Prospectus exerpt:  We are selling 10,000,000 of our preference shares, par value $1.00 per share.

Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of the preference shares will be entitled to receive from our assets legally available for distribution to shareholders a liquidation preference of $25 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date fixed for distribution. Dividends on the preference shares will be cumulative from the date of original issuance and will be payable when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors, quarterly in arrears on the first day of March, June, September, and December of each year, commencing June 1, 2004. Dividends on the preference shares will be payable, when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors, in an amount per share equal to 6.08% of the liquidation preference per annum (equivalent to $1.52 per share).

On and after March 23, 2009, we may redeem the preference shares, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price of $25 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption, without interest. We may not redeem the preference shares before March 23, 2009, except that we may redeem the preference shares before that date at a redemption price of $26 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption, without interest, if we submit a proposal to our common shareholders concerning an amalgamation or submit any proposal for any other matter that requires, as a result of a change in Bermuda law, the approval of the holders of the preference shares, whether voting as a separate series or together with any other series of preference shares as a single class. The preference shares have no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption and will not be convertible into any of our other securities.