PEMBROKE, Bermuda (AP) _ RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RNR) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $219.8 million.

The Pembroke, Bermuda-based company said it had profit of $4.65 per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, came to $4.71 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.71 per share.

The insurance company posted revenue of $1.39 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $1.43 billion.

For the year, the company reported a loss of $40.2 million, or $1.57 per share. Revenue was reported as $5.52 billion.

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