Sale of RenaissanceRe UK |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2020 | |
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] | |
Sale of RenaissanceRe UK | SALE OF RENAISSANCERE UKOn February 4, 2020, RenaissanceRe Specialty Holdings entered into an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary, RenaissanceRe UK, a U.K. run-off company, to an investment vehicle managed by AXA Liabilities Managers, an affiliate of AXA XL. The sale received regulatory approval on July 17, 2020 and closed on August 18, 2020. The Company recognized a pre-tax loss on the sale of RenaissanceRe UK of $30.2 million, which is included in corporate expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for 2020. The loss on sale includes amounts related to prior purchase GAAP adjustments and cumulative currency translation adjustments recorded since the acquisition of RenaissanceRe UK. The financial results of RenaissanceRe UK for the period from January 1, 2020 through August 18, 2020, are recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations as part of net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders for 2020. Prior to the sale, the underwriting activities of RenaissanceRe UK were principally all within the Company’s Casualty and Specialty segment. |