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Reserves for Losses and Adjustment Expenses Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Claims by Accident Year (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Integer	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)
Claims Development [Line Items]
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	$ 4,944.4
Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,296.6
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	1,046.3
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	250.3
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	3.1
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	253.4
Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	983.2
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	361.0
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	622.2
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	43.3
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	665.5
Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,855.8
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	1,263.1
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	592.7
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	29.1
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	621.8
Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,064.0
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	502.8
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	561.2
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	20.0
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	581.2
Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,903.9
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	1,381.3
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	522.6
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	20.0
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	542.6
Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,572.6
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	501.6
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	1,071.0
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	485.1
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	1,556.1
Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	1,602.0
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	919.7
All outstanding liabilities for 2012 and subsequent years, net of reinsurance	682.3
All outstanding liabilities before 2012, net of reinsurance	41.5
Liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance	723.8
Accident Year 2012 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	151.9	$ 152.9	$ 158.8	$ 164.4	$ 165.6	$ 166.8	$ 168.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 0.0
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	6,141
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 152.5	153.1	155.7	151.7	137.9	128.5	41.1
Accident Year 2012 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	67.6	65.7	68.0	60.1	69.0	61.8	77.1
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 7.9
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	2,869
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 49.3	48.5	40.2	29.3	13.9	6.5	1.3
Accident Year 2012 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	316.1	327.8	331.6	346.1	325.5	306.0	268.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 2.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	3,807
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 273.3	250.5	239.6	210.9	174.6	132.2	51.5
Accident Year 2012 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	99.8	88.4	92.8	95.8	92.6	89.0	87.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 6.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	573
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 79.0	69.7	64.5	58.7	50.3	39.4	22.8
Accident Year 2012 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	271.9	279.5	282.5	279.1	286.6	303.4	280.1
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 11.2
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	669
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 232.3	227.8	216.7	209.1	188.9	135.8	35.6
Accident Year 2012 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	240.7	231.7	230.6	233.5	242.2	231.1	232.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 42.9
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,735
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 133.6	116.9	95.7	65.1	41.7	17.5	2.2
Accident Year 2012 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	169.9	173.5	172.9	174.6	188.9	199.7	176.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 8.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	628
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 151.1	149.8	144.5	139.1	129.0	93.9	$ 25.1
Accident Year 2013 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	110.6	112.5	111.5	115.8	116.1	128.7
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 0.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,992
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 107.4	104.6	100.1	88.2	75.0	38.3
Accident Year 2013 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	103.2	102.0	119.0	113.6	115.0	131.2
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 11.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	3,161
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 79.7	67.4	52.3	39.0	25.5	2.2
Accident Year 2013 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	346.2	332.6	325.5	342.0	333.4	320.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 6.0
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,171
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 284.1	264.4	235.0	204.7	131.4	41.5
Accident Year 2013 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	90.8	99.7	100.7	104.0	99.8	105.2
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 12.0
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	571
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 72.0	63.6	65.3	31.1	21.0	8.0
Accident Year 2013 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	172.9	176.2	177.7	188.9	198.8	216.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 2.1
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	806
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 164.2	162.6	158.0	146.0	98.0	34.4
Accident Year 2013 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	199.9	204.7	221.7	224.3	229.0	213.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 44.8
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,605
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 114.3	92.4	64.7	42.5	15.8	3.4
Accident Year 2013 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	115.6	119.5	120.2	131.9	139.8	144.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 5.5
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	568
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 101.6	101.6	94.6	87.3	71.3	$ 25.1
Accident Year 2014 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	133.4	134.2	133.5	156.3	164.3
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 1.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	8,740
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 127.1	123.1	113.5	86.1	40.2
Accident Year 2014 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	134.3	127.2	137.2	125.4	142.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 23.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	3,628
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 71.9	58.8	32.2	13.1	2.6
Accident Year 2014 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	305.8	310.3	298.7	313.8	309.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 9.5
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,001
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 232.4	209.7	189.1	116.6	53.4
Accident Year 2014 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	130.5	119.3	129.0	130.3	134.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 17.3
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	795
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 86.3	72.0	53.4	30.6	2.9
Accident Year 2014 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	150.7	150.4	161.7	177.5	190.2
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 4.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	863
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 141.6	137.7	127.6	101.0	37.6
Accident Year 2014 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	202.5	209.1	215.8	207.3	204.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 56.1
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,636
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 86.3	60.2	37.8	13.8	2.5
Accident Year 2014 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	126.4	123.6	132.6	140.7	152.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 10.9
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	610
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 100.1	89.6	81.6	56.7	$ 16.6
Accident Year 2015 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	200.0	197.7	203.0	237.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 9.1
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	10,319
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 177.5	168.4	141.0	56.9
Accident Year 2015 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	201.6	184.1	221.5	201.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 33.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,463
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 91.8	56.0	16.8	3.1
Accident Year 2015 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	285.8	281.9	299.8	297.1
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 17.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,001
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 193.7	174.0	123.3	44.9
Accident Year 2015 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	189.0	184.9	174.9	173.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 60.3
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,080
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 89.2	69.9	43.4	13.7
Accident Year 2015 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	156.9	177.6	187.8	214.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 4.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	991
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 139.4	126.6	95.2	35.9
Accident Year 2015 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	212.8	210.4	200.9	193.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 74.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,664
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 65.5	38.4	18.0	3.5
Accident Year 2015 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	159.8	165.4	170.9	166.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 18.8
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	761
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 122.6	104.6	56.8	$ 17.7
Accident Year 2016 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	242.6	247.7	236.7
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 12.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	9,431
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 200.2	167.8	66.5
Accident Year 2016 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	181.6	186.3	215.3
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 81.8
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,388
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 39.6	22.5	4.1
Accident Year 2016 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	229.6	230.5	260.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 32.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,373
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 142.8	82.6	30.9
Accident Year 2016 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	215.6	211.1	190.3
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 83.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,303
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 94.9	71.2	15.2
Accident Year 2016 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	268.2	269.8	269.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 23.2
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,211
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 204.3	163.3	56.3
Accident Year 2016 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	244.9	245.2	232.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 115.0
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,416
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 63.9	33.5	9.1
Accident Year 2016 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	238.7	240.7	239.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 37.9
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	902
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 166.2	151.4	$ 58.9
Accident Year 2017 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	257.0	293.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 23.6
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	7,722
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 212.3	96.0
Accident Year 2017 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	173.1	179.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 82.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,815
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 24.7	3.5
Accident Year 2017 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	200.9	210.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 44.5
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	5,939
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 108.1	40.2
Accident Year 2017 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	181.9	205.9
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 102.1
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,760
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 57.6	27.1
Accident Year 2017 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	534.8	557.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 47.5
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,846
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 374.7	123.4
Accident Year 2017 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	242.7	244.7
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 158.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,085
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 30.8	8.9
Accident Year 2017 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	393.0	380.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 81.1
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,191
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 250.2	$ 95.0
Accident Year 2018 | Property Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	201.1
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 31.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	5,694
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 69.3
Accident Year 2018 | Casualty Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	121.8
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 103.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	3,918
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 4.0
Accident Year 2018 | Marine, Aviation and Energy Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	171.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 85.3
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	3,212
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 28.7
Accident Year 2018 | Financial and Professional Insurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	156.4
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 124.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	4,221
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 23.8
Accident Year 2018 | Property Catastrophe and Other Property Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	348.5
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 182.8
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	1,182
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 124.8
Accident Year 2018 | Casualty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	229.1
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 195.4
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	481
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 7.2
Accident Year 2018 | Specialty Reinsurance
Claims Development [Line Items]
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net	398.6
Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Liability, Net	$ 327.7
Number of Reported Claims | Integer	914
Cumulative paid claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, Net	$ 27.9

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