William Riker, the recently retired president and chief underwriting officer of Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., was given a Special Award at the 2008 National Hurricane Conference, RenRe announced today.

The Special Award presented at the meeting in Orlando, Fla., honored Mr. Riker for outstanding contributions to the advancement of hurricane research and modeling.

The Awards Committee noted Mr. Riker's visionary leadership to champion and fund some of today's most important hurricane and loss mitigation research initiatives, including the RenaissanceRe Wall of Wind facility at Florida International University.

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