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Benefit Plan, Funded (Unfunded) Status of Plan

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Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plan, Employee Premium, Percentage

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Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plan, Employer Premium, Percentage

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Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of cost (reversal of cost) for pension and other postretirement benefits.

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Share-based compensation and employee benefit plans - Defined contribution plans narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	$ 20.4
Funded status	(2.3)
Expenses related to benefit plans	$ 3.0
United Kingdom \| SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer contribution, percentage of employee's salary	12.00%
Belgium \| Minimum \| SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer contribution, percentage of employee's salary	6.50%
Belgium \| Maximum \| SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer contribution, percentage of employee's salary	8.50%
Switzerland \| Minimum \| SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer premium, percentage	60.00%
Employee premium, percentage	30.00%
Switzerland \| Maximum \| SiriusPoint International
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer premium, percentage	70.00%
Employee premium, percentage	40.00%
Bermuda \| SiriusPoint Bermuda
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expenses related to defined contribution plans	$ 1.2	$ 0.7	$ 0.7
U.S.
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expenses related to defined contribution plans	$ 2.7	$ 0.2	$ 0.2