VALIDUS HOLDINGS, LTD. (NYSE:VR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) On August9, 2017, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Validus Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company"), acting upon the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, appointed Karin Hirtler-Garvey to the Board. Ms. Hirtler-Garvey has been elected as a Class I Director and as such will stand for re-election at the Company's 2020 annual general meeting of shareholders. Ms. Hirtler-Garvey has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Risk Committees of the Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Hirtler-Garvey and any other person to which she was selected to serve as a director. No information called for by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K is required to be disclosed herein.

About VALIDUS HOLDINGS, LTD. (NYSE:VR)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. is a holding company. The Company conducts its operations through four operating segments: Validus Re, Talbot, Western World and AlphaCat. Validus Re is a Bermuda-based reinsurance segment focused treaty reinsurance. AlphaCat is an investment advisor managing capital from third parties and the Company in insurance linked securities and other investments in the property catastrophe reinsurance space. Talbot is a specialty insurance segment operating within the Lloyd’s insurance market through Syndicate 1183. Western World is a specialty excess and surplus lines insurance segment operating within the United States commercial market. Validus Re operates primarily through approximately two reinsurance companies, including Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. and Validus Reinsurance (Switzerland) Ltd. (Validus Re Swiss). The AlphaCat segment operates through AlphaCat Managers, Ltd. that leverages the Company’s underwriting and analytical expertise for third party investors.