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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Juan C. Andrade,
certify that:
1. I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Everest
Re Group, Ltd;
2. Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact
necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances
under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
on my
knowledge, the
financial statements,
and other
financial information
included in
this
report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of,
and for, the periods presented
in this report;
4. The
registrant’s other
certifying officer(s) and
I are responsible
for establishing
and maintaining
disclosure controls
and procedures
(as defined
in Exchange
Act Rules
13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and
internal control
over financial
reporting (as
defined in
Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f)and 15d-15(f)
)
for
the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and
procedures to
be designed under
our supervision, to
ensure that
material information
relating to
the registrant,
including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made
known to us
by others within
those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed
such internal
control over
financial reporting,
or caused
such internal
control over
financial reporting
to be
designed under
our supervision,
to provide
reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness
of the registrant’s disclosure controls
and procedures and presented
in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in
this report
any change
in the registrant’s
internal control
over financial
reporting
that occurred during
the registrant’s
most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrant’s
fourth fiscal
quarter in
the case
of an
annual report)
that has
materially affected,
or is
reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The
registrant’s other
certifying officer(s) and I
have disclosed, based
on our most
recent evaluation of
internal control
over financial
reporting, to
the registrant’s
auditors and
the audit
committee of
the
registrant’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control
over financial
reporting which
are reasonably
likely to
adversely affect
the registrant’s
ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud,
whether or not material,
that involves management
or other employees who
have a
significant role in the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting.
November 9, 2020
/S/ JUAN C. ANDRADE
Juan C. Andrade
President and
Chief Executive Officer