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Common Shareholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests Common Shareholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] |
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block] | Non-controlling Interests Non-controlling interests consist of the ownership interests of non-controlling shareholders in consolidated entities and are presented separately on the balance sheet. The following table details the balance of non-controlling interests included in White Mountains’s total equity and the related percentage of each consolidated entity’s total equity owned by non-controlling shareholders as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Millions |  | Non-controlling Percentage |  | Non-controlling Equity |  | Non-controlling Percentage |  | Non-controlling Equity
OneBeacon Ltd. |  | 24.7 | % |  | $ | 258.7 |  |  | 24.8 | % |  | $ | 273.7 |
SIG Preference Shares |  | 100.0 |  |  | 250.0 |  |  | 100.0 |  |  | 250.0 |
Other, excluding reciprocals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
HG Global |  | 3.1 |  |  | 17.9 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 16.6 |
QuoteLab |  | 40.0 |  |  | 22.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tranzact |  | 36.8 |  |  | 88.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Wobi |  | 36.7 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Prospector Offshore Fund |  | 23.4 |  |  | 31.1 |  |  | 28.3 |  |  | 32.1 |
Prospector Turtle Fund |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 31.1 |  |  | 14.1 |
Dewar |  | 18.0 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 18.0 |  |  | 3.0 |
Total other, excluding reciprocals |  |  |  | 168.6 |  |  |  |  | 65.8 |
Reciprocals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BAM |  | 100.0 |  |  | (121.9 | ) |  | 100.0 |  |  | (97.6 | )
SSIE |  | 100.0 |  |  | (12.4 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total non-controlling interests |  |  |  | $ | 543.0 |  |  |  |  | $ | 491.9 |

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