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RenaissanceRe is a leading global reinsurance company headquartered in Bermuda.

Founded in 1993 in Bermuda, RenaissanceRe has used its underwriting expertise and analytical insight to offer unique reinsurance risk transfer solutions and also to manage third-party capital from investors.

One of the largest catastrophe reinsurance specialists in the world, in recent years RenaissanceRe (RenRe) has also broadened its scope to cover casualty and specialty reinsurance business as well.

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RenRe adds two to Board of Directors

3rd August 2017

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has announced the addition of Duncan P. Hennes and Dr. Valerie Rahmani to its Board of Directors, as independent directors, effective August 2nd, 2017. Hennes is the Co-Founder and Partner of Atrevida Partners, LLC, and Dr. Rahmani recently served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Damballa, Inc., a cyber-security firm. Commenting on the appointments, James L. Gibbons, non-Executive ... Read the full article

RenRe leads Sri Lanka natural disaster reinsurance program: Reports

31st May 2017

Renaissance Reinsurance Singapore, a division of the Bermudian reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe (RenRe), is the lead reinsurer on a 15 billion rupee (around $100m) renewal of the Sri Lanka governments natural disaster program. The program, which covers the entire country of Sri Lanka for natural disaster losses, is now entering in its ... Read the full article

$30 million Ogden rate blow to RenaissanceRe reserves

13th April 2017

Renaissance Re has announced an estimated $30 million pre-tax impact of the Ogden rate on its carried reserves, to be accounted for in the firm's first quarter results. The firm said most of the reserve increase is related to a its U.K. medical malpractice contracts within the reinsurer's Casualty and Specialty segment. One ... Read the full article

Tax reforms not expected to result in onshore reinsurance moves (yet)

14th March 2017

The expectation that tax reforms may be coming that affect the offshore reinsurance industry does not necessarily mean that a wave of reinsurers will be moving to set up in the U.S., according to Credit Suisse analysts. Discussing insights learned at a recent conference and citing RenaissanceRe President and CEO Kevin ... Read the full article

RenaissanceRe’s Steve Weinstein named ABIR Policy Committee Chair

15th February 2017

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has appointed RenaissanceRe's Steve Weinstein as Chair of its Policy Committee. Weinstein is Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel at Bermuda domiciled reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., in charge of group legal, regulatory, government affairs and compliance matters. The ABIR Policy Committee is ... Read the full article