Transatlantic Reinsurance Company Announces Election of Directors and Officers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (“Transatlantic”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y), today announced that Kenneth Brandt, Executive Vice President, President of North America, and Julian Spence, Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, were elected to Transatlantic’s Board of Directors.

In addition, Transatlantic announced the election of the following officers:

Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York with operations worldwide. Transatlantic and its subsidiaries, Trans Re Zurich Reinsurance Company Ltd. and Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company (FAIRCO), 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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Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.Thomas V. Cholnoky, 212-365-2292

Source: Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.