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Management, performance and founders fees (Details) (USD $)				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 Third Point Advisors LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 TP LLC and Various Third Point Re Founders	Dec. 31, 2013 Performance fees due under the Investment Agreement	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Third Point LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Third Point LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Third Point LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Third Point LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Founders	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Founders	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Founders	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Founders	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Third Point Advisors LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Third Point Advisors LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 Investment Income [Member] Third Point Advisors LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 Investment Income [Member] Performance fees due under the Investment Agreement Third Point Advisors LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual investment performance fee	20.00%
Annual investment management fee		2.00%
Investment fee expenses				$ 8,440,000	$ 19,558,000	$ 46,630,000	$ 57,750,000	$ 1,290,000	$ 978,000	$ 3,718,000	$ 2,497,000	$ 7,315,000	$ 5,545,000	$ 21,075,000	$ 14,149,000	$ (165,000)	$ 13,035,000	$ 41,104,000	$ 21,837,000
Performance fee payable			$ 63,000,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

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