Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

	Quarter Ended March 31,						Quarter Ended June 30,						Quarter Ended September 30,						Quarter Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
Revenues
Gross premiums written	$	862,133		$	643,578		$	759,128		$	661,997		$	430,224		$	369,642		$	323,091		$	336,093
Net premiums written	$	511,675		$	404,035		$	519,916		$	508,677		$	284,222		$	266,820		$	219,499		$	236,651
(Increase) decrease in unearned premiums	(158,069		)	(107,275		)	(168,514		)	(128,849		)	62,299			95,568			132,402			124,924
Net premiums earned	353,606			296,760			351,402			379,828			346,521			362,388			351,901			361,575
Net investment income	28,863			39,707			54,124			38,604			51,423			28,338			47,316			45,918
Net foreign exchange (losses) gains	(1,692		)	(3,130		)	(690		)	(1,740		)	(5,986		)	616			(5,420		)	1,203
Equity in earnings (losses) of other ventures	1,611			5,295			6,022			6,160			(11,630		)	5,730			4,960			3,296
Other income	4,079			1,539			2,654			1,427			2,268			2,306			5,177			8,200
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments	61,653			41,749			69,772			(26,712		)	59,870			(41,138		)	(49,967		)	(42,817		)
Total revenues	448,120			381,920			483,284			397,567			442,466			358,240			353,967			377,375
Expenses
Net claims and claim expenses incurred	126,605			76,853			167,750			169,344			112,575			100,028			123,901			102,013
Acquisition costs	65,592			43,401			69,005			61,666			80,580			78,126			74,146			55,399
Operational expenses	56,235			45,621			51,073			54,673			40,493			54,518			49,948			64,300
Corporate expenses	8,225			45,533			5,752			12,868			11,537			7,322			11,888			10,791
Interest expense	10,538			5,316			10,536			9,862			10,536			10,542			10,534			10,550
Total expenses	267,195			216,724			304,116			308,413			255,721			250,536			270,417			243,053
Income before taxes	180,925			165,196			179,168			89,154			186,745			107,704			83,550			134,322
Income tax (expense) benefit	(2,744		)	47,904			(6,612		)	1,842			1,316			4,573			7,700			(8,453		)
Net income	178,181			213,100			172,556			90,996			188,061			112,277			91,250			125,869
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(44,591		)	(39,662		)	(30,635		)	(12,167		)	(35,641		)	(31,153		)	(16,219		)	(28,068		)
Net income available to RenaissanceRe	133,590			173,438			141,921			78,829			152,420			81,124			75,031			97,801
Dividends on preference shares	(5,595		)	(5,595		)	(5,596		)	(5,596		)	(5,595		)	(5,595		)	(5,595		)	(5,595		)
Net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders	$	127,995		$	167,843		$	136,325		$	73,233		$	146,825		$	75,529		$	69,436		$	92,206
Net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders per common share – basic	$	2.97		$	4.18		$	3.23		$	1.60		$	3.58		$	1.68		$	1.70		$	2.11
Net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders per common share – diluted	$	2.95		$	4.14		$	3.22		$	1.59		$	3.56		$	1.66		$	1.69		$	2.09
Average shares outstanding – basic	42,577			39,631			41,693			45,303			40,513			44,564			40,474			43,131
Average shares outstanding – diluted	42,912			40,021			41,885			45,657			40,733			44,913			40,707			43,513