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Ceded Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Ceded Reinsurance |
Effect Of Reinsurance And Retrocessional Activity On Premiums Written And Earned And On Net Claims And Claim Expenses |
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Three months ended September 30, |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
(in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |
Premiums written |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 6,423 |  |  | $ | 1,466 |
Assumed |  |  | 133,515 |  |  |  | 110,077 |
Ceded |  |  | (36,928 | ) |  |  | (29,236 | )
Net premiums written |  | $ | 103,010 |  |  | $ | 82,307 |
Premiums earned |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 5,262 |  |  | $ | 1,696 |
Assumed |  |  | 342,019 |  |  |  | 294,567 |
Ceded |  |  | (118,057 | ) |  |  | (83,908 | )
Net premiums earned |  | $ | 229,224 |  |  | $ | 212,355 |
Claims and claim expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross claims and claim expenses incurred |  | $ | 179,664 |  |  | $ | 95,312 |
Claims and claim expenses recovered |  |  | (101,834 | ) |  |  | (17,376 | )
Net claims and claim expenses incurred |  | $ | 77,830 |  |  | $ | 77,936 |
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Nine months ended September 30, |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
(in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |
Premiums written |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 21,984 |  |  | $ | 5,545 |
Assumed |  |  | 1,370,022 |  |  |  | 1,128,549 |
Ceded |  |  | (408,426 | ) |  |  | (315,294 | )
Net premiums written |  | $ | 983,580 |  |  | $ | 818,800 |
Premiums earned |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 11,777 |  |  | $ | 3,416 |
Assumed |  |  | 1,043,311 |  |  |  | 909,806 |
Ceded |  |  | (303,148 | ) |  |  | (238,043 | )
Net premiums earned |  | $ | 751,940 |  |  | $ | 675,179 |
Claims and claim expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross claims and claim expenses incurred |  | $ | 1,207,657 |  |  | $ | 201,691 |
Claims and claim expenses recovered |  |  | (350,029 | ) |  |  | (45,218 | )
Net claims and claim expenses incurred |  | $ | 857,628 |  |  | $ | 156,473 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the supplemental schedule of reinsurance information required to be filed for each period for which an audited income statement is presented. Reinsurance schedule includes the type of insurance, gross amount of premiums, premiums ceded to other companies, premiums assumed from other companies, net amount of premium revenue, and the percentage of the premiums assumed to net premium revenue. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-05.(c) Schedule IV) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879921&loc=d3e569147-122900 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 17 -Article 12 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 05 -Article 7 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 235 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6588446&loc=d3e574992-122915 + Details
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