How do you interpret reportable legal entities — general and administrative expense?

Lower ratios relative to premiums earned indicate better operational efficiency and scale.

RenaissanceRe Holdings RNR Reportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

AMHReportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

$5.94M+18.9%

ACGLReportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

$16.64M-23.7%

RSReportable Legal Entities — Selling General And Administrative Expense

$374.8M-1.3%

ARReportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

$46.66M-5.8%

MOHReportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

$412M-13.6%

LENReportable Legal Entities — General And Administrative Expense

$82.96M+27.2%

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:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense.

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

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — general and administrative expense mean?: The total cost of running the company's day-to-day business operations.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — general and administrative expense?: Lower ratios relative to premiums earned indicate better operational efficiency and scale.
How does reportable legal entities — general and administrative expense compare across companies?: Standard operating expense metric used across all industries to measure cost control.