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Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/13 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/13/14, at 4:07pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/13   ·   Accession #:  1171500-14-7   ·   File #:  1-31341

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 2/13/14  Platinum Underwriters Holdin… Ltd 10-K       12/31/13   86:30M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     23K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
57: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     52K 
44: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    110K 
55: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
59: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML    104K 
79: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
46: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     59K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
54: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    147K 
40: R8          Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     67K 
                Policies                                                         
30: R9          Investments                                         HTML    262K 
80: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    197K 
61: R11         Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses          HTML     87K 
60: R12         Retrocessional Reinsurance                          HTML     58K 
66: R13         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     38K 
67: R14         Debt Obligations And Credit Facilities              HTML     59K 
64: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     94K 
69: R16         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    152K 
56: R17         Statutory Regulations and Dividend Restictions      HTML     58K 
58: R18         Operating Segment Information                       HTML    205K 
63: R19         Share Incentive Compensation and Defined            HTML    289K 
                Contribution Retirement Plans                                    
86: R20         Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share                    HTML     67K 
75: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
50: R22         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     90K 
62: R23         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    752K 
52: R24         Schedule I                                          HTML     53K 
22: R25         Schedule II                                         HTML    144K 
76: R26         Schedule III                                        HTML    123K 
83: R27         Schedule IV                                         HTML     78K 
35: R28         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    122K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
34: R29         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    248K 
38: R30         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    172K 
39: R31         Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses          HTML     79K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R32         Retrocessional Reinsurance (Tables)                 HTML     51K 
20: R33         Debt Obligations And Credit Facilities (Tables)     HTML     42K 
73: R34         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     91K 
48: R35         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    145K 
51: R36         Statutory Regulations and Dividend Restrictions     HTML     40K 
                (Tables)                                                         
25: R37         Operating Segment Information (Tables)              HTML    200K 
85: R38         Share Incentive Compensation and Defined            HTML    277K 
                Contribution Retirement Plans (Tables)                           
14: R39         Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)           HTML     65K 
42: R40         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     32K 
78: R41         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML     89K 
24: R42         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    750K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R43         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     45K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
37: R44         Investments (Details)                               HTML     93K 
45: R45         Investments, Trading Securities (Details)           HTML     35K 
19: R46         Investments, Maturities of Available-for-sale and   HTML     61K 
                Trading Securities (Details)                                     
29: R47         Investments, Short Term Investments (Details)       HTML     36K 
16: R48         Investments, Restricted (Details)                   HTML     30K 
77: R49         Investments, Other Than Temporary Impairments       HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
23: R50         Investments, Investment Income and Net Realized     HTML     57K 
                Gains Losses (Details)                                           
74: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML    129K 
26: R52         Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses          HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R53         Retrocessional Reinsurance (Details)                HTML     60K 
15: R54         Derivative Instruments (Details)                    HTML     38K 
18: R55         Debt Obligations and Credit Facilities, Debt        HTML     39K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
36: R56         Debt Obligations And Credit Facilities, Credit      HTML     68K 
                Facilities (Details)                                             
21: R57         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    118K 
81: R58         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    163K 
47: R59         Statutory Regulations and Dividend Restrictions     HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R60         Operating Segment Information (Details)             HTML    116K 
28: R61         Share Incentive Compensation and Defined            HTML    210K 
                Contribution Retirement Plans (Details)                          
31: R62         Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Details)          HTML     65K 
72: R63         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     75K 
70: R64         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     73K 
49: R65         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    547K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R66         Schedule I (Details)                                HTML     44K 
27: R67         Schedule II (Details)                               HTML    220K 
53: R68         Schedule III (Details)                              HTML     65K 
82: R69         Schedule IV (Details)                               HTML     42K 
84: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    129K 
17: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    402K 
32: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   5.44M 
12: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ptp-20131231                        XML   6.93M 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ptp-20131231_pre               XML   1.87M 
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