Transatlantic Reinsurance Company Announces Promotions18:07 EDT Tuesday, October 16, 2012 At its regularly scheduled meeting, the Board of Directors of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE:Y), elected the following officers: New York:           Brian Kerke – Vice President Raul Caba – Assistant Vice President   Hong Kong: Fiona Au – Assistant Vice President   Miami: Victor Navarro – Assistant Vice President Valeria Sotomayor – Assistant Vice President NEW YORK (Business Wire) -- Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York with operations worldwide. Transatlantic and its subsidiaries, Trans Re Zurich Reinsurance Company Ltd. and Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company (FAIRCO), offer reinsurance capacity on both a treaty and facultative basis -- structuring programs for a full range of property and casualty products, with an emphasis on specialty risks. Visit – www.transre.com – for additional information about Transatlantic. Transatlantic Reinsurance CompanyThomas V. Cholnoky, 212-365-2292