period
                                                                          2,388,000 1,190,000 2,499,000  2,826,000 198,000 2,571,000  4,534,000 4,334,000 8,490,000 4,185,000 7,778,000 5,492,000 2,148,000 2,018,000 3,329,000 1,450,000 1,450,000 3,054,000 1,630,000 1,598,000 6,310,000 4,425,000 
          income taxes paid during the period
                                                                          17,497,000 -13,969,000 66,000  -238,000 36,670,000 391,000  56,062,000 23,944,000 60,162,000 37,586,000 75,000 66,233,000 54,501,000 9,832,000 76,233,000 38,079,000 11,876,000 31,248,000 16,122,000 7,054,000 15,376,000 9,888,000 
          increase in premiums notes receivable
                                                                           2,780,000 -4,491,000                      
          decrease in tax assets
                                                                            43,384,000                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
                                                                                                  
          operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in premiums receivable
                                                                             16,338,000 -5,087,000                    
          decrease (increase) in premiums notes receivable
                                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in deferred policy acquisition costs
                                                                             5,763,000 186,000                    
          (decrease) increase in unearned premiums
                                                                             -38,490,000 -1,481,000                    
          (decrease) increase in liability for taxes
                                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in trading securities in nature, net of realized gains and losses
                                                                                                  
          increase in premium notes receivable
                                                                              742,000 2,529,000 -4,617,000     -3,597,000 -5,224,000 -2,342,000 -2,409,000 -1,020,000  -2,260,000 -476,000 -1,465,000 -1,903,000 -616,000 -4,468,000 -3,141,000 
          (decrease) increase in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
                                                                              28,309,000                    
          decrease in liability for taxes
                                                                              -112,703,000                    
          net decrease in securities held for trading, net of realized gains and losses
                                                                              250,000 -5,019,000 6,811,000                  
          (decrease) increase in other payables
                                                                                                  
          increase in payable for securities
                                                                              -11,362,000 6,941,000 7,394,000 -9,226,000 7,278,000 12,953,000 24,559,000 24,626,000 9,915,000 22,663,000 11,977,000 31,617,000 23,398,000 17,538,000 4,439,000  6,886,000 7,289,000 9,878,000  
          mortgage loan pay-off
                                                                                 -11,250,000                
          net realized gains from sale of investments.
                                                                                                  
          increase in accrued income taxes payable, excluding deferred tax on change in unrealized gain
                                                                                                  
          net increase in trading securities
                                                                                 -4,037,000 -8,493,000                
          fixed maturities available for sale:
                                                                                                  
          equity securities available for sale:
                                                                                                  
          end of the year
                                                                                                  
          depreciation
                                                                                  12,821,000 6,296,000 17,803,000 11,601,000 5,732,000 13,226,000 8,658,000 4,061,000 11,931,000 7,835,000 3,910,000 11,700,000 7,568,000 3,520,000 7,162,000 4,658,000 
          increase in premium notes
                                                                                  -1,951,000 -4,379,000 -3,966,000      -2,025,000        
          increase in accrued income taxes, excluding deferred tax on change in unrealized gain
                                                                                  -14,404,000 3,085,000 20,872,000 20,193,000 46,258,000 17,993,000 -1,411,000 13,463,000 7,457,000 21,927,000 15,436,000   5,512,000 -20,565,000 -13,248,000 
          decrease in receivable for securities
                                                                                                  
          decrease in short-term cash investments
                                                                                     11,518,000   -22,415,000 -34,795,000  27,278,000 42,263,000  35,620,000    
          net decrease in short-term cash investments
                                                                                    32,025,000              
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information and non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                  
          excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options exercised included in net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          mortgage note assumed as part of florida real estate acquisition with a market value of approximately 24.9 million
                                                                                       11,250,000 11,250,000 11,250,000         
          increase in loss drafts payable
                                                                                      3,622,000 13,250,000 4,932,000 7,519,000 10,263,000 1,444,000 -756,000 10,834,000 7,374,000 4,070,000 10,055,000 5,460,000 
          increase in short-term cash investments
                                                                                      -12,733,000 -112,404,000   -62,405,000   -106,608,000  -29,651,000 -250,332,000 -38,626,000 
          excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options included in net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          increase in premiums collected in advance
                                                                                             10,769,000 6,307,000  11,119,000 9,100,000 
          decrease in accrued income taxes, excluding deferred tax on change in unrealized gain
                                                                                                  
          decrease in receivable from securities
                                                                                                  
          payments on esop loan
                                                                                                  
          tax benefit realized on stock options exercised included in cash from operating activities
                                                                                       412,000           
          tax benefit realized on stock options exercised included in cash from operations
                                                                                        224,000 119,000 441,000 376,000 157,000 136,000 125,000 87,000   
          increase in reinsurance recoveries
                                                                                                  
          net payments under credit arrangements
                                                                                                -1,000,000  
          net decrease in esop loan
                                                                                             -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000  -1,000,000 
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information and non-cash financing activities:
                                                                                                  
          reduction in notes payable
                                                                                             4,315,000 4,315,000    
          increase in notes payable
                                                                                              156,000 79,000  178,000 
          decrease in accrued income taxes, excluding deferred tax on change in unrealized gain.
                                                                                                  
          decrease in reinsurance recoveries
                                                                                             1,398,000 6,147,000   173,000 
          change in net income taxes receivable/payable, excluding deferred tax on change in unrealized gain
                                                                                             13,026,000 10,125,000    
          increase in receivable for securities
                                                                                             -1,093,000   -10,064,000  
          net decrease in notes payable
                                                                                                  
          bond accretion
                                                                                              -406,000 -779,000 -5,881,000 -4,371,000 
          mercury county mutual insurance company
                                                                                                  
          increase in receivable from securities
                                                                                                 -30,072,000 
          purchase and retirement of common stock
                                                                                                  
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                                  
          tax benefit realized on stock options exercised
                                                                                                344,000 324,000 
          increase in payable from securities
                                                                                                 3,259,000 
          net payments under credit arrangement
                                                                                                  
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information and non cash financing activities: