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Investment Information - Restricted assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Restricted assets	$ 8,587,555	$ 7,721,618
Collateral or guarantees - affiliated transactions
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Restricted assets	4,829,252	4,526,761
Collateral or guarantees - third party agreements
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Restricted assets	2,636,097	2,278,248
Deposits with US regulatory authorities
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Restricted assets	942,480	797,371
Deposits with non-US regulatory authorities
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Restricted assets	179,726	119,238
Watford Holdings Ltd
Restricted Assets [Line Items]
Assets pledged as collateral	$ 1,190,000	$ 1,000,000

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Assets, consisting primarily of fixed maturities, that the Company is required to maintain with various regulatory authorities to support its insurance and reinsurance operations. The Company's insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries maintain assets in trust accounts as collateral for insurance and reinsurance transactions with affiliated companies and also have investments in segregated portfolios primarily to provide collateral or guarantees for letters of credit to third parties.

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Total assets that cannot be used for operating purposes because of contract or regulatory requirements that are in effect for a period that extends beyond one year.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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