PartnerRe Ltd. Provides Information on Expected Q4 2014 Results

PEMBROKE, Bermuda – 26 January, 2015 - PartnerRe Ltd. (Ticker: PRE.BH) has announced information on its expected results for the fourth quarter of 2014, which are as follows:

·         Fourth Quarter Operating Earnings between $210 million and $230 million

·         Fourth Quarter Operating Earnings per diluted share between $4.20 and $4.60

·         Fourth Quarter Annualized Operating ROE between 15.4% and 16.9%

·         Diluted Book Value between $126.04 and $126.44 per share

·         Diluted Tangible Book Value between $114.59 and $114.99 per share

PartnerRe will report final 2014 results for the fourth quarter and full year after the market close on Wednesday, February 4, 2015.

The Company has posted a reconciliation on its website www.partnerre.com in the Financial Information section of the Investor Relations page under Supplementary Financial Data, which reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures contained within this News Release to the nearest comparable GAAP financial measure.

The Company will hold a dial-in conference call and question and answer session with investors at 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Investors and analysts are encouraged to call in 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the call. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (800)-227-9428 or, from outside the United States, by dialing (785)-830-1925. The media are invited to listen to the call live over the Internet on the Investor Relations section of PartnerRe’s web site www.partnerre.com. To listen to the webcast, please log on to the broadcast at least five minutes prior to the start.

Net income/loss per share is defined as net income/loss attributable to PartnerRe common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of fully diluted shares outstanding for the period. Net income/loss attributable to PartnerRe common shareholders is defined as net income/loss attributable to PartnerRe less preferred dividends and loss on redemption of preferred shares.

Operating earnings/loss is defined as net income/loss available to PartnerRe common shareholders excluding certain after-tax net realized and unrealized gains/losses on investments, after-tax net foreign exchange gains/losses, the loss on redemption of preferred shares, certain after-tax interest in earnings/losses of equity method investments and certain after-tax withholding tax on inter-company dividends (included in other expenses). Operating earnings/loss per share is defined as operating earnings/loss divided by the weighted average number of fully diluted shares outstanding for the period.

The Company uses operating earnings, diluted operating earnings per share and annualized operating return on beginning diluted book value per common and common share equivalents outstanding to measure performance, as these measures focus on the underlying fundamentals of our operations without the impact of after-tax net realized and unrealized gains/losses on investments (except where the Company has made a strategic investment in an insurance or reinsurance related investee), after-tax net foreign exchange gains/losses, the after-tax interest in earnings/losses of equity method investments (except where the Company has made a strategic investment in an insurance or reinsurance related investee and where the Company does not control the investees activities) and the impact of after-tax withholding tax on certain inter-company dividends (included in other expenses).

The Company calculates Tangible Book Value using common shareholders’ equity attributable to PartnerRe less goodwill and intangible assets, net of tax. The Company calculates Diluted Tangible Book Value per Common Share using Tangible Book Value divided by the number of PartnerRe common shares and common share equivalents outstanding. The Company uses these measures as the basis for its prime measure of long-term financial performance (annualized growth in Diluted Tangible Book Value per Common Share plus dividends).

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, multi-line and other lines in its Non-life operations, mortality, longevity and accident and health in its Life and Health operations, and alternative risk products. For the year ended December 31, 2013, total revenues were $5.5 billion. At September 30, 2014, total assets were $23.2 billion, total capital was $7.8 billion and total shareholders’ equity attributable to PartnerRe was $7.0 billion.

PartnerRe on the Internet: www.partnerre.com  

PartnerRe Ltd.

Investor: Robin Sidders

Media: Celia Powell

441-292-0888

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Sard Verbinnen & Co

Drew Brown/Daniel Goldstein

212-687-8080