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Noncontrolling Interests | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Noncontrolling Interests | NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS A summary of the Company’s noncontrolling interests on its consolidated balance sheets is set forth below:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest - DaVinciRe | $ | 1,037,306 |  |  | $ | 1,063,368 |  |
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest - Medici | 94,402 |  |  | 36,492 |  |
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest | $ | 1,131,708 |  |  | $ | 1,099,860 |  |
| Noncontrolling interest - Angus Fund | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |
A summary of the Company’s noncontrolling interests on its consolidated statements of operations is set forth below:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest - DaVinciRe | $ | 149,817 |  |  | $ | 150,581 |  |  | $ | 147,499 |  |
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest - Medici | 3,721 |  |  | 617 |  |  | — |  |
| Noncontrolling interest - Angus Fund | — |  |  | (54 | ) |  | 541 |  |
| Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | $ | 153,538 |  |  | $ | 151,144 |  |  | $ | 148,040 |  |
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest – DaVinciRe In October 2001, the Company formed DaVinciRe and DaVinci with other equity investors. RenaissanceRe owns a noncontrolling economic interest in DaVinciRe; however, because RenaissanceRe controls a majority of DaVinciRe’s outstanding voting rights, the consolidated financial statements of DaVinciRe are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The portion of DaVinciRe’s earnings owned by third parties is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. The Company’s noncontrolling economic ownership in DaVinciRe was 23.4% at December 31, 2014 (2013 - 27.3%). DaVinciRe shareholders are party to a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) which provides DaVinciRe shareholders, excluding RenaissanceRe, with certain redemption rights that enable each shareholder to notify DaVinciRe of such shareholder’s desire for DaVinciRe to repurchase up to half of such shareholder’s initial aggregate number of shares held, subject to certain limitations, such as limiting the aggregate of all share repurchase requests to 25% of DaVinciRe’s capital in any given year and satisfying all applicable regulatory requirements. If total shareholder requests exceed 25% of DaVinciRe’s capital, the number of shares repurchased will be reduced among the requesting shareholders pro rata, based on the amounts desired to be repurchased. Shareholders desiring to have DaVinci repurchase their shares must notify DaVinciRe before March 1 of each year. The repurchase price will be based on GAAP book value as of the end of the year in which the shareholder notice is given, and the repurchase will be effective as of such date. Payment will be made by April 1 of the following year, following delivery of the audited financial statements for the year in which the repurchase was effective. The repurchase price is subject to a true-up for development on outstanding loss reserves after settlement of all claims relating to the applicable years. 2013 During January 2013, DaVinciRe redeemed shares from certain DaVinciRe shareholders (including those who submitted redemption notices in advance of the March 1, 2012 annual redemption notice date, as discussed above) while certain other DaVinciRe shareholders purchased additional shares in DaVinciRe. The net redemption as a result of these transactions was $150.0 million. In connection with the redemptions, DaVinciRe retained a $20.5 million holdback. The Company’s noncontrolling economic ownership in DaVinciRe was 30.8% at December 31, 2012 and subsequent to the above transactions, the Company’s noncontrolling economic ownership in DaVinciRe increased to 32.9% effective January 1, 2013. Effective October 1, 2013, an existing third party shareholder sold a portion of its shares in DaVinciRe to a new third party shareholder. In addition, effective October 1, 2013, the Company sold a portion of its shares of DaVinciRe to the same new third party shareholder. The Company sold these shares for $77.4 million and subsequent to the above transactions, the Company’s noncontrolling economic ownership interest in DaVinciRe decreased, and was 27.3% at December 31, 2013. 2014 During January 2014, DaVinciRe redeemed a portion of its outstanding shares from all existing DaVinciRe shareholders, including RenaissanceRe, while a new DaVinciRe shareholder purchased shares in DaVinciRe. The net redemption as a result of these transactions was $300.0 million. In connection with the redemption, DaVinciRe retained a $60.0 million holdback. The Company’s noncontrolling economic ownership in DaVinciRe subsequent to these transactions was 26.5%, effective January 1, 2014. During February 2014, DaVinciRe paid $30.0 million of the $60.0 million holdback. There were no additional payments of the holdback during the remainder of 2014. Effective July 1, 2014, RenaissanceRe sold a portion of its shares of DaVinciRe to an existing third party shareholder. RenaissanceRe sold these shares for $38.9 million. The Company's ownership in DaVinciRe was 26.5% at June 30, 2014 and subsequent to the above transaction, its ownership interest in DaVinciRe decreased to 23.4% effective July 1, 2014. See “Note 23. Subsequent Events” for additional information related to DaVinciRe shareholder transactions which occurred subsequent to December 31, 2014. The Company expects its noncontrolling economic ownership in DaVinciRe to fluctuate over time. The activity in redeemable noncontrolling interest – DaVinciRe is detailed in the table below:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Balance – January 1 | $ | 1,063,368 |  |  | $ | 968,259 |  |
| Redemption of shares from redeemable noncontrolling interest | (224,455 | ) |  | (209,356 | ) |
| Sale of shares to redeemable noncontrolling interest | 48,576 |  |  | 153,884 |  |
| Comprehensive income: |  |  |  |
| Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest | 149,817 |  |  | 150,581 |  |
| Balance – December 31 | $ | 1,037,306 |  |  | $ | 1,063,368 |  |
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest - Medici Medici is an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda and its objective is to seek to invest substantially all of its assets in various insurance-based investment instruments that have returns primarily tied to property catastrophe risk. RenaissanceRe owns a noncontrolling economic interest in Medici; however, because RenaissanceRe controls all of Medici’s outstanding voting rights, the financial statements of Medici are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The portion of Medici’s earnings owned by third parties is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. Any shareholder may redeem all or any portion of its shares as of the last day of any calendar month, upon at least 30 calendar days’ prior irrevocable written notice to Medici. As the participating, non-voting common shares of Medici have redemption features which are outside the control of the issuer, the portion related to the redeemable noncontrolling interest in Medici is recorded in the mezzanine section of the consolidated balance sheets of the Company. 2013 Prior to June 1, 2013, Medici was a wholly owned subsidiary of Fund Holdings, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of RenaissanceRe. Subsequent to June 1, 2013, third-party investors subscribed for, and redeemed, an aggregate of $37.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of the participating, non-voting common shares of Medici. As a result of the third-party investments during the period from June 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, the Company’s ownership in Medici was 73.9% at December 31, 2013. 2014 During 2014, third-party investors subscribed for and redeemed an aggregate of $57.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively, of the participating, non-voting common shares of Medici. As a result of these net subscriptions, the Company’s economic ownership in Medici decreased to 53.2%, effective December 31, 2014. The Company expects its ownership in Medici to fluctuate over time. The activity in redeemable noncontrolling interest – Medici is detailed in the table below:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Balance – January 1 | $ | 36,492 |  |  | $ | — |  |
| Redemption of shares from redeemable noncontrolling interest | (3,075 | ) |  | (1,325 | ) |
| Sale of shares to redeemable noncontrolling interest | 57,264 |  |  | 37,200 |  |
| Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest | 3,721 |  |  | 617 |  |
| Balance – December 31 | $ | 94,402 |  |  | $ | 36,492 |  |
Noncontrolling Interest - Angus Fund L.P. (the “Angus Fund”) In December 2010, REAL and RRCA, both formerly wholly owned subsidiaries of RenaissanceRe, formed the Angus Fund with other equity investors. The Angus Fund was formed to provide capital to and make investments in companies primarily in the heating oil and propane distribution industries and Angus was formed to provide commodity related risk management products to third party customers. As part of the agreement to sell REAL to Munich (see “Note 3. Discontinued Operations” for additional information), the former general partner of the Angus Fund, REAL, transferred its general partner ownership interest to RRV U.S. Holdings LLC (“RRV U.S.”), a wholly owned subsidiary of RenaissanceRe, representing a $55 thousand investment in the Angus Fund, or a 1.1% ownership interest, and RRCA, a former limited partner, transferred its limited partner ownership interest to RenTech U.S. Holdings LLC (“RenTech”), a wholly owned subsidiary of RenaissanceRe, representing a $2.0 million investment in the Angus Fund, or a 35.0% ownership interest. There was no gain or loss recognized on the above transactions. Effective December 1, 2013, both RRV U.S. and RenTech contributed their ownership interests in the Angus Fund to Angus for $2.3 million, in return for equity interests in Angus. The Company previously had an equity interest of 38.8% in Angus, and as a result of these transactions, its equity interest in Angus has increased to 42.5%. In addition, these transactions resulted in $1.7 million of additional goodwill related to the Company’s additional investment in Angus. During the first quarter of 2014, Angus raised additional capital from its existing third party investors. The Company did not participate in this capital raise and, as a result, the Company’s ownership interest in Angus is 40.4% at December 31, 2014. The Company records its equity investment in Angus one quarter in arrears. Prior to December 1, 2013, the Angus Fund met the definition of a VIE; therefore the Company evaluated its ownership in the Angus Fund to determine if it was the primary beneficiary. The Company had concluded it was the primary beneficiary of the Angus Fund as it had the power to direct, and had a more than insignificant economic interest in, the activities of the Angus Fund and as such, the financial position and results of operations of the Angus Fund were consolidated. The portion of the Angus Fund’s earnings owned by third parties was recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as net income attributable to noncontrolling interest. Effective December 1, 2013, the Company concluded that it no longer had the power to direct the activities, nor was it the primary beneficiary, of the Angus Fund and as a result, it was deconsolidated. The Company’s equity investment in Angus is recorded under investments in other ventures, under equity method on its consolidated balance sheets. See “Note. 5 Investments” for additional information related to the Company’s investments in other ventures, under equity method. The activity in noncontrolling interest is detailed in the table below:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Balance – January 1 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,991 |  |
| Adjustment of ownership interest | — |  |  | (3,709 | ) |
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | (54 | ) |
| Dividends on common shares | — |  |  | (228 | ) |
| Balance – December 31 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.31) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=18733093&loc=SL4573702-111684 + Details
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