Profile

Everest Re Group is a reinsurance company based in Hamilton, Bermuda. In 1973, Everest Re Group was founded as Prudential Reinsurance, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial. In the 1990s, Prudential Financial considered selling or spinning off Prudential Reinsurance. On October 6, 1995, Prudential Reinsurance completed an IPO. The chairman and CEO at that time was Joseph V. Taranto. Prudential Reinsurance was renamed Everest Re in 1996, after Mount Everest. In 2017, Everest Re became a S&P 500 component.