PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2006--RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) announced today that Sonja Nauta is joining the Company as Director - Compliance, reporting to Stephen H. Weinstein, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer.

Ms. Nauta comes to RenaissanceRe from ConocoPhillips, where she managed compliance for regulated financial services trading operations in London.

Neill A. Currie, Chief Executive Officer of RenaissanceRe. "Sonja's appointment to this new role is another important step toward maintaining a world-class compliance and control environment, building on the significant additions we have made to our accounting, internal audit and compliance teams over the past several years."

Before joining Conoco in 1997, Ms. Nauta served as a consultant, advising clients on strategy, market planning, operations and training. A Dutch citizen, she attended Bonaventure College in Leiden, received her BBA in business administration at Nijenrode University in Breukelen, and her MSc in Economics from Groningen University in the Netherlands.

Ms. Nauta's appointment remains subject to the approval of the Bermuda Department of Immigration.

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.

Cautionary Statement under "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements made in this news release contain information about the Company's future business prospects. These statements may be considered "forward-looking." These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. For further information regarding cautionary statements and factors affecting future results, please refer to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2006.

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