<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-14-018883.txt : 20140310
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-14-018883.hdr.sgml : 20140310
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140310163617
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-14-018883
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140306
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140310

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000913144
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				980138020
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RENAISSANCE HOUSE
		STREET 2:		12 CROW LANE
		CITY:			PEMBROKE
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM19
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4412954513

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RENAISSANCE HOUSE
		STREET 2:		12 CROW LANE
		CITY:			PEMBROKE
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM19

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wilcox Mark Alexander
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001355452

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14428
		FILM NUMBER:		14681390

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RENAISSANCE HOUSE
		STREET 2:		8-20 EAST BROADWAY
		CITY:			PEMBROKE
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 19
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        <footnote id="F1">The transactions reported hereby relate exclusively to the exercise of employee stock options originally granted to the Reporting Person under the Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (&quot;2001 plan&quot;) on March 12, 2004 with a ten year term. The exercise was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 5, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The transactions reported herein relate to the exercise of employee stock options originally granted to the Reporting Person under the 2001 plan on March 21, 2005 with a ten year term. The exercise was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 5, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 5,788 shares from prior awards of Performance Shares which will not be earned as the applicable performance conditions were not met, but will remain outstanding under the terms of the 2010 Performance-based Equity Incentive Plan until the time vesting requirement is met, at which point the shares will be cancelled.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>See attached footnotes page.
All transactions listed above are pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 5, 2013.</remarks>

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