PXT Pxre Grp. Ltd

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PXRE Group Ltd. (NYSE:PXT) announced today that Robert Stavis has resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Jeffrey L. Radke, President & Chief Executive Officer of PXRE Group, said, "On behalf of PXRE's Board of Directors, I would like to thank Robert for the valuable contributions he has made to the Company over the past several years. We understand his decision to step down from the board in order to focus attention on other professional responsibilities, and wish him well in all of his future endeavors." Robert Stavis is a partner of Bessemer Venture Partners. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Gerson Lehrman Group, Soleil Securities, Portrait Software (formerly AIT Group, LSE-AIM: PST), Zopa, Revver, Pure Networks, and Quadriserv. PXRE -- with operations in Bermuda, Europe and the United States -- provides reinsurance products and services to a worldwide marketplace. The Company's primary focus is providing property catastrophe reinsurance and retrocessional coverage. The Company also provides marine, aviation and aerospace products and services. The Company's common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PXT." To request other printed investor material from PXRE or additional copies of this news release, please contact Jamie Tully or Lesley Bogdanow at Citigate Sard Verbinnen, (212) 687-8080, or visit http://www.pxre.com/. DATASOURCE: PXRE Group Ltd. CONTACT: Robert P. Myron, Chief Financial Officer of PXRE Group Ltd., +1-441-296-5858, ; or Investors - Jamie Tully of Citigate Sard Verbinnen, +1-212-687-8080, Web site: http://www.pxre.com/

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