Share capital - Authorized and issued (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract]
Authorized share capital	$ 33,000,000.0
Common share, shares authorized (in shares)	300,000,000	300,000,000
Common share, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Preference shares, shares authorized (in shares)	30,000,000	30,000,000
Preference shares, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.10