What does operating segments — premiums written gross mean?

The total amount of premiums charged to policyholders before accounting for reinsurance.

How do you interpret operating segments — premiums written gross?

An increase suggests growth in market presence and business volume, while a decrease may indicate a strategic reduction in risk appetite or competitive pressures.

How does operating segments — premiums written gross compare across companies?

Standard metric across all property and casualty insurers; peers report this as Gross Written Premiums (GWP).

RenaissanceRe Holdings RNR Operating Segments — Premiums Written Gross

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

EGOther — Premiums Written, Gross

$19M-34.5%

ACGLOperating Segments — Premiums Written Gross

$1.59B+3.8%

EGReinsurance — Premiums Written, Gross

$3.16B-4.1%

EGInsurance — Premiums Written, Gross

$1.08B-19.7%

ACGLOperating Segments — Premiums Written Net

$1.16B+4.5%

MKLReinsurance — Gross written premiums

$287.7M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.2B-36.8%

Net income$293.4M+72.6%

EPS (diluted)$6.57+101%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-4.3%

Total debt$2.3B-15.4%

Total equity$11.5B+11.3%

Total assets$53.7B+0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$687.6M+336%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.75B+9.1%

Enterprise value$13.52B+5.5%

P/E4.6×-1.8×

P/S1.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Net margin24.2%+9.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity25.7%+7.2pp

Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by RenaissanceRe Holdings in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PremiumsWrittenGross.

The official record: RenaissanceRe Holdings’s 10-Q, filed July 25, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — premiums written gross mean?: The total amount of premiums charged to policyholders before accounting for reinsurance.
How do you interpret operating segments — premiums written gross?: An increase suggests growth in market presence and business volume, while a decrease may indicate a strategic reduction in risk appetite or competitive pressures.
How does operating segments — premiums written gross compare across companies?: Standard metric across all property and casualty insurers; peers report this as Gross Written Premiums (GWP).