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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BRANAGAN IAN D   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD [RNR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Chief Risk Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) RENAISSANCE HOUSE, 12 CROW LANE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2017 (Street) PEMBROKE, D0 HM 19 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/01/2017   F(1)   1,590 D $ 150.35 42,307 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F(2)   1,113 D $ 150.35 41,194 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F(3)   672 D $ 150.35 40,522 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F(4)   78 D $ 150.35 40,444 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   A(5)   5,782 A $ 0 46,226 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   A(6)   7,784 A $ 0 54,010 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BRANAGAN IAN D RENAISSANCE HOUSE 12 CROW LANE PEMBROKE, D0 HM 19			SVP, Chief Risk Officer

Signatures

/S/ Molly E. Gardner, Attorney-in-Fact		03/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This represents shares withheld by the Issuer for payment of withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted shares granted on March 1, 2013.
(2)	This represents shares withheld by the Issuer for payment of withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted shares granted on February 27, 2015.
(3)	This represents shares withheld by the Issuer for payment of withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted shares granted on January 12, 2016.
(4)	This represents shares withheld by the Issuer for payment of withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted shares granted on May 16, 2016.
(5)	Grant of restricted common shares of the issuer pursuant to the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan"). These shares will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2018.
(6)	Grant of performance-based restricted common shares of the issuer pursuant to the 2016 Plan. These shares will vest following the expiration of the service period on December 31, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of service- and performance-based vesting conditions. The award consists of three substantially equal tranches. The amount awarded represents the maximum potential achievable number of shares. The number of shares in each tranche that ultimately vest is a function of the issuer's total shareholder return relative to the members of a predetermined peer group of companies during a given calendar-year performance period (2017, 2018 or 2019), and is subject to the reporting person's continued employment through the expiration of the service period. If, following the Compensation Committee's determination of total shareholder return for a performance period, there are shares that are no longer eligible to vest, those shares will be immediately forfeited.

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