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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="5">UNITED STATES <br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><br>
<font face="serif" size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </font></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="5">FORM 8-K </font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>CURRENT REPORT </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">November 8, 2005<br>
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="5">PXRE GROUP LTD. </font></b><br>
<font size="2" face="serif">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></p>
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    <td width="33%" align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">1-15259</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">98-0214719</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(State or other
    jurisdiction</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(Commission</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">of incorporation
    or organization)</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">File No.)</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Identification No.)</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">P.O. Box HM 1282</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">110 Pitts Bay Road </font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Hamilton HM FX</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Pembroke HM 08 </font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Bermuda</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Bermuda</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">(Address, including zip
code,</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">of principal executive offices) </font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">(Mailing address)</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(441) 296-5858</font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif"> (Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">NOT APPLICABLE </font><br>
<font size="2" face="serif">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act </font><font size="2" face="serif">(17 CFR 230.425) </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act </font><font size="2" face="serif">(17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">On November 8, 2005, PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. (&#147;PXRE Bermuda&#148;), the principal operating subsidiary of PXRE Group Ltd., entered into a Reinsurance Agreement (the &#147;Reinsurance Agreement&#148;), dated as of November 8, 2005, by and between PXRE Bermuda , as cedent, and Atlantic and Western Re Limited, a Cayman Islands reinsurance company (&#147;A&amp;W Re&#148;), as reinsurer.   The Reinsurance Agreement provides two layers of reinsurance protection over the next 5 years to PXRE Bermuda. The first layer provides $200 million of coverage for losses arising from hurricanes in the Eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States, windstorms in northern Europe and earthquakes in California. The second layer provides $100 million of
coverage for losses arising from hurricanes in the Eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States and windstorms in northern Europe.  The reinsurance coverage is based on a modeled loss trigger. PXRE Bermuda created a series of notional portfolios of reinsurance contracts designed to closely mimic the exposures in PXRE's assumed reinsurance portfolio. Upon the occurrence of a hurricane, windstorm or earthquake in the covered territories, the parameters of the catastrophe event are determined and modeled against the notional portfolios. If the modeled loss to the notional portfolio exceeds the attachment point for the peril at issue, then PXRE Bermuda will make a recovery under the reinsurance agreement. PXRE Bermuda has the right to reset the notional portfolios after three years.
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">On November 8, 2005, A&amp;W Re financed the reinsurance coverage through the issuance of $300 million in catastrophe bonds pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.   The proceeds of the catastrophe bonds have been pledged to PXRE Bermuda to secure A&amp;W Re&#146;s obligations under the Reinsurance Agreement.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The foregoing description of the Reinsurance Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Reinsurance Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 hereto, and is incorporated into this report by reference.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">On November 9, 2005, PXRE Group Ltd. (&#147;PXRE&#148;) issued a press release concerning a reinsurance agreement between its principal operating subsidiary, PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. and Atlantic &amp; Western Re Limited.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits </b></font></p>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Description</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">99.1</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Reinsurance Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2005, by and between PXRE Reinsurance Ltd., as cedent, and Atlantic and Western Re Limited, as reinsurer.</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif">99.2</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Press Release dated as of November 9, 2005.</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </font></p>
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    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><u>PXRE Group Ltd. </u></b></font></td>
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    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(Registrant) </font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><i>By: /s/ Robert P. Myron</i></font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><i>Name: Robert P. Myron</i></font><br>
    <font size="2" face="serif"><i>Title: Senior Vice President &amp; Treasurer</i></font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Date: November 8, 2005 </font></p>
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Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November 8, 2005
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
PXRE GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda
1-15259
98-0214719
(State or other
    jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation
    or organization)
File No.)
Identification No.)
PXRE House
P.O. Box HM 1282
110 Pitts Bay Road
Hamilton HM FX
Pembroke HM 08
Bermuda
Bermuda
(Address, including zip
code,
of principal executive offices)
(Mailing address)
(441) 296-5858
(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On November 8, 2005, PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. ("PXRE Bermuda"), the principal operating subsidiary of PXRE Group Ltd., entered into a Reinsurance Agreement (the "Reinsurance Agreement"), dated as of November 8, 2005, by and between PXRE Bermuda , as cedent, and Atlantic and Western Re Limited, a Cayman Islands reinsurance company ("A&W Re"), as reinsurer.   The Reinsurance Agreement provides two layers of reinsurance protection over the next 5 years to PXRE Bermuda. The first layer provides $200 million of coverage for losses arising from hurricanes in the Eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States, windstorms in northern Europe and earthquakes in California. The second layer provides $100 million of
coverage for losses arising from hurricanes in the Eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States and windstorms in northern Europe.  The reinsurance coverage is based on a modeled loss trigger. PXRE Bermuda created a series of notional portfolios of reinsurance contracts designed to closely mimic the exposures in PXRE's assumed reinsurance portfolio. Upon the occurrence of a hurricane, windstorm or earthquake in the covered territories, the parameters of the catastrophe event are determined and modeled against the notional portfolios. If the modeled loss to the notional portfolio exceeds the attachment point for the peril at issue, then PXRE Bermuda will make a recovery under the reinsurance agreement. PXRE Bermuda has the right to reset the notional portfolios after three years.
On November 8, 2005, A&W Re financed the reinsurance coverage through the issuance of $300 million in catastrophe bonds pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.   The proceeds of the catastrophe bonds have been pledged to PXRE Bermuda to secure A&W Re's obligations under the Reinsurance Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Reinsurance Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Reinsurance Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and is incorporated into this report by reference.
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
On November 9, 2005, PXRE Group Ltd. ("PXRE") issued a press release concerning a reinsurance agreement between its principal operating subsidiary, PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. and Atlantic & Western Re Limited.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Reinsurance Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2005, by and between PXRE Reinsurance Ltd., as cedent, and Atlantic and Western Re Limited, as reinsurer.
99.2
Press Release dated as of November 9, 2005.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PXRE Group Ltd.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Robert P. Myron
Name: Robert P. Myron
Title: Senior Vice President & Treasurer
Date: November 8, 2005