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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Computation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Common Share | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
| (thousands of shares) | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Numerator: |  |  |  |
| Net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders | $ | 151,003 |  |  | $ | 190,474 |  |
| Amount allocated to participating common shareholders (1) | (2,031 | ) |  | (2,918 | ) |
| Net income allocated to RenaissanceRe common shareholders | $ | 148,972 |  |  | $ | 187,556 |  |
| Denominator: |  |  |  |
| Denominator for basic income per RenaissanceRe common share - weighted average common shares | 41,238 |  |  | 43,461 |  |
| Per common share equivalents of employee stock options and restricted shares | 665 |  |  | 829 |  |
| Denominator for diluted income per RenaissanceRe common share - adjusted weighted average common shares and assumed conversions | 41,903 |  |  | 44,290 |  |
| Basic income per RenaissanceRe common share | $ | 3.61 |  |  | $ | 4.32 |  |
| Diluted income per RenaissanceRe common share | $ | 3.56 |  |  | $ | 4.23 |  |
(1) | Represents earnings attributable to holders of unvested restricted shares issued under the Company’s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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