Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TRC, Trans Re Zurich Reinsurance Company Ltd. ("TRZ"), acquired by TRC in 1996, and Putnam (contributed by the Company to TRC in 1995), offers reinsurance capacity for a full range of property and casualty products, directly and through brokers, to insurance and reinsurance companies, in both the domestic and international markets on both a treaty and facultative basis. One or both of TRC and Putnam is licensed, accredited, authorized or can serve as a reinsurer in 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States and in Puerto Rico and Guam. Through its international locations, TRH has operations worldwide, including Bermuda, Canada, seven locations in Europe, three locations in Central and South America, two locations in Asia (excluding Japan), and one location in each of Japan, Australia and Africa. TRC is licensed in Bermuda, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the People's Republic of China and Australia. TRC is an Admitted Reinsurer in Brazil, where it maintains an office in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, TRC is registered and authorized as a foreign reinsurer in Argentina (where it maintains a representative office in Buenos Aires, Transatlantic Re (Argentina) S.A.), the Republic of Panama (where it maintains a representative office, TRC (PANAMÁ) S.A.), Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, and is authorized to maintain a representative office in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. TRZ is licensed as a reinsurer in Switzerland and registered in Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Transatlantic Polska Sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of TRC, maintains a registered representative office in Warsaw, Poland.