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Affiliated quota share reinsurance agreements, aggregate limit.

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Affiliated Quota Share Reinsurance Agreements, Aggregate Limit, Threshold

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Investment Owned, Shares, Shares Received in Exchange from Affiliated Entity for Transfer

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Investment Owned, Shares, Transferred to Affiliated Entity

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Preferred Stock Par Value

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Subject loss reserves

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Cash payments made for reinsurance during the current period.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Amount, after valuation allowance, recoverable under reinsurance contracts for losses reported to and paid by the ceding insurer.

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2024 EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares received in exchange from affiliated entity for transfer \| shares		1,773.214
Preferred shares par value \| $		$ 1
Annual dividend rate		1.75%
Shares transferred to affiliated entity \| shares		9,719,971
Subject loss reserves \| $	$ 2,300
Amount transferred \| $	1,000
Bermuda Re
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Adverse development coverage \| $	500
Everest Re Group, Ltd. \| Bermuda Re \| Catastrophe Reinsurance
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance agreement \| £					£ 110
Reinsurance agreement, threshold \| £					29
Payments for coverage \| £					£ 4
Everest Re Group, Ltd. \| Ireland Re \| Catastrophe Reinsurance
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance agreement \| €				€ 121
Reinsurance agreement, threshold \| €				18
Payments for coverage \| €				€ 10
Everest Re Group, Ltd. \| Ireland Re \| Catastrophe Reinsurance \| Forecast
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance agreement \| €			€ 61
Reinsurance agreement, threshold \| €			139
Payments for coverage \| €			€ 2
Bermuda Re
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount transferred \| $	$ 970
Reinsurance recoverables - affiliated \| $						$ 803	$ 804