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Taxation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | The following is a summary of the Company’s income (loss) before taxes allocated between domestic and foreign operations:
| Year ended December 31, | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
| Domestic |  |  |  |  |  |
| Bermuda | $ | 652,758 |  |  | $ | 511,114 |  |  | $ | 701,476 |  |
| Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.K. | (24,278 | ) |  | (22,712 | ) |  | (3,166 | ) |
| U.S. | (1,236 | ) |  | 12,523 |  |  | (10,977 | ) |
| Ireland | 964 |  |  | 188 |  |  | 1,549 |  |
| Singapore | 2,180 |  |  | (4,737 | ) |  | (2,018 | ) |
| Income before taxes | $ | 630,388 |  |  | $ | 496,376 |  |  | $ | 686,864 |  |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax (Expense) Benefit | Income tax (expense) benefit is comprised as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2016 | Current |  | Deferred |  | Total |
| Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (2,090 | ) |  | $ | 1,750 |  |  | $ | (340 | ) |
| Year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (3,471 | ) |  | $ | 49,337 |  |  | $ | 45,866 |  |
| Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (699 | ) |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | (608 | ) |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | A reconciliation of the difference between the provision for income taxes and the expected tax provision at the weighted average tax rate is as follows:
| Year ended December 31, | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
| Expected income tax benefit | $ | 4,856 |  |  | $ | 1,011 |  |  | $ | 4,725 |  |
| Tax exempt income | 4,487 |  |  | 4,939 |  |  | 671 |  |
| Transaction costs | (131 | ) |  | 3,654 |  |  | — |  |
| Change in valuation allowance | (924 | ) |  | 43,808 |  |  | (5,554 | ) |
| Non-taxable foreign exchange (losses) gains | (1,126 | ) |  | (1,897 | ) |  | 885 |  |
| Withholding tax | (2,578 | ) |  | (3,036 | ) |  | (327 | ) |
| Other | (4,924 | ) |  | (2,613 | ) |  | (1,008 | ) |
| Income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (340 | ) |  | $ | 45,866 |  |  | $ | (608 | ) |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below:
| At December 31, | 2016 |  | 2015 |
| Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |
| Tax loss and credit carryforwards | $ | 51,620 |  |  | $ | 40,512 |  |
| Reserve for claims and claim expenses | 26,265 |  |  | 29,833 |  |
| Deferred interest expense | 18,408 |  |  | 18,901 |  |
| Accrued expenses | 9,386 |  |  | 15,730 |  |
| Unearned premiums | 7,496 |  |  | 8,946 |  |
| Deferred underwriting results | — |  |  | 421 |  |
|  | 113,175 |  |  | 114,343 |  |
| Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |
| Deferred acquisition expenses | (7,485 | ) |  | (10,741 | ) |
| Amortization and depreciation | (3,605 | ) |  | (5,899 | ) |
| Deferred underwriting results | (2,964 | ) |  | — |  |
| Investments | (223 | ) |  | (1,479 | ) |
|  | (14,277 | ) |  | (18,119 | ) |
| Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance | 98,898 |  |  | 96,224 |  |
| Valuation allowance | (18,776 | ) |  | (17,852 | ) |
| Net deferred tax asset | $ | 80,122 |  |  | $ | 78,372 |  |

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