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- At its regularly scheduled meeting, the Board of Directors of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRH), elected the following officers: -0- London: Neil Inskip - Vice President Miami: Jorge Exposito - Vice President San Francisco: Gnana Wignarajah - Vice President Stamford: Peter Jaisle - Vice President

Transatlantic Reinsurance Company is a subsidiary of

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (TRH), which is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York, with operations on six continents. TRH's subsidiaries, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company(R), Trans Re Zurich and Putnam Reinsurance Company, offer reinsurance capacity on both a treaty and facultative basis -- structuring programs for a full range of property and casualty products, with an emphasis on specialty risks.

Visit -- www.transre.com -- for additional information about the Company.

Transatlantic Reinsurance Company
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