2.2.0.25falsefalse01000 - Disclosure - Organizationtruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2011 - 3/31/2011 USD ($) $FROM_Jan01_2011_TO_Mar31_2011http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000911421duration2011-01-01T00:00:002011-03-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0pre_DisclosureOrganizationAbstractprefalsenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseDisclosure - Organization [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<div style="text-align:center;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">PartnerRe Ltd. </font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements</font></div><p style='margin-top:13.5pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">1. Organization </font></p><p style='margin-top:4.5pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:24.5px;">PartnerRe Ltd. (the Company) provides reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its principal wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd., Partner Reinsurance Europe Limited and Partner Reinsurance Company of the U.S. Risks reinsured include, but are not limited to, property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and other lines, mortality, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">longevity</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> and health and alternative risk products. The Company's alternative risk products include weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies on a worldwide basis</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. </font></p>PartnerRe Ltd. Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements1. Organization PartnerRe Ltd. (the Company) provides reinsurance on a worldwide basis throughfalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDescribes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). Disclosures about the nature of operations need not be quantified; relative importance could be conveyed by use of terms such as "predominately", "about equally", or "major and other". This element is also referred to as "Business Description".Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 falsefalseOrganization12OrganizationUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue