Everest Re posted a 77 percent rise in first-quarter earnings this year compared with the same period in 2006.

The Bermuda-based reinsurer posted net income of $297.6 million, up from $168.4 million in the year-earlier quarter.

Catastrophe losses came in at $34 million compared with $68.4 million a year ago.

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