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Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments | A summary of the Company’s debt obligations on its consolidated balance sheets is set forth below:
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
|  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |
| 3.450% Senior Notes due 2027 | $ | 294,654 |  |  | $ | 295,303 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |
| 3.700% Senior Notes due 2025 | 302,781 |  |  | 297,318 |  |  | 291,750 |  |  | 296,948 |  |
| 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 | 263,750 |  |  | 249,272 |  |  | 270,875 |  |  | 248,941 |  |
| Series B 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 | — |  |  | — |  |  | 257,500 |  |  | 255,352 |  |
| 4.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (DaVinciRe) (1) | 157,050 |  |  | 147,730 |  |  | 144,675 |  |  | 147,422 |  |
|  | $ | 1,018,235 |  |  | $ | 989,623 |  |  | $ | 964,800 |  |  | $ | 948,663 |  |
(1) | RenaissanceRe owns a noncontrolling economic interest in its joint venture DaVinciRe. 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 RenaissanceRe. However, RenaissanceRe does not guarantee or provide credit support for DaVinciRe and RenaissanceRe’s financial exposure to DaVinciRe is limited to its investment in DaVinciRe’s shares and counterparty credit risk arising from reinsurance transactions.
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities | The outstanding amounts issued or drawn under each of the Company’s significant credit facilities is set forth below:
| At December 31, 2017 | Issued or Drawn |
| RenaissanceRe Revolving Credit Facility | $ | — |  |
| Uncommitted Standby Letter of Credit Facility with Wells Fargo | 106,794 |  |
| Uncommitted Standby Letter of Credit Facility with NAB | 3,785 |  |
| Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility with Citibank Europe | 197,278 |  |
| Renaissance Reinsurance FAL Facility | 180,000 |  |
| Total credit facilities in U.S. dollars | $ | 487,857 |  |
| Specialty Risks FAL Facility | £ | 10,000 |  |
| Total credit facilities in British Pounds | £ | 10,000 |  |
Schedule of Aggregate Amount of Maturities Related to the Company's Debt Obligations | The following table sets forth the scheduled maturity of the Company’s aggregate amount of its debt obligation reflected on its consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017:
| 2018 | $ | — |  |
| 2019 | — |  |
| 2020 | 250,000 |  |
| 2021 | — |  |
| 2022 | — |  |
| After 2022 | 750,000 |  |
| Unamortized discount and debt issuance expenses | (10,377 | ) |
|  | $ | 989,623 |  |

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