Formerly | Everest Re Group |
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Type | Public company |
ISIN | BMG3223R1088 |
Industry | Insurance |
Founded | 1973 |
Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Key people |
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Products | Reinsurance, insurance |
Revenue | US$12.06 billion (2022) |
US$597 million (2022) | |
Total assets | US$39.97 billion (2022) |
Total equity | US$8.44 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 2,428 (February 2023) |
Website | everestglobal |
Footnotes /references [1] |
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In 1973, Everest Re Group was founded as Prudential Reinsurance, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial. [2] In the 1990s, Prudential Financial considered selling or spinning off Prudential Reinsurance. [3] On October 6, 1995, Prudential Reinsurance completed an IPO. [4] The chairman and CEO at that time was Joseph V. Taranto. Prudential Reinsurance was renamed Everest Re in 1996, after Mount Everest. [5] In 2017, Everest Re became a S&P 500 component. [6]
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