14.RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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Groups Board of Directors approved an amended share repurchase program authorizing Group and/or its subsidiary Holdings to purchase Groups common shares through open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or both.The table below represents the amendments to the share repurchase program for the common shares approved for repurchase.

		Common Shares
		Authorized for
Amendment Date		Repurchase
(Dollars in thousands)
09/21/2004		5,000,000
07/21/2008		5,000,000
02/24/2010		5,000,000
02/22/2012		5,000,000
05/15/2013		5,000,000
		25,000,000

As of September 30, 2014, Holdings held 9,719,971 common shares of Group, which it had purchased in the open market between February 1, 2007 and March 8, 2011.The table below represents the total purchase price for these common shares purchased.


(Dollars in thousands)
Total purchase price	$	835,371

Holdings reports these purchases as other invested assets, fair value, in the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value re-measurement recorded in net realized capital gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).The following table presents the dividends received on these common shares that are reported as net investment income in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the period indicated.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Dividends received	$	7,290	$	4,666	$	21,870	$	13,997

Outside Directors

During the normal course of business, the Company, through its affiliates, engages in insurance and brokerage and commission business transactions, with companies controlled by or affiliated with one or more of Groups outside directors.Such transactions, individually and in the aggregate, are not material to the Companys financial condition, results of operation and cash flows.

Affiliated Companies

Everest Global Services, Inc. (Global Services), an affiliate of Holdings, provides centralized management and home office services, through a management agreement, to Holdings and other affiliated companies within Holdings consolidated structure.Services provided by Everest Global include executive managerial services, legal services, actuarial services, accounting services, information technology services and others.

The following table presents the expenses incurred by Holdings from services provided by Everest Global for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Expenses incurred	$	22,149	$	19,066	$	55,668	$	55,835

Affiliates

The table below represents affiliated quota share reinsurance agreements ("whole account quota share") for all new and renewal business for the indicated coverage period:


(Dollars in thousands)
		Percent			Assuming		Single			Aggregate
Coverage Period	Ceding Company	Ceded			Company	Type of Business	Occurrence Limit			Limit

01/01/2002-12/31/2002	Everest Re		20.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business	$	-		$	-

01/01/2003-12/31/2003	Everest Re		25.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		-			-

01/01/2004-12/31/2005	Everest Re		22.5	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		-			-
	Everest Re		2.5	%	Everest International	property / casualty business		-			-

01/01/2006-12/31/2006	Everest Re		18.0	%	Bermuda Re	property business		125,000	(1)		-
	Everest Re		2.0	%	Everest International	property business		-			-

01/01/2006-12/31/2007	Everest Re		31.5	%	Bermuda Re	casualty business		-			-
	Everest Re		3.5	%	Everest International	casualty business		-			-

01/01/2007-12/31/2007	Everest Re		22.5	%	Bermuda Re	property business		130,000	(1)		-
	Everest Re		2.5	%	Everest International	property business		-			-

01/01/2008-12/31/2008	Everest Re		36.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		130,000	(1)		275,000	(2)
	Everest Re		4.0	%	Everest International	property / casualty business		-			-

01/01/2009-12/31/2009	Everest Re		36.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		150,000	(1)		325,000	(2)
	Everest Re		8.0	%	Everest International	property / casualty business		-			-

01/01/2010-12/31/2010	Everest Re		44.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		150,000			325,000

01/01/2011-12/31/2011	Everest Re		50.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		150,000			300,000

01/01/2012	Everest Re		50.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		100,000			200,000

01/01/2003-12/31/2006	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		50.0	%	Bermuda Re	property business		-			-
01/01/2007-12/31/2009	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		60.0	%	Bermuda Re	property business		-			-
01/01/2010-12/31/2010	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		60.0	%	Bermuda Re	property business		350,000	(3)		-
01/01/2011-12/31/2011	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		60.0	%	Bermuda Re	property business		350,000	(3)		-
01/01/2012-12/31/2012	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		75.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		206,250	(3)		412,500	(3)
01/01/2013-12/31/2013	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		75.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		150,000	(3)		412,500	(3)
01/01/2014	Everest Re- Canadian Branch		75.0	%	Bermuda Re	property / casualty business		262,500	(3)		412,500	(3)

01/01/2012	Everest Canada		80.0	%	Everest Re- Canadian Branch	property business		-			-


(1)	The single occurance limit is applied before the loss cessions to either Bermuda Re or Everest International.
(2)	The aggregate limit is applied before the loss cessions to either Bermuda Re or Everest International.
(3)	Amounts shown are Canadian dollars.

For premiums earned and losses incurred for the period January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, Everest Re, Everest National Insurance Company and Everest Security Insurance Company entered into an Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement with Bermuda Re, covering workers compensation losses occurring on and after January 1, 2002, as respect to new, renewal and in force policies effective on that date through December 31, 2002.This agreement was commuted as of September 30, 2013.The table below represents Bermuda Re's liability limits for any losses per one occurrence.


	Liability Limits
(Dollars in thousands)	Exceeding		Not to Exceed
Losses per one occurrence	$	100,000	$	150,000

The table below represents loss portfolio transfer reinsurance agreements whereby net insurance exposures and reserves were transferred to an affiliate.


(Dollars in thousands)

Effective	Transferring	Assuming	% of Business or		Covered Period
Date	Company	Company	Amount of Transfer		of Transfer

09/19/2000	Mt. McKinley	Bermuda Re		100%	All years
10/01/2001	Everest Re(Belgium Branch)	Bermuda Re		100%	All years
10/01/2008	Everest Re	Bermuda Re	$	747,022	01/01/2002-12/31/2007

The following tables summarize the premiums and losses ceded by the Company to Bermuda Re and Everest International, respectively, and premiums and losses assumed by the Company from Everest Canada for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
Bermuda Re	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Ceded written premiums	$	664,316	$	567,033	$	1,706,390	$	1,553,615
Ceded earned premiums		598,641		507,308		1,613,741		1,437,109
Ceded losses and LAE (a)		344,513		337,036		879,336		835,022


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Everest International	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014			2013			2014		2013
Ceded written premiums	$	131		$	295		$	219	$	429
Ceded earned premiums		176			336			450		750
Ceded losses and LAE		(321	)		(630	)		1,823		(1,233	)


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
Everest Canada	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Assumed written premiums	$	10,425	$	5,650	$	25,650	$	14,775
Assumed earned premiums		7,106		4,807		17,062		12,196
Assumed losses and LAE		4,104		4,536		10,487		8,810

(a) Ceded losses and LAE include the Mt. McKinley loss portfolio transfer that constitutes losses ceded under retroactive reinsurance and therefore, in accordance with FASB guidance, a deferred gain on retroactive reinsurance is reflected in other expenses on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Everest Re sold net assets of its UK branch to Bermuda Re and provided Bermuda Re with a reserve indemnity agreement allowing for indemnity payments of up to 90% of 25.0 million of the excess of 2002 and prior reserves, provided that any recognition of profit from the reserves for 2002 and prior underwriting years is taken into account.The limit available under this agreement was fully exhausted at December 31, 2004.

Effective February 27, 2013, Group established a new subsidiary, Mt. Logan Re, which is a Class 3 insurer based in Bermuda.Effective July 1, 2013, Mt. Logan Re established separate segregated accounts for its business activity, which will invest in a diversified set of catastrophe exposures.

The following table summarizes the premiums and losses that are ceded by the Company to Mt. Logan Re and assumed by the Company from Mt. Logan Re.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
Mt. Logan Re	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Ceded written premiums	$	44,728	$	12,408	$	93,322	$	12,408
Ceded earned premiums		38,458		10,471		78,975		10,471
Ceded losses and LAE		3,113		1,805		17,904		1,805

Assumed written premiums		578		1,735		10,497		1,735
Assumed earned premiums		5,786		1,735		10,497		1,735
Assumed losses and LAE		-		-		-		-