Form: 8-K

Current report filing

February 20, 1997

8-K: Current report filing

Published on February 20, 1997


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549




FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 5, 1997





RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)




Bermuda 34-0-26512 98-013-8020
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)



Renaissance House, 8-12 East Broadway HM 19
Pembroke, Bermuda (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-4513





Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)







Item 5. Other Events

On February 5, 1997, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. issued a press
release announcing that the Board of Directors had voted to increase the
Company's quarterly cash dividend by 25 percent to $0.25 per share from $0.20
per share. The Company also announced that Scott E. Pardee, Senior
Advisor to, and the former Chairman of, Yamaichi International (America), Inc.,
was appointed a director of the Company.

A copy of such Press Release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibit:

99.1 Press Release issued by the Company, dated February 5,
1997.









SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.



/s/ Keith S. Hynes
Name: Keith S. Hynes
Title: Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

February 20, 1997







EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated February 5, 1997.