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Investments (Schedule of Fair Value of Equity Investments Trading) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	$ 261,656us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity	$ 322,098us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity
Financials
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	204,540us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingFinancialsMember	222,190us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingFinancialsMember
Communications and technology
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	17,905us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingCommunicationsandTechnologyMember	31,376us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingCommunicationsandTechnologyMember
Industrial, utilities and energy
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	15,735us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingIndustrialUtilitiesandEnergyMember	28,859us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingIndustrialUtilitiesandEnergyMember
Consumer
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	11,346us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingConsumerMember	19,522us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingConsumerMember
Healthcare
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	10,042us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingHealthcareMember	16,582us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingHealthcareMember
Basic materials
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Equity investments trading	$ 2,088us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingBasicMaterialsMember	$ 3,569us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesEquity / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = rnr_EquityInvestmentsTradingBasicMaterialsMember

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Fair value of investments in trading equity securities and other forms of trading securities that provide ownership interests.

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