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Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Number of reinstatements available | Reinsurer | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | $ 3,100,000,000 | | | |
Percentage comprising aggregate participation | | | | | | 5.40% | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | $ 190,000,000 | | | |
Aggregate participation, losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | $ (1,229,000) | $ 14,463,000 | | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | 62,432,000 | 45,601,000 | | | | |
Agreement of coverage | 3 years | | | | | | | | |
Additional maturity period of collateral notes | 2 years | | 2 years | | | | | | |
Reinsurance agreement | 3 years | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums | | | | 46,058,000 | | 106,609,000 | | | |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | 131,572,000 | 108,443,000 | 140,137,000 | $ 83,722,000 | | |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses including retention | | | | 131,572,000 | $ 108,443,000 | 140,137,000 | 83,722,000 | | |
Reinsurance payable | | | | 40,924,000 | | 96,667,000 | | | |
Insurance Claims [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses including retention | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | |
Notes Due February 2019 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | $ 250,000,000 | | | | | | | | |
Class D Notes Due February 2019 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | 150,000,000 | | | | | | | | |
Class E Notes Due February 2019 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | $ 100,000,000 | | | | | | | | |
Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | | | | 2,300,000,000 | | |
Reinsurance purchase limit | | | | | | 860,000,000 | | | |
Reinsurance prepaid amount | | | | | | 825,000,000 | | | |
Reinsurance payable | | | | | | | | | $ 76,900,000,000 |
Catastrophe [Member] | 2014 Class A Notes [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | | | | | | | $ 200,000,000 | |
Additional coverage of second catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | | $ 50,000,000 | |
Reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | | 3 years | |
Coverage of first catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | | $ 150,000,000 | |
Maximum [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Aggregate participation, losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 11,600,000 | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | 5,300,000 | | | |
Osprey [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance | | | | | | 0 | | | |
Heritage P&C [Member] | Two Thousand Fifteen Class B And C Notes [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Agreement of coverage | | 3 years | | | | | | | |
Heritage P&C [Member] | Class B Notes Due April 2017 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | $ 97,500,000 | $ 97,500,000 | | | | | | |
Heritage P&C [Member] | Class C Notes Due April 2017 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | | | | | | |
Zephyr [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance | | | | | | 5,000,000 | | | |
Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | | 35,000,000 | | |
Reinsurance payable | | | | 27,000,000 | | | | | |
Coverage limit | | | | 9,000,000 | | | | | |
Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | | 440,000,000 | | |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | | 1,800,000,000 | | |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses including retention | | | | | | | 1,800,000,000 | | |
Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Osprey [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | | 10,000,000 | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | | 20,000,000 | | |
Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Heritage P&C [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | | 5,000,000 | | |
Catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance | | | | | | | $ 5,000,000 | | |
Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Citrus [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | Two Thousand Fifteen C And B Series Bond And Two Thousand Sixteen Bond [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | | | | | 377,500,000 | | | |
Additional coverage of second catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | $ 200,000,000 | | | |
FHCF Layer [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Percentage comprising aggregate participation | | | | | | 45.00% | 75.00% | | |
Catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance | | | | | | $ 460,000,000 | $ 336,000,000 | | |
Percentage of maximum provisional limit | | | | | | 45.00% | 75.00% | | |
Estimated provisional limit percentage calculation base amount | | | | | | $ 1,500,000,000 | $ 920,000,000 | | |
FHCF Layer [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Maximum [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Estimated maximum provisional limit, amount | | | | | | | 690,000,000 | | |
Shared Layers Above Retention And Below FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | | | 374,000,000 | | | |
Layers Below FHCF [Member] | Heritage P&C [Member] | Class A Notes Due April Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | 150,000,000 | $ 150,000,000 | | | | | | |
Agreement of coverage | | | 3 years | | | | | | |
Reinsurance agreement | | | 3 years | | | | | | |
Layers Below FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | | | | 440,000,000 | | |
Multi-Zonal Layers [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Coverage of first catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | 282,000,000 | | | |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums | | | | | | 260,000,000 | | | |
Aggregate Coverage [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Aggregate participation, losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | | 1,648,000,000 | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | 682,000,000 | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | | | | $ 125,000,000 | | |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums | | | | | | 460,000,000 | | | |
2016-2017 Reinsurance Program [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of reinsurance from third party | | | | | | 3,000,000,000 | | | |
Cat Bond Layer Alongside FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Agreement of coverage | | | | | | | 3 years | | |
Reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | 3 years | | |
Cat Bond Layer Alongside FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | Class B Notes Due April 2017 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | 97,500,000 | $ 97,500,000 | | | | | | |
Cat Bond Layer Alongside FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | Class C Notes Due April 2017 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | | | | | | |
Cat Bond Layer Alongside FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | Class A Notes Due April Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | | | | | | |
Cat Bond Layer Alongside FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | Notes Due April 2017 [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | $ 277,500,000 | $ 277,500,000 | | | | | | |
Cat Bond Layer Above FHCF [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Citrus [Member] | Class A Notes [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Collateralized by a reinsurance trust | | | | | | | $ 150,000,000 | | |
Additional coverage of second catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | |
Coverage of first catastrophe reinsurance agreement | | | | | | | $ 150,000,000 | | |
Facultative Reinsurance [Member] | Maximum [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance payable | | | | 10,000,000 | | | | | |
Facultative Reinsurance [Member] | Minimum [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Facultative reinsurance purchase amount | | | | $ 10,000,000 | | | | | |
Florida [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | 1,900,000,000 | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 40,000,000 | | | |
Florida [Member] | Osprey [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 20,000,000 | | | |
Florida [Member] | Heritage P&C [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | 15,000,000 | | | |
Florida [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 1,900,000,000 | | | |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses including retention | | | | | | 1,900,000,000 | | | |
Florida [Member] | Multi-Zonal Layers [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | 260,000,000 | | | |
Florida [Member] | A Top And Drop Multi-Zonal Layer [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | 22,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | 1,100,000,000 | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 30,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | Osprey [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention of losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 15,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | Zephyr [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Primary retention | | | | | | 5,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | | | | | | 1,100,000,000 | | | |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses including retention | | | | | | 1,100,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | Multi-Zonal Layers [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | 260,000,000 | | | |
Hawaii [Member] | A Top And Drop Multi-Zonal Layer [Member] | Property Per Risk Coverage [Member] | Catastrophe [Member] | | | | | | | | | |
Reinsurance Premiums For Insurance Companies By Product Segment [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | |
Purchased reinstatement premium | | | | | | $ 22,000,000 | | | |