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SEGMENT INFORMATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
AXIS Capital's underwriting operations are organized around its global underwriting platforms, AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. The Company has determined that it has two reportable segments, insurance and reinsurance. The Company does not allocate its assets by segment, with the exception of goodwill and intangible assets, as it evaluates the underwriting results of each segment separately from the results of its investment portfolio.

Insurance
The Company's insurance segment offers specialty insurance products to a variety of niche markets on a worldwide basis. The product lines in this segment are property, marine, terrorism, aviation, credit and political risk, professional lines, liability, accident and health, and discontinued lines - Novae.
 
Reinsurance
The Company's reinsurance segment provides treaty reinsurance to insurance companies on a worldwide basis. The product lines in this segment are catastrophe, property, professional lines, credit and surety, motor, liability, agriculture, engineering, marine and other, accident and health, and discontinued lines - Novae.
The following tables present the underwriting results of the Company's reportable segments, as well as the carrying values of allocated goodwill and intangible assets:
  20202019
Three months ended and at March 31,InsuranceReinsuranceTotalInsuranceReinsuranceTotal
Gross premiums written$940,715  $1,490,443  $2,431,158  $851,096  $1,732,130  $2,583,226  
Net premiums written581,650  1,097,394  1,679,044  529,239  1,247,820  1,777,059  
Net premiums earned562,064  526,561  1,088,625  556,762  577,450  1,134,212  
Other insurance related income (loss)647  (9,354) (8,707) 1,742  5,187  6,929  
Net losses and loss expenses(471,812) (436,261) (908,073) (313,776) (350,252) (664,028) 
Acquisition costs(112,751) (125,899) (238,650) (117,775) (142,643) (260,418) 
General and administrative expenses(100,778) (29,184) (129,962) (106,034) (32,839) (138,873) 
Underwriting income (loss) $(122,630) $(74,137) (196,767) $20,919  $56,903  77,822  
Net investment income  93,101  107,303  
Net investment gains (losses) (62,877) 12,767  
Corporate expenses  (27,098) (36,218) 
Foreign exchange (losses) gains 61,683  (7,056) 
Interest expense and financing costs(23,472) (15,895) 
Reorganization expenses  982  (14,820) 
Amortization of value of business acquired(1,799) (13,104) 
Amortization of intangible assets(2,870) (3,003) 
Income (loss) before income taxes and interest in income (loss) of equity method investments $(159,117) $107,796  
Net losses and loss expenses ratio83.9 %82.9 %83.4 %56.4 %60.7 %58.5 %
Acquisition cost ratio20.1 %23.9 %21.9 %21.2 %24.7 %23.0 %
General and administrative expense ratio17.9 %5.5 %14.5 %19.0 %5.6 %15.4 %
Combined ratio121.9 %112.3 %119.8 %96.6 %91.0 %96.9 %
Goodwill and intangible assets$329,824  $—  $329,824  $340,766  $—  $340,766