Regulatory News:
PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE, Euronext: PRE) today announced that the Company
expects to record a charge of approximately $120 million, pre-tax and
net of retrocession and reinstatement premiums, in its fourth quarter
2011 results related to the flooding in Thailand, which occurred in
October and November, 2011. This is in line with the Company’s previous
announcement that its losses related to this event will be in the range
of 0.5%-1.0% of the total insured industry losses. The Company’s
estimate is consistent with an industry event loss estimate in excess of
$15 billion.
As a result of this event, the increase to loss estimates related to the
Tohoku earthquake in Japan previously announced by the Company on
December 14, 2011, and other loss activity, the Company expects to
report a fourth quarter 2011 pre-tax operating loss of between $110-$130
million. The Company expects to report a fourth quarter 2011 after-tax
operating loss of between $130-$150 million, or between $1.95 and $2.25
on a fully diluted per share basis.
The Thailand losses are expected to primarily impact the Company’s
Global P&C, Global Specialty and Catastrophe, sub-segments.
PartnerRe Ltd. is scheduled to release fourth quarter and full year 2011
results following the market close on Monday, February 6, 2012, with a
subsequent dial-in analyst conference call on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.
PartnerRe Ltd. is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line
reinsurance to insurance companies. The Company, through its wholly
owned subsidiaries, also offers capital markets products that include
weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service
companies. Risks reinsured include property, casualty, motor,
agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering,
energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and
other lines, mortality, longevity and health, and alternative risk
products. For the year ended December 31, 2010, total revenues were $5.9
billion. At September 30, 2011, total assets were $23.6 billion, total
capital was $7.5 billion and total shareholders’ equity was $6.7 billion.
PartnerRe on the Internet: www.partnerre.com
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based
on the Company’s assumptions and expectations concerning future events
and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
statements are subject to significant business, economic and competitive
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.
PartnerRe’s forward-looking statements could be affected by numerous
foreseeable and unforeseeable events and developments such as exposure
to catastrophe, or other large property and casualty losses, credit,
interest, currency and other risks associated with the Company’s
investment portfolio, adequacy of reserves, levels and pricing of new
and renewal business achieved, changes in accounting policies, risks
associated with implementing business strategies, and other factors
identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the
forward-looking information contained herein, readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the dates on which they are made. The Company disclaims any
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information
or statements.
