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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all currently due domestic and foreign income tax obligations.

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Statutory requirements - Narrative (Details) £ in Millions, kr in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) member subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2021 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2021 SEK (kr)	Dec. 31, 2021 SEK (kr) member subsidiary
Bermuda
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Liquidity ratio, minimum percentage required	75.00%			75.00%
Statutory maximum percentage of prior year statutory capital and surplus available for dividend payments without approval	25.00%			25.00%
Number of members of the Board of Directors required to approve dividend payments in excess of the maximum percentage \| member	2			2
Amount available for dividend payments without regulatory approval	$ 844.4
United Kingdom
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Lloyds approved net capacity	135.2	£ 100.0
Sweden \| SiriusPoint International
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Statutory net income (loss)	289.5
Amount available for dividend payments	560.3
Dividends paid	19.5		kr 166.7
Safety Reserve	700.0			kr 6,100.0
Deferred tax liability related to the Safety Reserve, payable if failing to maintain prescribed levels of premium writings and loss reserves	139.1
Additional tax expense on the Safety Reserve	1.2		10.0
Current tax liability	2.2			kr 20.0
Additional deferred tax liability due to Safety Reserve	11.0		kr 99.9
U.S. \| SiriusPoint America
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Amount available for dividend payments without regulatory approval	34.7
Statutory net income (loss)	28.9
Risk-based capital requirements authorized control level	112.4
Statutory surplus	581.5
Earned surplus	138.0
U.S. \| Oakwood
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Statutory net income (loss)	(0.4)
Risk-based capital requirements authorized control level	0.3
Statutory surplus	39.7
U.S. \| Sirius Specialty
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Statutory net income (loss)	(7.1)
Risk-based capital requirements authorized control level	3.4
Statutory surplus	$ 55.2
Bermuda
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Number of insurance subsidiaries \| subsidiary	2			2