EVEREST GROUP LTD

Form 10-Q

Safe Harbor Disclosure.

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other U.S. federal securities laws. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements in the federal securities laws. In some cases, these statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “plan”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” and “intend”. Forward-looking statements only reflect our expectations and are not guarantees of performance. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from our expectations. Important factors that could cause our actual events or results to be materially different from our expectations are discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) including those described under the caption “Item 1A - Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K filing”). These include:

•the effects of catastrophic events on our financial statements;

•our losses from catastrophe exposure could exceed our projections;

•information regarding our reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses or LAE;

•our failure to accurately assess underwriting risk and establish adequate premium rates;

•decreases in pricing for property and casualty reinsurance and insurance;

•our inability or failure to purchase reinsurance;

•our ability to maintain our financial strength ratings;

•the failure of our insured, intermediaries and reinsurers to satisfy their obligations to us;

•decline in our investment values and investment income due to exposure to financial markets conditions;

•the failure to maintain enough cash to meet near-term financial obligations;

•our ability to pay dividends, interest and principal, which is dependent on our ability to receive dividends, loan payments and other funds from our subsidiaries due to our holding company structure;

•reduced net income and capital levels due to foreign currency exchange losses;

•our sensitivity to unanticipated levels of inflation;

•the effects of measures taken by domestic or foreign governments on our business;

•our ability to retain our key executive officers and to attract or retain the executives and employees necessary to manage our business;

•the effect of cybersecurity risks, including technology breaches or failure, and regulatory and legislative developments related to cybersecurity on our business;

•our dependence on brokers and agents for business developments;

•material variation of analytical models used in decision making from actual results;

•the effects of business continuation risk on our operations;

•the effect on our business of the highly competitive nature of our industry, including the effects of new entrants to, competing products for and consolidation in the (re)insurance industry;

•an anti-takeover effect caused by insurance laws and provisions in the bye-laws of Group (as defined in Part I below);

•the difficulty investors in Group may have in protecting their interests compared to investors in a U.S. corporation;

•our failure to comply with insurance laws and regulations and other regulatory challenges;

•the ability of Bermuda Re (as defined in Part I below) to obtain licenses or admittance in additional jurisdictions to develop its business;

•the ability of Bermuda Re to arrange for security to back its reinsurance impacting its ability to write reinsurance;

•changes in international and U.S. tax laws;

•the effect on Group and/or Bermuda Re should it become subject to taxes in jurisdictions where not currently subject to taxation; and

•the ability of Everest Re, Holdings, and Holdings Ireland (each, as defined in Part I below), Everest Dublin Insurance Holdings Limited (Ireland), Bermuda Re and Everest International Reinsurance, Ltd. to pay dividends.

We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.