Reduction in collateral requirements of multi-beneficiary reinsurance trust to the percentage noted of the net outstanding insurance liabilities.

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The total amount of cash and securities held by third party trustees pursuant to terms of debt instruments or other agreements as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, which can be used by the trustee only to pay the noncurrent portion of specified obligations.

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Statutory Requirements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	$ 5,700,000		$ 4,400,000
U.S.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Unrestricted net assets	31,228		24,109
U.S. \| Scenario, Forecast
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Unrestricted net assets		$ 31,200
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reinsurance Trust \| Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	1,200,000		1,200,000
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reinsurance Trust \| Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	1,100,000		1,100,000
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reinsurance Trust \| DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	385,800		377,000
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reinsurance Trust \| DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	356,900		326,900
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	50,300		49,400
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	36,800		39,700
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	63,200		62,000
New York \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Assets held in trust	$ 26,900		$ 46,000
Florida \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Multi-beneficiary reduced collateral reinsurance trust collateral reduction	20.00%
Florida \| Multi-Beneficiary Reduced Collateral Reinsurance Trust \| DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Multi-beneficiary reduced collateral reinsurance trust collateral reduction	50.00%