Transatlantic Reinsurance Company is a subsidiary of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (TRH), which is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York, with operations also based in Chicago, Toronto, Miami (serving Latin America and the Caribbean), Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Zurich, Warsaw, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. TRH has consolidated assets of $10.2 billion and stockholders' equity of $2.5 billion. Its subsidiaries, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TRC), Putnam Reinsurance Company and Trans Re Zurich are rated "A+ (Superior)" by A.M. Best Company. Moody's Investors Service has assigned an insurance financial strength rating of Aa1 ("Excellent") to TRC. Standard & Poor's has assigned an insurer financial strength rating of "AA" to TRC, Putnam and Trans Re Zurich. These subsidiaries offer reinsurance capacity on both a treaty and facultative basis -- structuring programs for a full range of property and casualty products, with an emphasis on specialty risks.

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