Accounts payable and accrued expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Components of 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