Net Income Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure - Net Income Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income Per Share Table [Text Block]

			For the three		For the three		For the nine		For the nine
			months ended		months ended		months ended		months ended
			September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012		September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Numerator:
	Net income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd.		$	333,423	$	486,706	$	392,221	$	1,022,994
	Less: preferred dividends			(14,184)		(15,405)		(43,678)		(46,216)
	Less: loss on redemption of preferred shares			0		0		(9,135)		0
	Net income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd. common shareholders		$	319,239	$	471,301	$	339,408	$	976,778
Denominator:
	Weighted number of common shares outstanding - basic			53,671,245		61,837,328		56,176,260		63,679,114
	Share options and other (1)			953,906		769,433		1,041,301		605,011
	Weighted average number of common shares and common
		share equivalents outstanding - diluted		54,625,151		62,606,761		57,217,561		64,284,125
Basic net income per share			$	5.95	$	7.62	$	6.04	$	15.34
Diluted net income per share(1)			$	5.84	$	7.53	$	5.93	$	15.19

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(1)At September 30, 2013 and2012, share based awards to purchase 140.5 thousand and 1,233.3 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.