Statutory and regulatory requirements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Statutory and regulatory requirements [Abstract]

Statutory amounts based on regulatory requirements

Statutory capital and surplus as at December 31, 2016 and 2015 and statutory net income for the years endedDecember 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 for our (re)insurance subsidiaries based in our most significant regulatory jurisdictions were as follows:

	Statutory Capital and Surplus
	Required				Actual				Statutory Net Income
	December 31,				December 31,				Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015		2016		2015		2014
Bermuda	$	734,045	$	1,463,408	$	3,712,369	$	3,469,849	$	369,684	$	329,260	$	511,652
United States	78,342		80,047		416,746		421,047		7,795		32,255		105,210
Switzerland	267,000		259,000		806,099		750,356		46,362		21,379		44,939