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Share capital - Authorized and issued (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Aug. 20, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Equity [Abstract]          
Authorized share capital   $ 33.0tpre_ShareCapitalAuthorized $ 33.0tpre_ShareCapitalAuthorized    
Common share, shares authorized (in shares)   300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized   300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
Common share, par value (in dollars per share)   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Preference shares, shares authorized (in shares)   30,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 30,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized   30,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
Preference shares, par value (in dollars per share)   $ 0.10us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.10us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.10us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Common share, shares issued (in shares)   104,031,456us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 103,888,916us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued   78,432,132us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Common share, shares outstanding (in shares)   104,031,456us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 103,888,916us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding   78,432,132us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
Preference shares, shares issued (in shares)   0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued   0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
Preference shares, shares outstanding (in shares)   0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding   0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share)   $ 15.05us-gaap_SharePrice   $ 10.89us-gaap_SharePrice  
IPO          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Issuance of common shares (in shares) 24,832,484us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share) $ 12.50us-gaap_SharePrice
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Sale of stock, net proceeds $ 286.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering
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