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Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
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 |
|  | March 31, 2016 |  | March 31, 2015 |
| Premiums written |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 43,176 |  |  | $ | 30,813 |  |
| Assumed | 818,957 |  |  | 612,765 |  |
| Ceded | (350,458 | ) |  | (239,543 | ) |
| Net premiums written | $ | 511,675 |  |  | $ | 404,035 |  |
| Premiums earned |  |  |  |
| Direct | $ | 33,140 |  |  | $ | 22,901 |  |
| Assumed | 456,641 |  |  | 382,603 |  |
| Ceded | (136,175 | ) |  | (108,744 | ) |
| Net premiums earned | $ | 353,606 |  |  | $ | 296,760 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses |  |  |  |
| Gross claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 161,998 |  |  | $ | 88,995 |  |
| Claims and claim expenses recovered | (35,393 | ) |  | (12,142 | ) |
| Net claims and claim expenses incurred | $ | 126,605 |  |  | $ | 76,853 |  |

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