Accounts payable and accrued expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

The following are the components of accounts payable and accrued expenses:

	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Accrued interest on debt	$	10,286	$	10,771
Subscriptions received in advance on AlphaCat ILS funds and sidecars	326,900		412,036
Redemptions/distributions payable to noncontrolling interests	87,674		10,800
Structured notes payable to AlphaCat investors	1,000		—
Accrued income attributable to AlphaCat investors	17,068		2,412
Income tax payable	1,036		8,856
Accrued pension liability	16,979		15,722
Trade and compensation payables	126,705		166,734
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	587,648	$	627,331

For the year ended December 31, 2016, non-cash movements in accounts payable and accrued expenses in relation to the AlphaCat ILS funds and sidecars were $217,322 (2015: $(10,239); 2014: $7,847). Of this, redemptions/distributions payable to noncontrolling interests included non-cash movements of $77,873 (2015: $(10,239); 2014: $7,847). Subscriptions received in advance on AlphaCat ILS funds and sidecars included non-cash reinvestment of noncontrolling interests and structured notes of $139,449 (2015: $nil; 2014: $nil).