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Acquisition of Platinum Purchase Price (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Jun. 30, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 02, 2015
Mar. 01, 2015
Common Shares          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Dividends per common share, in usd per share $ 0.3 $ 0.3 $ 0.3    
Share price, in usd per share       $ 102.47  
Platinum          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Agreed cash price paid to common shareholders of Platinum and Platinum Awards, in usd per share       $ 76  
Cash consideration paid by RenaissanceRe to common shareholders of Platinum and holders of Platinum equity awards       $ 1,160,000  
Aggregate consideration transferred       1,932,405  
Total net purchase price paid by RenaissanceRe       $ 1,679,202  
Platinum | Common Shares          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Number of Platinum common shares and Platinum equity awards canceled in the acquisition of Platinum       25,320,312  
Shares issued       7,434,561  
Shares issued, value       $ 761,819  
Fair value of Platinum common shares owned by RenaissanceRe and canceled in connection with the acquisition of Platinum       $ 12,950  
Platinum common shares owned by RenaissanceRe and canceled in connection with the acquisition of Platinum       (169,220)  
Number of Platinum common shares and Platinum equity awards canceled in the acquisition of Platinum excluding those owned by RenaissanceRe and canceled in connection with the acquisition of Platinum       25,151,092  
Agreed cash price paid to common shareholders of Platinum and Platinum Awards, in usd per share       $ 35.96  
Cash consideration paid by RenaissanceRe to common shareholders of Platinum and holders of Platinum equity awards       $ 904,433  
Platinum          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Number of Platinum common shares and Platinum equity awards canceled in the acquisition of Platinum         25,320,312
Dividends per common share, in usd per share         $ 10
Dividends paid, value       $ 253,203 $ 253,203