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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Juan C. Andrade,
 
certify that:
1.
 
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K 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.
February 24, 2023
/S/ JUAN C. ANDRADE
Juan C. Andrade
President and
Chief Executive Officer