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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) |  |  | 0 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 SPC Global RE Advisors LLC [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 SPC Global RE Advisors LLC [Member] | May 23, 2013 RenRe Ventures [Member] | Mar. 31, 2014 Bradley Meier [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payments due to related party | $ 0 | $ 0 |  |
Repurchase of shares |  |  | 2,000,000 |
Percentage of outstanding common stock |  |  | 4.99% |
Total number of shares sold |  |  |  | 1,650,000
Percentage of common stock owned |  |  |  | 5.00%

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