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PartnerRe Ltd. Provides January 2015 Non-Life Renewal Data
[January 28, 2015]

PartnerRe Ltd. Provides January 2015 Non-Life Renewal Data


PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE) today announced that during the January 1, 2015 treaty renewal season it expects to write and bind approximately $2.7 billion of Non-Life treaty premium. On a constant foreign exchange basis, this represents a decrease of 1% from the renewable premium base.

The Company renews approximately 70% percent of its total annual Non-Life treaty business on January 1. The remainder is comprised of treaty business that renews at other times during the year. In addition to treaty business, the Company writes approximately $400 million of facultative business which renews through-out the year.

PartnerRe Interim Chief Executive Officer David Zwiener said, "Our teams did an excellent job of maintaining PartnerRe's position at the January 1 renewal. Market conditions were extraordinarily competitive in many lines, particularly around terms and conditions, and there were several instances where we didn't renew business that no longer met our risk-adjusted return requirements. Nevertheless - and in spite of the very difficult operating environment - our teams still managed to find attractive new business to hold our overall renewal premium relatively steady. This clearly reflects the strength of our franchise and the quality of our relationships with clients and brokers."

The table below outlines PartnerRe's January 1, 2015 Non-Life treaty renewals.





     
PartnerRe January 1, 2015 Non-Life Treaty Renewal
(amounts are in U.S. $ millions and are on a constant foreign exchange basis)
        North America        

Global
(Non-U.S.)
P&C

     

Global
Specialty

      Catastrophe       PartnerRe
Non Ag         Agriculture                  
Renewable 461 451 652 977 210 2,751

In Process / Extensions

5   230   3   62   -   300  
Renewable Base 456 221 649 915 210 2,451
Non-Renewed (35 ) -   (31 ) (83 ) (20 ) (169 )
Renewed 421 221 618 832 190 2,282
Renewal Changes/New Business 19   (13 ) 63   30   10   109  
Total Estimated Premium 440 208 681 862 200 2,391
In Process / Potential New 5   230   3   89   -   327  
Total Potential 445   438   684   951   200   2,718  
                                                               
Growth %         -3%         5 %       -3 %       -5 %       -1 %
 

Note: The January 1, 2015 Non-Life treaty renewal premium shown in the above table is not representative of the Company's gross premium written for the first quarter of 2015 given most of this renewal business is written on a proportional basis with risks attaching to these treaties throughout 2015. The most significant exception to this is the renewal business written in the Catastrophe sub-segment, which is predominantly written on a non-proportional basis.

PartnerRe is scheduled to release fourth quarter and full year 2014 results after the close of trading on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. PartnerRe Management will conduct a conference call and webcast on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern to discuss results and provide additional information on the January 1, 2015 renewals.

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PartnerRe Ltd. is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line reinsurance to insurance companies. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, also offers capital markets products that include weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies. Risks reinsured include property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and other lines, in its Non-life operations, mortality, longevity and accident and health, in its Life and Health operations, and alternative risk products. For the year ended December 31, 2013, total revenues were $5.5 billion. At September 30, 2014, total assets were $23.2 billion, total capital was $7.8 billion and total shareholders' equity attributable to PartnerRe was $7.0 billion.

PartnerRe on the Internet: www.partnerre.com

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the Company's assumptions and expectations concerning future events and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. PartnerRe's forward-looking statements could be affected by numerous foreseeable and unforeseeable events and developments such as exposure to catastrophe, or other large property and casualty losses, credit, interest, currency and other risks associated with the Company's investment portfolio, adequacy of reserves, levels and pricing of new and renewal business achieved, changes in accounting policies, risks associated with implementing business strategies, and other factors identified in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking information contained herein, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information or statements.


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