Net Income Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure - Net Income Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income Per Share Table [Text Block]

		For the three		For the three
		months ended		months ended
		March 31, 2014		March 31, 2013
Numerator:
	Net income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd.	$	309,843	$	234,370
	Less: preferred dividends		14,184		14,699
	Less: loss on redemption of preferred shares		0		9,135
	Net income attributable to PartnerRe Ltd. common shareholders	$	295,659	$	210,536
Denominator:
	Weighted number of common shares outstanding - basic		51,652,177		58,423,898
	Share options and other (1)		1,075,396		1,166,146
	Weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding - diluted		52,727,573		59,590,044
Basic net income per share		$	5.72	$	3.60
Diluted net income per share(1)		$	5.61	$	3.53

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(1)For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and2013, share based awards to purchase 69.1 thousand and103.0 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.