Commenting on the third quarter and nine month 2009 results, PartnerRe President & Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said, "PartnerRe had another excellent quarter and first nine months of 2009, with both its reinsurance and capital markets activities performing well. For the first nine months of 2009, we achieved an operating return on beginning equity of 22%, and 30% growth in GAAP book value per share. Our reinsurance results benefited from a low level of large losses while our investment operations continued to participate fully in the improvement experienced by the global capital markets."

For additional information, the Company has posted a third quarter 2009 financial supplement on its website www.partnerre.com in the Investor Relations section on the Financial Reports page under Supplementary Financial Data.

PartnerRe is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line reinsurance to insurance companies. The Company through its wholly owned subsidiaries also offers alternative risk 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, other lines, life/annuity and health, and alternative risk products. For the year ended December 31, 2008, total revenues were $4.0 billion. At June 30, 2009, total assets were $17.0 billion, total capital was $5.3 billion and total shareholders' equity was $4.8 billion. 

Contacts:

PartnerRe Ltd. - (441) 292-0888    

Sard Verbinnen & Co : (212) 687-8080

Investor Contact: Robin Sidders Drew Brown/Jane Simmons

Media Contact: Celia Powell

© Copyright 2009