Joseph V. Taranto
Chairman
Joseph Taranto is a director and Chairman of the Board of the Company, as well as a part-time non-executive employee of the Company’s affiliate, Everest Global, as of January 1, 2020.
He retired on December 31, 2013 as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Everest Holdings and Everest Re, in which capacity he had served since October 17, 1994. On February 24, 2000, he became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company upon the restructuring of Everest Holdings. Between 1986 and 1994, Joseph was a director and President of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. and a director and President of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company and Putnam Reinsurance Company (both subsidiaries of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.). Joseph was selected to serve on the Board because of his considerable experience as CEO of publicly traded international insurance and reinsurance companies, intimate knowledge of Everest’s operations and significant insight into the insurance and reinsurance markets.