8-K: Current report filing
Published on November 17, 2015
UNITED STATES
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): | November 16, 2015 |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Bermuda | 001-14428 | 98-0141974 |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| Renaissance House, 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, Bermuda | HM 19 | |
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| Registrants telephone number, including area code: | (441) 295-4513 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 16, 2015, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. issued a press release announcing that James L. Gibbons, who has been a member of the Board since 2008 and Chair of the Audit Committee since 2013, will become the Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors following the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in May 2016. Ralph B. Levy, who has been a member of the Board since 2007 and Non-Executive Chair since 2011, will transition the role to Mr. Gibbons, and will continue to serve as a director of the Company, subject to his reelection at the 2016 Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated November 16, 2015
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. | ||||
| November 16, 2015 | By: |
/s/ Stephen H. Weinstein
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| Name: Stephen H. Weinstein | ||||
| Title: SVP, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ||||
Exhibit Index
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99.1
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Press release dated November 16, 2015 |