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Transactions With Related Parties
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions with related parties Transactions with Related PartiesIn the 2021 first quarter, as part of the Company’s acquisition of Barbican, the Company entered into an agreement with Premia Managing Agency Limited for the reinsurance to close of Syndicate 1955’s 2018 underwriting year of account into Premia Syndicate 1884’s 2021 underwriting year of account. The reinsurance to close covers legacy business underwritten by Syndicate 1955 on the underwriting 2018 and prior years of account and under the agreement, approximately $380 million of net liabilities was transferred to Syndicate 1884, with an effective date of January 1, 2021. Barbican recorded reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses and funds held liability of nil and $8.8 million, respectively, at September 30, 2021, compared to
$199.8 million and $149.6 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020.
In July 2021, following consummation of the Merger Agreement and the related Greysbridge equity financing, pursuant to which Watford is wholly owned by Greysbridge, and Greysbridge is owned 40% by the Company, 30% by certain funds managed by Kelso and 30% by certain funds managed by Warburg, the Company entered into certain reinsurance transactions with Watford. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company ceded premiums written related to such transactions of $316.2 million (which includes reinsurance transactions in force as well as those entered into in conjunction with the Merger Agreement). In addition, Watford paid certain acquisition costs and administrative fees to the Company. At September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses from Watford of $874.9 million and a reinsurance balance payable to Watford of $281.2 million. See note 12, “Variable Interest Entities and Noncontrolling Interests,” for information about Watford.
The Company has a put/call option that was entered into in connection with the Greysbridge equity financing, whereby beginning January 1, 2024 the Company will have a call right (but not the obligation) and Warburg and Kelso will each have a put right (but not the obligation) to buy/sell one third of their initial shares annually at the tangible book value per share of Greysbridge for the most recently ended fiscal quarter.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company owns $35.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Watford Holdings Ltd’s 6.5% senior notes, due July 2, 2029 and approximately 6.6% of Watford’s preference shares.