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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Credit Loss [Abstract] |
schedule of reinsurance recoverable on ceded insurance |
|  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | Net Reinsurance Recoverable (1) |  | Valuation allowance | Net Reinsurance Recoverable (1) |  | Valuation allowance
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses and loss expenses | $ | 14,767 |  |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 14,181 |  |  | $ | 240 |
Reinsurance recoverable on paid losses and loss expenses | 903 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | 76 |
Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses | $ | 15,670 |  |  | $ | 320 |  |  | $ | 15,181 |  |  | $ | 316 |
Reinsurance recoverable on policy benefits | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 4 |
(1)Net of valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance.
Reinsurance Recoverable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Table Text Block] | The following table presents a roll-forward of valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance related to Reinsurance recoverable on loss and loss expenses:
| Nine Months Ended
| September 30
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | 2020
Reinsurance recoverable |
Valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance - beginning of period | $ | 316 |
Provision for uncollectible reinsurance | 21 |
Write-offs charged against the valuation allowance | (19) |
Foreign exchange revaluation | 2 |
Valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance - end of period | $ | 320 |

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