Financial Instruments, Owned and Pledged as Collateral, Released From Restriction

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The minimum solvency margin amount, which is a factor of the minimum statutory capital and surplus calculation, required to be maintained, in terms of the Insurance Act 1978, amendments thereto and Related Regulations of Bermuda.

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Statutory Accounting Practices Minimum Solvency Margin Percentage Of ECR

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The minimum solvency margin amount, which is a factor of the minimum statutory capital and surplus calculation, (expressed as a percentage of net reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses) required to be maintained, in terms of the Insurance Act 1978, amendments thereto and Related Regulations of Bermuda.

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The minimum solvency margin amount, which is a factor of the minimum statutory capital and surplus calculation, (expressed as a percentage of net written premiums) required to be maintained, in terms of the Insurance Act 1978, amendments thereto and Related Regulations of Bermuda.

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The potential limit (expressed as a percentage of prior year total statutory capital and surplus) to the dividend/distribution that may be paid, without signed affidavits from the entity's directors attesting that a dividend and/or distribution in excess of this amount would not cause the entity to fail to meet its relevant margins.

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The number of the entity's directors required to issue signed affidavits in order to pay a dividend and/or distribution in excess of a specified percentage. The directors must attest that the dividend and/or distribution would not cause the entity to fail to meet its relevant margins.

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The potential limit (expressed as a percentage of total statutory capital and surplus) to the dividend that may be paid.

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The fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity and pledged to counterparties as collateral, including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
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-Section 45
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of dividends that can be declared or paid with approval of regulatory agency.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
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Amount of dividends that can be declared or paid without approval of regulatory agency.

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The amount of statutory capital and surplus (stockholders' equity) as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

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Amount of statutory capital required to be maintained as of the balance sheet date under prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices.

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Amount of net income for the period determined using accounting principles prescribed or permitted by insurance regulators.

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STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Details)	12 Months Ended
STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) board_member	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Statutory net income	$ (94,000,000)	$ 598,000,000	$ 457,000,000
Bermuda
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Required statutory capital and surplus	1,800,064,000	1,835,279,000
Available statutory capital and surplus	3,641,279,000	4,055,252,000
Minimum solvency margin amount	$ 100,000,000
Minimum solvency margin percentage of net written premiums	50.00%
Minimum solvency margin percentage of net reserves	15.00%
Minimum solvency margin percentage of ECR	25.00%
Limit - prior year's total statutory capital surplus (Bermuda)	25.00%
Number of directors required to sign affidavits in order to pay dividend/distribution greater than 25% of prior year statutory capital and surplus \| board_member	2
Maximum dividend/distribution payable without regulatory approval	$ 900,000,000	1,000,000,000
Ireland
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Required statutory capital and surplus	613,923,000	552,678,000
Available statutory capital and surplus	906,512,000	925,164,000
Maximum dividend/distribution payable with regulatory approval	52,000,000	372,000,000
U.S.
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Required statutory capital and surplus	488,560,000	430,145,000
Available statutory capital and surplus	1,511,480,000	1,470,772,000
Maximum dividend/distribution payable without regulatory approval	$ 115,000,000	147,000,000
Maximum dividend limit - percentage of total statutory capital and surplus	10.00%
AXIS Syndicate 1686
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, at fair value	$ 557,000,000	293,000,000
Financial instruments, as collateral, released from restriction	1,600,000
AXIS Syndicate 1686 \| Equity securities
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, at fair value	0	83,000,000
AXIS Syndicate 1686 \| Cash
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, at fair value	12,000,000	$ 7,000,000
Novae Syndicate 2007
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, released from restriction	41,000,000
Novae Syndicate 2007 \| Equity securities
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, at fair value	59,000,000
Novae Syndicate 2007 \| Fixed maturities and short-term investments
Statutory Financial Information [Line Items]
Financial instruments, as collateral, at fair value	$ 564,000,000