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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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 Incurred | The following table sets forth the effect of reinsurance and retrocessional activity on premiums written and earned and on net claims and claim expenses incurred:
|  | Three months ended |  | Nine months ended |
|  | September 30, 2014 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2014 |  | September 30, 2013 |
| Premiums written |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 20,481 |  |  | $ | 12,198 |  |  | $ | 54,043 |  |  | $ | 38,848 |  |
| Assumed | 180,511 |  |  | 170,451 |  |  | 1,363,749 |  |  | 1,482,442 |  |
| Ceded | (41,279 | ) |  | (55,408 | ) |  | (461,325 | ) |  | (398,127 | ) |
| Net premiums written | $ | 159,713 |  |  | $ | 127,241 |  |  | $ | 956,467 |  |  | $ | 1,123,163 |  |
| Premiums earned |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 18,101 |  |  | $ | 11,395 |  |  | $ | 47,279 |  |  | $ | 32,057 |  |
| Assumed | 354,142 |  |  | 387,194 |  |  | 1,090,129 |  |  | 1,134,673 |  |
| Ceded | (113,264 | ) |  | (103,872 | ) |  | (331,479 | ) |  | (308,869 | ) |
| Net premiums earned | $ | 258,979 |  |  | $ | 294,717 |  |  | $ | 805,929 |  |  | $ | 857,861 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 76,973 |  |  | $ | 66,712 |  |  | $ | 242,187 |  |  | $ | 217,705 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses recovered | (7,326 | ) |  | (5,784 | ) |  | (32,237 | ) |  | (25,564 | ) |
| Net claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 69,647 |  |  | $ | 60,928 |  |  | $ | 209,950 |  |  | $ | 192,141 |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the effects of reinsurance, for example, but not limited to, disclosure of direct, assumed, and ceded insurance. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 605 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486672&loc=d3e27261-158547 + Details
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