2008-05-07 03:37:00 -

- RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) announced today that Dan R. Eudy has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of the Glencoe Group, which conducts the organization's Individual Risk business. Mr. Eudy, who will report to William J. Ashley, Glencoe Group Chief Executive Officer, is expected to be based in Hartford, CT.

Neill A. Currie, President and Chief

Executive Officer of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., said: "I am very pleased to welcome Dan to the RenaissanceRe team. Dan is a seasoned and respected insurance professional. The breadth of his experience and his expertise in managing complex commercial risks will be of immense value as we continue to build upon our capabilities in this area."

Mr. Eudy most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Risk Insurers, which he joined in 1996 as Chief Underwriting Officer before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000 and CEO in 2001. Prior to this time, Mr. Eudy held a number of increasingly senior positions in underwriting, operations and marketing at Hartford Insurance Group. He has a BSBA in business and economics from Appalachian State University, and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. is a global provider of reinsurance and insurance. Our business consists of two segments: (1) Reinsurance, which includes catastrophe reinsurance, specialty reinsurance and certain joint ventures and other investments managed by our subsidiary RenaissanceRe Ventures Ltd., and (2) Individual Risk business, which includes primary insurance and quota share reinsurance. RenaissanceRe is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'RNR'. For more information, please visit www.renre.com.

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