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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Juan C. Andrade,
 
certify that:
1.
 
I have reviewed this quarterly
 
report on Form 10-Q of Everest
 
Re Group, Ltd;
2.
 
Based on
 
my
 
knowledge, this
 
report
 
does not
 
contain
 
any untrue
 
statement
 
of a
 
material
 
fact
 
or omit
 
to state
 
a
material fact
 
necessary to
 
make the
 
statements
 
made, in
 
light of
 
the circumstances
 
under which
 
such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to
 
the period covered by this report;
3.
 
Based
 
on
 
my
 
knowledge,
 
the
 
financial
 
statements,
 
and
 
other
 
financial
 
information
 
included
 
in
 
this
 
report,
 
fairly
present in
 
all material
 
respects the
 
financial condition,
 
results of
 
operations and
 
cash flows
 
of the registrant
 
as of,
and for,
 
the periods presented in this report;
4.
 
The registrant’s
 
other certifying officer(s) and
 
I are responsible
 
for establishing
 
and maintaining disclosure
 
controls
and
 
procedures
 
(as
 
defined
 
in
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
Rules
 
13a-15(e)
 
and
 
15d-15(e))
 
and
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)and
 
15d-15(f))
 
for the registrant
 
and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure
 
controls and procedures,
 
or caused such disclosure controls
 
and procedures to
 
be
designed
 
under
 
our
 
supervision,
 
to
 
ensure
 
that
 
material
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
registrant,
 
including
 
its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
 
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
(b)
 
Designed
 
such
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting,
 
or
 
caused
 
such
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting
 
to
 
be designed
 
under
 
our
 
supervision,
 
to
 
provide
 
reasonable
 
assurance
 
regarding
 
the
 
reliability
 
of
financial
 
reporting
 
and
 
the
 
preparation
 
of
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
external
 
purposes
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
generally accepted accounting
 
principles;
(c)
 
Evaluated
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
 
procedures
 
and
 
presented
 
in
 
this
report our
 
conclusions about the
 
effectiveness
 
of the disclosure
 
controls and
 
procedures, as
 
of the end
 
of the
period covered by this report based
 
on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change
 
in the registrant’s
 
internal control over
 
financial reporting that occurred
during the registrant’s
 
most recent fiscal
 
quarter (the registrant’s
 
fourth fiscal quarter
 
in the case of
 
an annual
report) that has
 
materially affected,
 
or is reasonably
 
likely to materially
 
affect, the
 
registrant’s
 
internal control
over financial reporting; and
5.
 
The
 
registrant’s
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer(s)
 
and
 
I
 
have
 
disclosed,
 
based
 
on
 
our
 
most
 
recent
 
evaluation
 
of
 
internal
control
 
over
 
financial reporting,
 
to
 
the registrant’s
 
auditors
 
and the
 
audit
 
committee
 
of the
 
registrant’s
 
board
 
of
directors (or persons performing
 
the equivalent functions):
(a)
 
All
 
significant
 
deficiencies
 
and
 
material
 
weaknesses
 
in
 
the
 
design
 
or
 
operation
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
over
financial
 
reporting
 
which
 
are
 
reasonably
 
likely
 
to
 
adversely
 
affect
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
ability
 
to
 
record,
 
process,
summarize and report financial information;
 
and
(b) Any
 
fraud, whether
 
or not
 
material, that
 
involves management
 
or other
 
employees who
 
have a
 
significant
role in the registrant’s
 
internal control over financial
 
reporting.
November 3, 2022
/S/ JUAN C. ANDRADE
Juan C. Andrade
President and
Chief Executive Officer