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Fair Value Fair Value (Details - Fair Value of Liabilities) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Debt related to senior notes $ 750,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes $ 750,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
Debt related to capital efficient notes 70,989,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes 70,989,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes
Senior Notes Debt [Member] | Notes Issued By Partner Re Finance A LLC [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Face amount of debt instrument 250,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Senior Notes Debt [Member] | Notes Issued By Partner Re Finance B LLC [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Face amount of debt instrument 500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Capital efficient notes [Member] | Notes Issued By Partner Re Finance II Inc [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Face amount of debt instrument 63,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebtMember		 63,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Senior Notes Debt [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Debt related to senior notes 870,609,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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= pre_SeniorNotesDebtMember		 [1] 853,792,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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= pre_SeniorNotesDebtMember		 [1]
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Capital efficient notes [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Debt related to capital efficient notes 63,547,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebtMember		 [2] 62,309,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes
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Carrying value [Member] | Senior Notes Debt [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Debt related to senior notes 750,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pre_SeniorNotesDebtMember		 [1] 750,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
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= pre_SeniorNotesDebtMember		 [1]
Carrying value [Member] | Capital efficient notes [Member]    
Fair value of financial instrument liabilities [Line Items]    
Debt related to capital efficient notes $ 63,384,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebtMember		 [2] $ 63,384,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedNotes
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[1] PartnerRe Finance A LLC and PartnerRe Finance B LLC, the issuers of the Senior Notes, do not meet consolidation requirements under U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, the Company shows the related intercompany debt of $750 million in its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
[2] PartnerRe Finance II Inc., the issuer of the CENts, does not meet consolidation requirements under U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, the Company shows the related intercompany debt of $71 million in its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.