POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints SANJOY MUKHERJEE, a true and lawful
attorney and DOMINIC ADDESSO, each with full power to do and perform all acts on
behalf of the undersigned and to execute any and all instruments which either of
them may deem necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned as a director
and/or executive officer of Everest Re Group, Ltd. (“Company”) to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Section 16”) and
any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) promulgated under such section, including but not
limited to, executing and filing with the Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any
and all amendments thereto as such person or persons executing the same pursuant
to this Power of Attorney may approve. The undersigned acknowledges
that the aforementioned attorneys-in-fact, serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16.
THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY shall remain in
full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the aforenamed attorneys-in-fact.
ALL POWERS OF ATTORNEY executed by the
undersigned prior to the date hereof in connection with all filings as may be
required under Section 16 by virtue of the undersigned’s position as a director
and/or officer of the Company, are hereby revoked.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
hereunto set his hand this 12th day
of August 2009.
/S/ JOSEPH V.
TARANTO
Joseph V. Taranto
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