Dividend Restrictions and Statutory Requirements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure - Dividend Restrictions and Statutory Requirements [Abstract]

Statutory measurements

The statutory net income of the Company’s reinsurance subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows (in millions of U.S. dollars):

	2015		2014		2013
PartnerRe Bermuda	$	444	$	660	$	616
PartnerRe Europe	75		298		9
PartnerRe U.S.	219		236		123

The required and actual statutory capital and surplus of the Company’s reinsurance subsidiaries at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows (in millions of U.S. dollars):

	PartnerRe Bermuda				PartnerRe Europe				PartnerRe U.S.
	2015		2014		2015		2014		2015		2014
Required statutory capital and surplus	$	2,041	$	1,984	$	805	$	867	$	701	$	764
Actual statutory capital and surplus	3,032		3,157		1,062		1,400		1,405		1,420