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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Reinsurance Agreements

We purchase reinsurance coverage for various lines of our business. The minimum reinsurance premiums are contractually due in advance on a quarterly basis. Accordingly at March 31, 2015, we have outstanding reinsurance purchase commitments of $72 million, of which $64 million is due in 2015 while the remaining $8 million is due in 2016. Actual payments under the reinsurance contracts will depend on the underlying subject premium and may exceed the minimum premium.
Amalgamation Agreement
On January 25, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation (the "Amalgamation Agreement") with PartnerRe Ltd. , a Bermuda exempted company ("PartnerRe"), which agreement was thereafter amended on February 17, 2015, March 10, 2015, and March 31, 2015, and pursuant to which the Company would amalgamate with PartnerRe (the "Amalgamation"), and the two companies would continue as a single Bermuda exempted company. On May 3, 2015, the Company and PartnerRe further amended the Amalgamation Agreement (the "Amendment to the Amalgamation Agreement") to allow PartnerRe to pay a one-time special dividend of $11.50 per share to PartnerRe's common shareholders in connection with the closing of the Amalgamation.

In accordance with the terms of the Amalgamation Agreement and the Amendment to the Amalgamation Agreement, the Company would be obligated to pay PartnerRe a no approval fee of $55 million if the Company’s shareholders do not approve the transaction. If the Amalgamation Agreement is terminated for certain other reasons described in the Amalgamation Agreement or if in certain circumstances the Company enters into a similar transaction with a third party in the 12 months following termination of the Amalgamation Agreement, the Company would be obligated to pay PartnerRe an aggregate termination fee of $280 million (less any no approval fee already paid). In all such cases, the Company would be obligated to reimburse PartnerRe for costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Amalgamation Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby in an amount not to exceed $35 million.
In relation to the proposed Amalgamation, the Company has entered into an agreement with a financial advisor that will require the Company to make a payment of $20 million in the event that the amalgamation transaction with PartnerRe is successfully consummated.
Employment Agreements
Following the signing of the Amalgamation Agreement, the Company has entered into additional agreements with certain employees. These agreements provide for the payment of a special cash retention award, which is payable in addition to normal annual compensation amounts, with the award payment being dependent on the employee maintaining an active employee status through a pre-determined future date and fulfilling certain conduct and performance-related conditions. The additional award payments are only payable in relation to, and are dependent on, the successful closing of the current amalgamation with PartnerRe.
Investments
At March 31, 2015 we have a $50 million commitment to purchase Commercial Mortgage Loans.

Refer 'Note 3 - Investments' for information on commitments related to our other investments.