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Ceded Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Abstract] |
Effect Of Reinsurance And Retrocessional Activity On Premiums Written And Earned And On Net Claims And Claim Expenses | The following tables set forth the effect of reinsurance and retrocessional activity on premiums written and earned and on net claims and claim expenses incurred:
| Three months ended March 31, | 2012 |  | 2011 |
| Premiums written |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 8,463 |  |  | $ | 6,252 |  |
| Assumed | 655,688 |  |  | 604,253 |  |
| Ceded | (171,576 | ) |  | (157,930 | ) |
| Net premiums written | $ | 492,575 |  |  | $ | 452,575 |  |
| Premiums earned |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 7,787 |  |  | $ | 2,482 |  |
| Assumed | 357,286 |  |  | 394,535 |  |
| Ceded | (86,408 | ) |  | (91,476 | ) |
| Net premiums earned | $ | 278,665 |  |  | $ | 305,541 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses |  |  |  |
| Gross claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 15,282 |  |  | $ | 863,323 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses recovered | 270 |  |  | (234,786 | ) |
| Net claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 15,552 |  |  | $ | 628,537 |  |

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