SEC Company Response from PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS FINANCE INC (CIK 0001183236) — Oct 20, 2005
PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS FINANCE INC (CIK 0001183236)
Date: Oct. 20, 2005 · CIK: 0001183236 · Accession: 0000950123-05-012334
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ACCELERATION REQUEST
PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS, LTD.
The Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08
October 20, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop 6010
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Gregory S. Belliston
Re:
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.
Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Registration No. 333-128967
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 Monday,
October 24, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.
By:
/s/ Michael E. Lombardozzi
Name:
Michael E. Lombardozzi
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative 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