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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Assets    
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value (Amortized cost 2015: $12,012,633; 2014: $12,185,973) $ 12,012,894us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities $ 12,129,273us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities
Equity securities, available for sale, at fair value (Cost 2015: $572,317; 2014: $531,648) 601,329us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities 567,707us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
Other investments, at fair value 939,006us-gaap_AlternativeInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure 965,465us-gaap_AlternativeInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
Short-term investments, at fair value and amortized cost 38,373us-gaap_OtherShortTermInvestments 107,534us-gaap_OtherShortTermInvestments
Total investments 13,591,602us-gaap_Investments 13,769,979us-gaap_Investments
Cash and cash equivalents 996,596us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 921,830us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 273,496us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents 287,865us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
Accrued interest receivable 79,706us-gaap_AccruedInvestmentIncomeReceivable 83,070us-gaap_AccruedInvestmentIncomeReceivable
Insurance and reinsurance premium balances receivable 2,241,875us-gaap_PremiumsReceivableAtCarryingValue 1,808,620us-gaap_PremiumsReceivableAtCarryingValue
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses 1,921,311us-gaap_ReinsuranceRecoverablesOnPaidAndUnpaidLosses 1,926,145us-gaap_ReinsuranceRecoverablesOnPaidAndUnpaidLosses
Deferred acquisition costs 616,966us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts 466,987us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts
Prepaid reinsurance premiums 357,042us-gaap_PrepaidReinsurancePremiums 351,441us-gaap_PrepaidReinsurancePremiums
Receivable for investments sold 13,432us-gaap_ReceivablesFromBrokersDealersAndClearingOrganizations 169us-gaap_ReceivablesFromBrokersDealersAndClearingOrganizations
Goodwill and intangible assets 88,508us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetIncludingGoodwill 88,960us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetIncludingGoodwill
Other assets 278,285us-gaap_OtherAssets 250,670us-gaap_OtherAssets
Total assets 20,458,819us-gaap_Assets 19,955,736us-gaap_Assets
Liabilities    
Reserve for losses and loss expenses 9,443,222us-gaap_LiabilityForClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense 9,596,797us-gaap_LiabilityForClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense
Unearned premiums 3,293,952us-gaap_UnearnedPremiums 2,735,376us-gaap_UnearnedPremiums
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable 266,789us-gaap_ReinsurancePayable 249,186us-gaap_ReinsurancePayable
Senior notes 991,045us-gaap_SeniorNotes 990,790us-gaap_SeniorNotes
Payable for investments purchased 196,526us-gaap_PayablesToBrokerDealersAndClearingOrganizations 188,176us-gaap_PayablesToBrokerDealersAndClearingOrganizations
Other liabilities 221,050us-gaap_OtherLiabilities 315,471us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
Total liabilities 14,412,584us-gaap_Liabilities 14,075,796us-gaap_Liabilities
Shareholders’ equity    
Preferred shares 627,843us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreferenceValue 627,843us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreferenceValue
Common shares (2015: 176,190; 2014: 175,478 shares issued and 2015: 100,219; 2014: 99,426 shares outstanding) 2,200us-gaap_CommonStockValue 2,191us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid-in capital 2,287,065us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 2,285,016us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (17,070)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (45,574)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Retained earnings 5,842,239us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 5,715,504us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Treasury shares, at cost (2015: 75,971; 2014: 76,052 shares) (2,765,114)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (2,763,859)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to AXIS Capital 5,977,163us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 5,821,121us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interests 69,072us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestInVariableInterestEntity 58,819us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestInVariableInterestEntity
Total shareholders’ equity 6,046,235us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 5,879,940us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 20,458,819us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 19,955,736us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity