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Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Provided In Connection With Outstanding Debt Of Subsidiaries (Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Cash Flows) (Details) (USD $)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Parent Guarantor)
Sep. 30, 2013
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Parent Guarantor)
Sep. 30, 2014
RenRe North America Holdings Inc. (Subsidiary Issuer)
Sep. 30, 2013
RenRe North America Holdings Inc. (Subsidiary Issuer)
Sep. 30, 2014
Other RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries And Eliminations (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries)
Sep. 30, 2013
Other RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries And Eliminations (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries)
Sep. 30, 2014
Series C Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series C Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series C Preferred Stock
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Parent Guarantor)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series C Preferred Stock
RenRe North America Holdings Inc. (Subsidiary Issuer)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series C Preferred Stock
Other RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries And Eliminations (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries)
Sep. 30, 2014
Series D Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series D Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series D Preferred Stock
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Parent Guarantor)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series D Preferred Stock
RenRe North America Holdings Inc. (Subsidiary Issuer)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series D Preferred Stock
Other RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries And Eliminations (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries)
Sep. 30, 2014
Series E Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series E Preferred Stock
Sep. 30, 2013
Series E Preferred Stock
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Parent Guarantor)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series E Preferred Stock
RenRe North America Holdings Inc. (Subsidiary Issuer)
Sep. 30, 2013
Series E Preferred Stock
Other RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries And Eliminations (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries)
Cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities:                                              
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ 393,389,000 $ 385,798,000 $ (1,893,000) $ (46,965,000) $ (17,965,000) $ (7,706,000) $ 413,247,000 [1] $ 440,469,000 [1]                              
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities                                              
Proceeds from sales and maturities of fixed maturity investments trading 5,896,330,000 6,356,691,000 59,575,000 503,148,000 10,484,000 84,636,000 5,826,271,000 [1] 5,768,907,000 [1]                              
Purchases of fixed maturity investments trading (5,843,501,000) (6,449,697,000) (83,444,000) (344,873,000) 0 (67,498,000) (5,760,057,000) [1] (6,037,326,000) [1]                              
Proceeds from sales and maturities of fixed maturity investments available for sale 6,076,000 43,564,000 0 0 0 0 6,076,000 [1] 43,564,000 [1]                              
Net purchases of equity investments trading (33,925,000) (33,714,000) 0 0 6,496,000 0 (40,421,000) [1] (33,714,000) [1]                              
Net sales (purchases) of short term investments 21,578,000 (118,126,000) 126,121,000 180,150,000 (3,368,000) 10,396,000 (101,175,000) [1] (308,672,000) [1]                              
Net sales of other investments 74,706,000 198,101,000 0 0 0 0 74,706,000 [1] 198,101,000 [1]                              
Net sales (purchases) of investments in other ventures 1,030,000 (2,500,000) 0 0 0 0 1,030,000 [1] (2,500,000) [1]                              
Net sales (puchases) of other assets 6,000,000 (994,000) 0 0 0 0 6,000,000 (994,000) [1]                              
Dividends and return of capital from subsidiaries 0 0 665,872,000 330,097,000 7,605,000 28,554,000 (673,477,000) [1] (358,651,000) [1]                              
Contributions to subsidiaries 0 0 (244,925,000) (327,731,000) (2,625,000) (37,117,000) 247,550,000 [1] 364,848,000 [1]                              
Due to (from) subsidiary 0 0 74,000 14,685,000 (3,081,000) (3,611,000) 3,007,000 [1] (11,074,000) [1]                              
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 128,294,000 (6,675,000) 523,273,000 355,476,000 15,511,000 15,360,000 (410,490,000) [1] (377,511,000) [1]                              
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities                                              
Dividends paid – RenaissanceRe common shares (34,834,000) (36,956,000) (34,834,000) (36,956,000) 0 0 0 [1] 0 [1]                              
Dividends paid – preference shares (16,786,000) (19,353,000) (16,786,000) (19,353,000) 0 0 0 [1] 0 [1]                              
RenaissanceRe common share repurchases (475,343,000) (140,911,000) (475,343,000) (140,911,000) 0 0 0 [1] 0 [1]                              
Net (repayment) drawdown of debt 0 (100,847,000)   (100,000,000)   0   (847,000) [1]                              
Redemption of preference shares                 0 (125,000,000) (125,000,000) 0 0 [1] 0 (150,000,000) (150,000,000) 0 0 [1]          
Issuance of 5.375% Series E preference shares, net of expenses                                     0 265,655,000 265,655,000 0 0 [1]
Net third party redeemable noncontrolling interest share transactions (107,091,000) (103,628,000) 0 0 0 0 (107,091,000) [1] (103,628,000) [1]                              
Net cash used in financing activities (634,054,000) (411,040,000) (526,963,000) (306,565,000) 0 0 (107,091,000) [1] (104,475,000) [1]                              
Effect of exchange rate changes on foreign currency cash 4,886,000 3,366,000 0 0 0 0 4,886,000 [1] 3,366,000 [1]                              
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (107,485,000) (28,551,000) (5,583,000) 1,946,000 (2,454,000) 7,654,000 (99,448,000) [1] (38,151,000) [1]                              
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations 0 (9,244,000)   0   0   (9,244,000) [1]                              
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 408,032,000 304,145,000 8,796,000 6,298,000 4,027,000 1,528,000 395,209,000 [1] 296,319,000 [1]                              
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 300,547,000 $ 266,350,000 $ 3,213,000 $ 8,244,000 $ 1,573,000 $ 9,182,000 $ 295,761,000 [1] $ 248,924,000 [1]                              
[1] Includes all other subsidiaries of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and eliminations.