BNET Industries
Market Cap:$5.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.7B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
It's the top of the world for this insurance group. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) is an underwriter of insurance and reinsurance. The company deals in policies for property and casualty, marine and aviation, malpractice, and professional liability. It offers specialized underwriting and other services directly through 11 office locations around the world and through independent brokers. The company has annual revenue of about $4.1 billion and employs about 700 people.
Chairman & CEO
Joseph V. TarantoNumber of Employees 858
Contact Information
477 Martinsville Road
Liberty Corner, New Jersey 07938-0830
(908) 604-3000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers: 524126
Recent Events
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Everest Re Group RE Declares $0.48 Quarterly Dividend; 2.1% Yield
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First Solar, Cerner Corp Net Rises
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Everest Re Group Announces Third Quarter Earnings Release Date
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UPDATE 3-MOVES-Everest Re, Rothstein Kass
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Everest Re chief underwriting officer to retire
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Gallagher to Retire from Everest Re
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Everest Re Group Reports Record Operating Earnings per Share for the Second Quarter 2009
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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Everest Re Group, Ltd., Its Subsidiaries and Everest Reinsurance...
News & Analysis
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Everest Re Group Reports First Quarter 2008 Earnings
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) reported first quarter 2008 after-tax operating income1, which excludes realized capital gains and losses, of $190.6 million, or $3.03 per diluted share, compared to after-tax operating income1 of $267.9 million, or $4.13 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2007....
Everest Re Group Boosts Dividend 100%
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) today announced that its Board of Directors increased its regular quarterly dividend to $0.48 per share, effectively doubling its current quarterly distribution. This dividend will be payable on or before March 23, 2007 to shareholders of record as of March 5,...
Everest Re Group Provides Update on Third Quarter Catastrophe Events
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- First graph, fourth sentence of release should read: All of these estimates include the effect of re-instatement premiums sted All of these estimates include the effect of restatement premiums. The corrected release reads: EVEREST RE GROUP PROVIDES UPDATE ON THIRD QUARTER CATASTROPHE EVENTS Everest...
Everest Re Group, Ltd. Raises $475 Million in Common Equity
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE:RE) announced today that it has agreed to sell approximately $475 million of its newly issued common shares to Goldman, Sachs & Co., which will subsequently offer the common shares to public investors pursuant to Everest's Form S-3 shelf registration statement. Everest...
Everest Re Group Announces Estimate of Losses from Florida Hurricanes
ST. MICHAEL, Barbados -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. announced today that, based on its initial assessment of potential exposures, it expects aggregate losses from Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, and the quarter's Pacific typhoons, to approximate $190 million, net of tax. This includes, with respect to the hurricanes, the...
Everest Re Group Announces Estimate of Losses from Hurricane Charley
ST. MICHAEL, Barbados -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) announced today that based on its initial assessment of potential exposures and reports from its ceding companies, it expects losses from Hurricane Charley to approximate $40 million, net of tax. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning...
Everest Re Group Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings
Business Editors ST. MICHAEL, Barbados--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 10, 2003 Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) reported fourth quarter 2002 after-tax operating income of $60.6 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, an increase of 33.7% compared to $45.3 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2001....
Everest Re Group Announces Second Quarter Earnings
Business Editors ST. MICHAEL, Barbados--BUSINESS WIRE--July 22, 2002 Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) reported second quarter 2002 after-tax operating income, which excludes realized capital gains and losses, of $69.7 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, a 27.0% increase compared to $54.9 million, or $1.17 per diluted share,...
Everest Re Group Announces Preliminary Estimate of Loss Exposure Associated with WorldCom Corporation
Business Editors Everest Re Group, Ltd (NYSE: RE) has made a preliminary estimate that its loss exposure arising from the severely deteriorated financial condition of the WorldCom Corporation is approximately $30 million after tax recoveries, with a resulting impact on its 2nd Quarter 2002 Operating Earnings and Net Income...
Everest Re Group Announces 2003 Earnings Guidance
Business Editors ST. MICHAEL, Barbados--BUSINESS WIRE--June 18, 2002 Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) announced today that its estimated 2003 operating earnings per diluted share, absent any unusual loss or market activity is expected to be in the range of $6.60 - $7.20. The Company also reaffirmed...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Stephen L. Limauro | CFO & Executive Vice President |
| David E. Schmitt | Executive Vice President |
| Scott P. Callahan | Executive Vice President |
| Steven A. Mestman | Executive Vice President |
| Barry H. Smith | Senior Vice President |
| Daryl W. Bradley | Senior Vice President |
| James H. Foster | Senior Vice President, Investor Relations |
| Joseph Gervasi | General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary |
| Robert E. Capicchioni | Senior Vice President |
| Frank N. Lopapa | Vice President & Treasurer |
| Keith T. Shoemaker | Vice President & Comptroller |
| Gail Vanbeveren | Director, HR |
| Dan Janczewski |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Joseph V. Taranto | Chairman & CEO |
| John A. Weber | Board of Directors |
| John R. Dunne | Board of Directors |
| Kenneth J. Duffy | Board of Directors |
| Martin Abrahams | Board of Directors |
| Thomas J. Gallagher | Board of Directors |
| William F. Galtney Jr. | Board of Directors |
Joseph V. Taranto, 60, a Class II director, became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Everest Re on October 17, 1994 and served as President of both companies from December 1994 until Mr. Gallagher’s election as President on February 24, 1997. Mr. Taranto also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Everest Holdings and from March 14, 2000 until June of 2007, he served as Chairman of Bermuda Re. Between 1986 and 1994, Mr. Taranto was a director and President of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. and a director and President of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company and Putnam Reinsurance Company (both subsidiaries of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest National Insurance Company | CEO | Current |
| Mt. McKinley Managers, L.L.C. | CEO | Current |
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | CFO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Reinsurance Company, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Underwriting | Current |
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Investor Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Vice President & Treasurer | Current |
Keith T. Shoemaker, 53, became Comptroller of the Company on November 6, 2001 and became the Principal Accounting Officer on July 30, 2002. He also serves as Vice President and Comptroller of Everest Holdings, Everest Re, Everest Global, Mt. Whitney and Mt. McKinley as well as Assistant Comptroller of Everest National, Everest Indemnity, Everest Security, WorkCare Southeast, WorkCare Georgia and Mt. McKinley Managers, L.L.C. (“Mt. McKinley Managers”) and Assistant Controller of EVCAN. He also serves as a trustee of Everest Re Capital Trust II which is a Delaware statutory trust. Mr. Shoemaker was Vice President and Controller of Selective Insurance Company from 1999 to 2001 and served as Vice President of the National Council on Compensation Insurance from 1992 to 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Vice President & Comptroller | Current |
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Director, HR | Current |
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Current |
John A. Weber, 64, became a Class I director on May 22, 2003. Since December 2002, he has been the Managing Partner of Copley Square Capital Management, LLC, a private partnership and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registered investment adviser, which provides investment management and strategic advisory services to institutions. From 1990 through 2002, Mr. Weber was affiliated with One Beacon Insurance Group LLC (formerly known as CGU Corporation) and its predecessor companies. During that affiliation, he became the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of One Beacon Insurance Companies and the President of One Beacon Asset Management, Inc. (formerly known as CGU Asset Management, Inc.). From 1988 through 1990, Mr. Weber was the Chief Investment Officer for Provident Life Accident Insurance Company and from 1972 through 1988 was associated with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Connecticut Mutual”) and its affiliate, State House Capital Management Company (“State House”), eventually serving as Senior Vice President of Connecticut Mutual and President of State House.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
John R. Dunne, 79, became a Class I director of the Company on June 10, 1996 and served as a director of Everest Re from June 1996 to February 2000. Mr. Dunne is an attorney and member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia. Since 1994 he has been counsel to the law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP in Albany, New York. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Dunne served as a director of Aviva Life Insurance Company of New York. Mr. Dunne was a director of CGU Corporation, an insurance holding company, from 1993 until 2001. Mr. Dunne was counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm of Bayh, Connaughton & Malone from 1993 to 1994. From 1990 to 1993, he served as an Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. From 1966 to 1989, Mr. Dunne served as a New York State Senator while concurrently practicing law as a partner in New York law firms.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Kenneth J. Duffy, 79, became a Class II director of the Company on March 12, 1996 and served as a director of Everest Re from March 1996 to February 2000. Mr. Duffy is a retired insurance executive. He served with the insurance holding company, Commercial Union Corporation, and its parent company, CGU plc, from 1948 until his retirement in 1999. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Union Corporation from January 1985 to January 1995, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from January 1993 to January 1995, Chairman from January 1995 to October 1998 and Senior Advisor to CGU plc from October 1998 to December 1999. Until December 1999, he was also a director of Commercial Union Canada Holdings, Ltd. and the President and a director of Curepool (Bermuda) Ltd. He is also a vice president of the Insurance Institute of London and a fellow of the Institute of Risk Management.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Martin Abrahams, 76, became a Class I director of the Company on March 12, 1996 and served as a director of Everest Reinsurance Company, (“Everest Re”) from March 1996 to February 2000. Mr. Abrahams, currently retired, served with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., a predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from 1957 to 1995. He was a partner at that firm from 1969 to 1995.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Thomas J. Gallagher, 60, became a Class III director of the Company on March 13, 1996 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company until December 8, 2008 when he became Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer. Mr. Gallagher also serves as a director of Everest Re, having first been elected to that position in 1987. Elected President and Chief Operating Officer of both the Company and Everest Re on February 24, 1997, Mr. Gallagher had been Executive Vice President of both companies since December 1995. He was Senior Vice President of the Company from 1994 to 1995 and of Everest Re from 1989 to 1994. Since joining Everest Re in 1975, he has served as an underwriter in the facultative and treaty departments, as vice president in charge of the facultative department and as vice president in charge of the treaty casualty department. Mr. Gallagher also serves as a director and President of Everest Holdings, as a director of Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda), Ltd. (“Bermuda Re”), and as a director and Chairman of Everest Global Services, Inc. (“Everest Global”), Everest National Insurance Company (“Everest National”), Everest Insurance Company of Canada (“EVCAN”), and Mt. McKinley Insurance Company (“Mt. McKinley”). He also serves as a director and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Everest Indemnity Insurance Company (“Everest Indemnity”), and as a director of WorkCare Southeast, Inc. (“WorkCare Southeast”), WorkCare Southeast of Georgia, Inc. (“WorkCare Georgia”) and Everest Security Insurance Company (“Everest Security”) (f/k/a Southeastern Security Insurance Company), all of which are subsidiaries of the Company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
William F. Galtney, Jr., 56, became a Class III director of the Company on March 12, 1996 and served as a director of Everest Re from March 1996 to February 2000. Since February 1, 2006 he has been President of Galtney Enterprises, Inc. Since April 1, 2005, he has served as Chairman of Oxford Insurance Services Limited, a managing general and surplus lines agency. Prior thereto, he was President (from June 2001 until December 31, 2004) and Chairman (until March 31, 2005) of Gallagher Healthcare Insurance Services, Inc. (“GHIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”). From 1983 until its acquisition by Gallagher in June 2001, Mr. Galtney was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Insurance Services, Inc. (predecessor to GHIS), a managing general and surplus lines agency previously indirectly owned by The Galtney Group, Inc. Mr. Galtney is also Managing Member, President and Director of Galtney Group, LLC and was a director of Mutual Risk Management Ltd. from 1988 to 2002. During 2007, Mr. Galtney assumed the directorship of Intercare Holdings, Inc. and Intercare Solutions Holdings, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Ratings Recap: Dah Sing, Everest Re, Omnium, First Takaful, TATIL
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Everest Re chief underwriting officer to retire
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Gallagher to Retire from Everest Re
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UPDATE 3-MOVES-Everest Re, Rothstein Kass
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UPDATE 3-MOVES-Everest Re, Rothstein Kass
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BRIEF-Everest Re Group Chief Underwriting Officer to retire
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Thomas J. Gallagher to Retire as Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer of Everest Re...
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Thomas J. Gallagher to Retire as Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer of Everest Re Group, Ltd.
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Everest Re's Thomas Gallagher to retire
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Thomas J. Gallagher to Retire as Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer of Everest Re Group, Ltd.
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