XML 158 R74.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9
Fair Value (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2005
security
Dec. 31, 2001
security
Dec. 31, 2014
Standard & Poor's 500 Index [Member]
USD ($)
security
Dec. 31, 2014
FTSE 100 Index [Member]
USD ($)
security
Dec. 31, 2014
FTSE 100 Index [Member]
GBP (£)
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value [Member]
Standard & Poor's 500 Index [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value [Member]
FTSE 100 Index [Member]
USD ($)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]                  
Fair value of public equity portfolio $ 196,980,000re_PublicEquityPortfolioFairValueDisclosure $ 174,628,000re_PublicEquityPortfolioFairValueDisclosure              
Notional Amount of Price Risk Derivatives         22,530,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
6,706,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
  38,063,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
8,959,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
Number of equity index put option contracts     7us-gaap_NumberOfPriceRiskDerivativesHeld 7us-gaap_NumberOfPriceRiskDerivativesHeld 6us-gaap_NumberOfPriceRiskDerivativesHeld
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
1us-gaap_NumberOfPriceRiskDerivativesHeld
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
1us-gaap_NumberOfPriceRiskDerivativesHeld
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
   
Estimates The Probability Of Equity Index Put Option Contract Strike Price On The Exercise Date         19.00%re_EstimatesProbabilityOfEquityIndexPutOptionContractStrikePriceOnExerciseDate
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
44.00%re_EstimatesProbabilityOfEquityIndexPutOptionContractStrikePriceOnExerciseDate
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
44.00%re_EstimatesProbabilityOfEquityIndexPutOptionContractStrikePriceOnExerciseDate
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
   
Equity Index Put Option Contract, Maximum Amount Payable         0re_EquityIndexPutOptionContractMaximumAmountPayable
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
0re_EquityIndexPutOptionContractMaximumAmountPayable
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
     
Theoretical Maximum Payout Discount Factor         3.00%re_TheoreticalMaximumPayoutDiscountFactor
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
3.00%re_TheoreticalMaximumPayoutDiscountFactor
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
3.00%re_TheoreticalMaximumPayoutDiscountFactor
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
   
Present Value Of Theoretical Maximum Payouts         420,013re_PresentValueOfTheoreticalMaximumPayouts
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
43,334,000re_PresentValueOfTheoreticalMaximumPayouts
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
     
Settlement Amount If Contracts Had Expired         0re_SettlementAmountIfContractsHadExpired
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
0re_SettlementAmountIfContractsHadExpired
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember
     
Transfers between level 1 and 2 0us-gaap_FairValueAssetsLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount                
Transfers from level 3 51,101,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersNet 46,384,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersNet              
Equity Index         $ 2,058.90re_EquityIndex
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_StandardAndPoorsFiveHundredIndexMember
  £ 6,566.10re_EquityIndex
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= re_FinancialTimesStockExchangeHundredIndexMember