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US judge fines ex-RenRe boss James Stanard $100,000

February 23, 2009
Former RenaissanceRe Chairman and CEO James Stanard has been fined $100,000 after a United States federal judge determined that he had committed civil securities fraud regarding a finite risk transaction with Bermuda based Inter Ocean Ltd. U. S. District Judge

Former RenRe boss James Stanard awaits judgment after securities fraud trial

October 7, 2008
A bench trial in the SEC's civil action alleging securities fraud against former RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. boss James Stanard concluded on September 22, 2008 after six days of testimony. U. S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch, sitting at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, has yet to render his judgment.

US Gov’t turns over criminal investigation records to ex-RenRe officer Michael Cash

August 10, 2007
Former RenaissanceRe officer Michael Cash has won a legal battle to force the U. S. Government to turn over records concerning a criminal investigation into alleged fraud at the reinsurer.After months of delays and in the face of an imminent court order forcing it to comply with subpoenas from Cash, the U. S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York finally relented and agreed to provide the document by July 31, 2007. 

RenRe settles class action litigation for $13.5 m

March 9, 2007
Bermuda-based property catastrophe reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has agreed to settle a consolidated shareholder class action lawsuit at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by paying $13.5 million. RenRe announced the settlement on February 14, 2007 - five days after the firm disclosed that it had agreed to pay $15 million to settle a securities fraud lawsuit regarding the same conduct that was brought at the same court by the SEC. Neither settlement required the reinsurer to admit liability.

SEC files fraud complaint against three ex-RenRe officers

November 28, 2006
A civil complaint alleging securities fraud has been brought against three former senior officers of the Bermuda based RenaissanceRe insurance group by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.The action was filed at the U. S. District Court for the

U. S. judge rejects discovery requests by ex-RenRe officers fighting SEC lawsuit

July 12, 2006
Former officers of Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe recently suffered two discovery setbacks in their defense of a securities fraud lawsuit brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.On June 25, U. S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch, sitting at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, denied an application by Bermudian national Michael Cash to delay Cash's deposition until after he has deposed co-defendant and fellow former RenRe officer Martin Merritt and non-party Jonathan Reiss.

SEC and class action law firms target RenaissanceRe

August 4, 2005
Bermudian Michael Cash, who resigned as on officer of RenaissanceRe after refusing to accept service of an SEC subpoena, will soon have a few more process servers at his door.Along with four other officers and the company itself, Cash has been named as a defendant in at least two class action complaints filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.