EX-32 6 holdingsex32-1.htm HOLDINGS EXHIBIT 32-1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 of Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as enacted by section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 31, 2009


			/S/ JOSEPH V. TARANTO
			Joseph V. Taranto Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

			/S/ CRAIG EISENACHER
			Craig Eisenacher Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer