Amortized Cost or Cost, Gross Unrealized Gains, Gross Unrealized Losses, and Fair Values of Available-For-Sale Securities (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale $ 966,168 $ 734,957
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized gains 30,637 24,161
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses 5,582 7,587
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value 991,223 751,531
U.S. government    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale 77,857 48,676
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized gains 253 644
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses 450 103
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value 77,660 49,217
States and political subdivisions    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale 10,502 10,546
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized gains 503 285
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses   187
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value 11,005 10,644
Corporate Securities    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale 615,077 491,518
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized gains 28,056 21,500
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses 2,258 3,739
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value 640,875 509,279
Mortgage-backed securities    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale 259,748 184,217
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized gains 1,825 1,732
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses 2,823 3,558
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value 258,750 $ 182,391
Foreign Government    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale 2,984  
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Gross unrealized losses 51  
Total fixed-maturity securities, available-for-sale, Fair value $ 2,933