-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, S3XPkARuO2MoJfSgI9lZC+6uPDuw1UDzq5eoansPov15Sy7T8JGY9pwa8NPZx/2E lsypVBZn9YOvsmSTkCPRbQ== 0000950123-05-011263.txt : 20060614 0000950123-05-011263.hdr.sgml : 20060614 20050919154635 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-05-011263 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050919 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS FINANCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001183236 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 810566888 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 195 BROADWAY, 25TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10007 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122389288 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001171500 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 CHURCH STREET CITY: BERMUDA STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 11 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412951422 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 69 PITTS BAY ROAD STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR, PEMBROKE CITY: BERMUDA STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 08 CORRESP 1 filename1.txt PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS, LTD. The Belvedere Building 69 Pitts Bay Road Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08 September 19, 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Mail Stop 6010 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Song P. Brandon Re: Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4 Registration No. 333-126883 ------------------------------------ Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. and Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc. hereby respectfully request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on Septmeber 22, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. By: /s/ Joseph F. Fisher --------------------------------- Name: Joseph F. Fisher Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc. By: /s/ Joseph F. Fisher --------------------------------- Name: Joseph F. Fisher Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer cc: Jeffrey P. Riedler Assistant Director Linda E. Ransom Jonathan L. Freedman Dewey Ballantine LLP -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----