Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Disclosure - Net (Loss) Income Per Share [Abstract]

Net (Loss) Income Per Share Table [Text Block]

			For the three		For the three		For the six		For the six
			months ended		months ended		months ended		months ended
			June 30, 2013		June 30, 2012		June 30, 2013		June 30, 2012
Numerator:
	Net (loss) income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd.		$	(175,571)	$	176,146	$	58,799	$	536,287
	Less: preferred dividends			(14,796)		(15,405)		(29,494)		(30,811)
	Less: loss on redemption of preferred shares			0		0		(9,135)		0
	Net (loss) income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd. common shareholders		$	(190,367)	$	160,741	$	20,170	$	505,476
Denominator:
	Weighted number of common shares outstanding - basic			56,485,882		63,816,027		57,449,528		64,610,127
	Share options and other (1)			0		607,009		1,084,998		522,801
	Weighted average number of common shares and common
		share equivalents outstanding - diluted		56,485,882		64,423,036		58,534,526		65,132,928
Basic net (loss) income per share			$	(3.37)	$	2.52	$	0.35	$	7.82
Diluted net (loss) income per share(1)			$	(3.37)	$	2.50	$	0.34	$	7.76

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(1)At June 30, 2013 and2012, share based awards to purchase 142.5 thousand and 1,512.6 thousand common shares, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares. In addition, dilutive securities, in the form of share options and other, of 1,003.8 thousand shares were not included in the weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding for the purpose of computing the diluted net loss per share because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the three months ended June 30, 2013.