Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

At each of September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company owned minority stakes in six and five independent investment management companies (“Investment Manager Affiliates”) that are actively managing client capital and seeking growth opportunities, respectively. The Company seeks to develop relationships with specialty investment management organizations, generally acquiring an equity interest in the business. The Company also invests in certain of the funds and limited partnerships and other legal entities managed by these affiliates, and through these funds and partnerships, pays management and performance fees to the Company's Investment Manager Affiliates. See Item 8, Note 6, “Investments in Affiliates,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into assumed reinsurance contracts with certain of its other strategic affiliates, or their subsidiaries. Management believes that these transactions are conducted at market rates consistent with negotiated arm's-length contracts. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, these contracts resulted in reported net premiums written, net reported claims and reported acquisition costs as summarized below.



(U.S. dollars in thousands)	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(U.S. dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Reported net premiums written	$	31,981	$	27,289	$	68,172	$	51,444
Net losses and loss expenses incurred	$	12,738	$	9,274	$	27,038	$	21,039
Reported acquisition costs	$	10,969	$	7,207	$	26,522	$	17,914

Commencing in 2014, several of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries retrocede assumed reinsurance business to special purpose reinsurers that receive capital from funds managed by New Ocean Capital Management Limited (“New Ocean”), as discussed in Note 12, “Variable Interest Entities”. Underwriting administration services are provided to the special purpose reinsurers by other subsidiaries of the Company under service fee agreements negotiated at arm's-length, while investment advisory services are provided by New Ocean.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, ceded premiums earned, ceded losses and loss expenses incurred, ceding commission income, and other fee income related to these retrocessional contracts were not material to the Company. Management believes that these transactions are conducted at market rates consistent with negotiated arm's-length contracts.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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