Sonja Nauta Joins RenaissanceRe Holdings as Director Of Compliance

Ms. Nauta comes to RenaissanceRe from ConocoPhillips, where shemanaged compliance for regulated financial services trading operationsin London.

Neill A. Currie, Chief Executive Officer of RenaissanceRe."Sonja's appointment to this new role is another important step towardmaintaining a world-class compliance and control environment, buildingon the significant additions we have made to our accounting, internalaudit 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 andtraining. A Dutch citizen, she attended Bonaventure College in Leiden,received her BBA in business administration at Nijenrode University inBreukelen, and her MSc in Economics from Groningen University in theNetherlands.

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

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. is a global provider of reinsuranceand insurance. Our business consists of two segments: (1) Reinsurance,which includes catastrophe reinsurance, specialty reinsurance andcertain joint ventures and other investments managed by our subsidiaryRenaissanceRe Ventures Ltd., and (2) Individual Risk business, whichincludes primary insurance and quota share reinsurance.

Cautionary Statement under "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements made in this newsrelease contain information about the Company's future businessprospects. These statements may be considered "forward-looking." Thesestatements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could causeactual results to differ materially from those set forth in or impliedby such forward-looking statements. For further information regardingcautionary statements and factors affecting future results, pleaserefer to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s filings with the Securities andExchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for theyear ended December 31, 2005 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q forthe period ending March 31, 2006.