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: 0000950123-05-012335
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LETTER TO THE S.E.C.
PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS, LTD.
The Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08
October 20, 2005
CONFIDENTIAL
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:
Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (“Platinum
Holdings”) and Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc. (“Platinum Finance”) have filed the
above-captioned Registration Statement.
Platinum Holdings and Platinum Finance each hereby acknowledges that: (1) the action of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff (the “Staff”) acting pursuant to
delegated authority in declaring the Registration Statement effective does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or
the Staff acting pursuant to delegated authority in declaring the Registration Statement effective
does not relieve Platinum Holdings and Platinum Finance from their full responsibility for the
adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) should the Commission or the Staff
declare the Registration Statement effective, neither Platinum Holdings nor Platinum Finance may
assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under
the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
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