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RESERVE FOR LOSSES AND LOSS EXPENSES - Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	$ 8,862,564
Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	3,534,458
Insurance | Property and other
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	3,371,989
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	6,225
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	579,613
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	110,970	$ 110,990	$ 110,656	$ 110,612	$ 110,819	$ 110,745	$ 106,531	$ 95,726	$ 87,604	$ 48,995
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	272,372	272,402	271,960	271,287	271,483	272,530	250,251	193,949	85,346
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	315,703	313,602	313,529	308,368	300,845	277,909	213,961	77,461
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	264,607	262,819	259,787	248,746	237,714	198,955	75,831
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	318,866	317,697	313,360	306,221	259,679	132,872
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	242,270	241,586	227,237	202,649	99,120
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	338,243	329,709	289,711	123,640
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	744,285	628,364	253,400
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	577,243	284,651
Insurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	187,430
Insurance | Marine
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	673,651
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	4,296
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	350,692
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	43,377	43,372	43,286	46,918	45,944	45,159	42,325	33,296	28,603	18,017
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	67,523	67,046	65,000	60,689	59,976	58,132	55,029	44,274	26,453
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	55,950	54,863	52,841	50,448	49,631	44,884	38,594	10,708
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	76,900	76,753	65,717	63,034	54,777	43,958	18,856
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	40,895	36,020	26,930	26,905	15,179	6,357
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	112,617	111,212	108,312	54,958	21,433
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	63,333	57,314	31,817	12,487
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	92,773	68,411	14,515
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	84,834	25,153
Insurance | Marine | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	35,449
Insurance | Aviation
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	211,595
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	7,260
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	86,940
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	8,574	8,391	8,198	8,109	7,666	7,548	6,883	6,309	4,126	1,032
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	6,222	6,177	6,035	5,814	5,564	5,030	4,513	2,822	639
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	7,102	7,166	7,053	6,831	5,948	4,152	2,861	954
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	14,487	14,167	13,560	11,450	9,749	7,328	4,400
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	14,848	14,485	13,849	11,692	8,023	3,988
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	24,676	23,217	20,959	16,159	8,085
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	27,820	26,259	19,279	10,412
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	50,642	40,159	21,105
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	40,368	21,442
Insurance | Aviation | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	16,856
Insurance | Credit and political risk
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	294,917
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	(2,588)
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	98,219
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	101,262	102,522	102,203	102,157	101,951	101,789	106,768	90,729	85,418	50,000
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	27,636	27,636	27,636	27,636	27,636	27,636	27,636	37,205	32,788
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	43	43	41	39	0	0	0	0
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	13,828	13,828	11,769	5,216	3,726	2,235	745
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	64,050	57,858	57,858	61,108	39,952	1,924
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	23,309	23,309	23,309	23,309	0
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	24,697	24,697	24,697	0
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	11,019	5,593	1,523
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	13,545	4,937
Insurance | Credit and political risk | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	15,528
Insurance | Professional lines
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,875,919
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	65,486
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,680,272
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	142,788	136,510	114,520	109,540	99,039	88,558	72,592	53,493	27,806	7,807
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	302,151	294,678	283,510	238,401	165,806	108,598	74,461	32,897	7,402
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	281,715	273,383	253,958	230,913	184,191	100,089	41,328	7,818
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	263,325	242,860	213,225	175,835	129,671	73,077	17,690
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	242,899	223,838	192,405	130,039	70,662	23,529
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	203,542	169,555	137,738	67,725	20,197
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	192,459	147,370	71,245	15,859
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	139,143	71,779	20,946
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	81,986	20,091
Insurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	25,911
Insurance | Liability
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	648,147
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	50,617
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	738,722
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	88,476	88,007	86,454	71,803	66,129	61,044	53,594	30,800	15,977	1,030
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	67,114	62,150	60,261	54,996	46,074	38,377	20,190	10,540	2,761
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	48,034	46,540	42,740	37,139	30,145	15,411	5,514	1,663
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	71,982	66,963	60,004	42,049	33,319	23,280	2,359
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	93,574	84,374	71,595	49,836	18,640	1,414
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	120,216	92,664	39,637	22,392	5,438
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	56,446	36,385	23,280	6,319
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	59,356	29,564	5,439
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	35,612	9,027
Insurance | Liability | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	7,337
Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	5,328,106
Reinsurance | Property and other
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	5,596,838
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	14,757
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,644,046
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	546,691	542,590	540,312	534,590	509,769	480,734	434,908	404,287	311,052	116,132
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,019,917	1,013,858	1,011,283	996,481	923,166	893,746	794,575	587,047	251,855
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	428,152	415,634	413,594	403,926	389,373	366,968	294,298	122,823
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	483,105	482,480	481,066	471,380	441,138	324,839	107,628
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	463,342	458,350	452,193	434,769	352,883	102,356
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	413,477	400,980	368,698	265,896	71,477
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	563,781	520,779	376,920	128,126
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	868,458	723,826	252,360
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	648,622	195,707
Reinsurance | Property and other | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	161,293
Reinsurance | Professional lines
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	945,996
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	52,321
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	969,167
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	142,994	138,047	130,610	123,981	107,363	76,798	52,138	31,243	12,026	1,757
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	136,492	130,059	119,767	103,052	84,845	57,230	30,272	11,822	1,510
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	145,866	131,853	107,224	85,972	53,629	29,622	10,392	778
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	123,282	104,904	81,630	64,958	30,491	12,073	1,064
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	147,194	109,239	74,577	48,854	13,073	2,019
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	112,042	79,296	41,539	13,505	3,134
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	95,283	52,617	20,534	1,768
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	39,915	14,921	2,813
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	2,593	271
Reinsurance | Professional lines | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	335
Reinsurance | Liability
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	989,389
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	80,768
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,228,290
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	130,566	128,386	119,678	108,748	97,430	83,792	62,287	46,199	17,652	2,479
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	141,483	135,627	123,403	112,347	92,477	70,083	40,009	21,291	5,197
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	125,979	115,618	101,164	78,235	58,777	28,384	12,800	3,541
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	113,127	102,593	88,262	69,055	52,328	22,235	5,971
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	109,974	89,412	70,138	48,420	28,661	7,083
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	108,961	80,865	54,517	27,455	7,270
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	111,870	69,558	37,703	11,874
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	78,477	42,147	12,438
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	49,795	19,303
Reinsurance | Liability | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	19,157
Reinsurance | Credit and surety
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	886,173
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	16,847
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	256,999
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	65,781	65,346	65,024	64,020	62,585	61,466	59,804	59,074	48,274	28,190
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	88,615	87,799	86,419	84,106	81,930	77,392	69,851	53,392	22,411
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	113,402	111,441	110,150	108,391	104,876	99,046	85,228	49,482
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	112,520	107,555	105,692	98,039	91,486	76,743	32,399
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	107,082	102,670	95,079	85,984	61,076	35,552
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	118,670	116,756	99,774	81,685	32,907
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	101,822	92,187	73,201	42,028
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	90,495	73,944	37,295
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	68,505	38,990
Reinsurance | Credit and surety | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	19,281
Reinsurance | Motor
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,146,305
All outstanding liabilities before 2010, net of reinsurance	193,345
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,229,604
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2010
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	37,041	34,839	33,769	32,717	29,429	25,153	21,713	18,149	12,601	$ 7,201
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2011
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	94,155	92,201	91,165	86,466	80,349	73,562	62,861	47,991	$ 23,943
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2012
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	93,194	91,982	89,646	85,488	78,880	68,970	53,959	$ 29,381
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2013
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	93,234	90,165	84,512	78,744	68,502	54,274	$ 34,133
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2014
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	124,157	114,300	103,909	95,563	75,543	$ 43,628
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2015
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	149,813	133,528	115,903	95,172	$ 58,231
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2016
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	150,004	131,606	106,934	$ 61,321
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2017
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	168,855	137,217	$ 72,859
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2018
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	145,561	$ 84,564
Reinsurance | Motor | Accident Year 2019
Claims Development [Line Items]
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	$ 90,291

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Amount, after reinsurance, of paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense used in claims development for short-duration insurance contracts. Excludes unallocated claim adjustment expense.

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Undiscounted amount, after reinsurance, of the liability for unpaid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense for short-duration insurance contracts. Excludes unallocated claim adjustment expense.

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