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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
schedule of reinsurance recoverable on ceded insurance |
|  | September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
(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 | $ | 17,808 |  |  | $ | 318 |  |  | $ | 17,086 |  |  | $ | 289 |
Reinsurance recoverable on paid losses and loss expenses | 1,942 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 1,773 |  |  | 62 |
Reinsurance recoverable on losses and loss expenses | $ | 19,750 |  |  | $ | 370 |  |  | $ | 18,859 |  |  | $ | 351 |
Reinsurance recoverable on policy benefits | $ | 315 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 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) | 2023 |  | 2022
Valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance - beginning of period | $ | 351 |  |  | $ | 329 |
Provision for uncollectible reinsurance | 27 |  |  | 30 |
Write-offs charged against the valuation allowance | (8) |  |  | (4) |
Foreign exchange revaluation | — |  |  | (3) |
Valuation allowance for uncollectible reinsurance - end of period | $ | 370 |  |  | $ | 352 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of allowance for credit loss on reinsurance recoverable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479319/326-20-50-13 + Details
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