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Credit Facilities (Summary Of Outstanding Letters Of Credit And/Or Borrowings Of Group Credit Facility) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jul. 27, 2007
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Commitment $ 1,100,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity    
Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility Tranche One [Member]      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Commitment 200,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheOneMember
200,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheOneMember
 
Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility Tranche Two Issuance One [Member]      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Commitment 600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheTwoIssuanceOneMember
600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheTwoIssuanceOneMember
 
In Use 444,012us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheTwoIssuanceOneMember
502,059us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityTrancheTwoIssuanceOneMember
 
Date of Expiry Dec. 31, 2015 Dec. 31, 2014  
Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility [Member]      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Commitment 800,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityMember
800,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityMember
850,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityMember
In Use $ 444,012us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityMember
$ 502,059us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= re_WellsFargoBankGroupCreditFacilityMember