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The amount of liability attributable to the commitment for capital contribution to augment capital.

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The amount of holding company cash and investments, net of derivative obligations.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Investments, Lacking Liquidity Or Inactively Traded

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The amount of portfolio investment cash and investments, net of derivative obligations.

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Risk Exposure Associated With Instruments Sharing Characteristic, Concentration Percentage

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The interest rate on borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

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The cash inflow from futures contracts, forward contracts, option contracts and swap contracts except when the contracts are held for dealing or trading purposes or the receipts are classified as financing activities.

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The amount of a hedged item, recognised as a liability. [Refer: Hedged items [domain]]

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Financial Risk Management - Liquidity Risk (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 CAD ($)	Jul. 16, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 CAD ($)
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	$ 13,743.3	$ 11,874.1
Holding company cash and investments (net of derivative obligations)	2,716.9	2,502.1
Portfolio investments cash and investments, net	72,142.9	64,864.1
Foreign currency risk \| Unsecured senior notes \| Hedges of net investment in Canadian subsidiaries
Financial Risk Management.
Principal amount of hedged item			$ 3,840.0		$ 3,140.0
Holding company
Financial Risk Management.
Commitment to pay dividends in the next fiscal year	$ 329.1
Commitment to pay dividends in the next fiscal year (per share) \| $ / shares	$ 15
Borrowings, Principal	$ 8,922.7	7,976.1
Holding company \| Run-off
Financial Risk Management.
Capital Contribution	115.0
Holding company \| Revolving Credit Facility
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal				$ 2,000.0
Maximum borrowing capacity	2,000.0
Holding company \| 4.70% due December 16, 2026 (Cdn$450.0)
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	$ 328.3	$ 312.9	$ 450.0		$ 450.0
Interest rate	4.70%	4.70%	4.70%		4.70%
Holding company \| 8.30% due April 15, 2026
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	$ 91.8	$ 91.8
Interest rate	8.30%	8.30%	8.30%		8.30%
Holding company \| Burgan Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	$ 330.0
Commitment for payment deed in next fiscal year	165.0
Holding company \| Long equity total return swap contracts
Financial Risk Management.
Cash received from settlement of derivative contracts	57.9	$ 517.7
Insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	1,607.5	979.2
Insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries \| Fairfax India
Financial Risk Management.
Investments lacking liquidity or inactively traded	$ 1,250.7	$ 1,020.7
Insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries \| Investments that may lack liquidity or are inactively traded
Financial Risk Management.
Risk exposure percentage	21.80%	20.70%	21.80%		20.70%
Non-insurance companies
Financial Risk Management.
Borrowings, Principal	$ 3,213.1	$ 2,918.8
Non-insurance companies \| Dexterra, Peak Achievement and Sporting Life Group's credit facilities
Financial Risk Management.
Repayments of borrowings in next fiscal year	$ 264.3