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Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Effect Of Reinsurance And Retrocessional Reinsurance On Premiums Written And Earned | The following tables summarize the effect of reinsurance and retrocessional reinsurance on premiums written and earned.
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
(dollars in thousands) | Direct |  | Assumed |  | Ceded |  | Net Premiums |  | Direct |  | Assumed |  | Ceded |  | Net Premiums
Underwriting: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Written | $ | 2,107,467 |  |  | $ | 668,699 |  |  | $ | (543,956) |  |  | $ | 2,232,210 |  |  | $ | 1,969,363 |  |  | $ | 688,895 |  |  | $ | (440,029) |  |  | $ | 2,218,229 |
Earned | $ | 2,198,238 |  |  | $ | 392,942 |  |  | $ | (463,380) |  |  | $ | 2,127,800 |  |  | $ | 1,971,876 |  |  | $ | 398,719 |  |  | $ | (402,440) |  |  | $ | 1,968,155 |
Program services and other fronting: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Written | 744,958 |  |  | 419,275 |  |  | (1,164,406) |  |  | (173) |  |  | 573,211 |  |  | 204,543 |  |  | (778,205) |  |  | (451) |
Earned | 703,682 |  |  | 123,271 |  |  | (827,126) |  |  | (173) |  |  | 641,113 |  |  | 74,717 |  |  | (716,281) |  |  | (451) |
Consolidated: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Written | $ | 2,852,425 |  |  | $ | 1,087,974 |  |  | $ | (1,708,362) |  |  | $ | 2,232,037 |  |  | $ | 2,542,574 |  |  | $ | 893,438 |  |  | $ | (1,218,234) |  |  | $ | 2,217,778 |
Earned | $ | 2,901,920 |  |  | $ | 516,213 |  |  | $ | (1,290,506) |  |  | $ | 2,127,627 |  |  | $ | 2,612,989 |  |  | $ | 473,436 |  |  | $ | (1,118,721) |  |  | $ | 1,967,704 |
Effect Of Reinsurance And Retrocessional Reinsurance On Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses | The following table summarizes the effect of reinsurance and retrocessional reinsurance on losses and loss adjustment expenses in the Company's underwriting operations.
|  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Gross losses and loss adjustment expenses |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,693,847 |  |  | $ | 1,392,348 |
Ceded losses and loss adjustment expenses |  |  |  |  | (406,167) |  |  | (219,255) |
Net losses and loss adjustment expenses |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,287,680 |  |  | $ | 1,173,093 |

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