HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Max Re Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: MXRE) (BSX: MXRE BH) today announced that preliminary estimates indicate that Hurricane Charley will negatively impact the Company's 2004 third quarter earnings by $6 million to $9 million.

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Max Re Capital Ltd. through its principal operating subsidiaries, Max Re Ltd., Max Insurance Europe Limited and Max Re Europe Limited, offers customized risk financing solutions to property and casualty insurers, life and health insurers and large corporations.

The above remarks about future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by such statements. For further information regarding cautionary statements and factors affecting future results, please refer to the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

SOURCE  Max Re Capital Ltd.
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    /CONTACT:  Keith S. Hynes, Executive Vice President & CFO,
keithh@maxre.bm, or N. James Tees, Senior Vice President & Treasurer,
jimt@maxre.bm, both of Max Re Capital, +1-441-296-8800/
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CO:  Max Re Capital Ltd.
ST:  Bermuda
IN:  INS
SU:  ERP











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