Validus Holdings, Ltd. To Release Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results on October 26, 2017

Validus Holdings, Ltd. (“Validus” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VR) announced today that it expects to release its financial results for the third quarter 2017 on Thursday, October 26, 2017, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call to discuss the Company’s results will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 27, 2017.

The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-844-579-6824 (U.S. callers) or 1-763-488-9145 (International callers) and entering the passcode 6786 6099. Those who intend to participate in the call should dial in at least 10 minutes in advance. A live webcast of the call will be available online at the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website located at www.validusholdings.com. A replay of the call will be available through November 10, 2017, by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (U.S. callers) or 1-404-537-3406 (International callers) and entering the passcode 6786 6099. A recording of the webcast will also be available at the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website.

About Validus Holdings, Ltd.

Validus Holdings, Ltd. (“Validus”) is a holding company for reinsurance and insurance operating companies and investment advisors including Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. (“Validus Re”), Talbot Underwriting Ltd. (“Talbot”), Western World Insurance Group, Inc. (“Western World”) and AlphaCat Managers, Ltd. (“AlphaCat”).

Validus Re is a global reinsurance group focused primarily on treaty reinsurance. Talbot is a specialty insurance group primarily operating within the Lloyd's insurance market through Syndicate 1183. Western World is a U.S. specialty lines insurance group focused on excess and surplus lines. AlphaCat is a Bermuda based investment advisor managing capital for third parties and Validus in insurance linked securities and other property catastrophe and specialty reinsurance investments.

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