Exhibit 99.1

Montpelier Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

·                  Fully converted book value per common share of $29.42, up 5.3% from September 30, 2013.

·                  Quarterly operating earnings per common share of $1.78.

·                  Strong underwriting results highlighted by a 39% combined ratio.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 6, 2014 — Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MRH), (“Montpelier” or the “Company”), a leading provider of short-tail reinsurance and other specialty lines, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013.

Fully converted book value per common share was $29.42, an increase of 5.3% for the fourth quarter and an increase of 14.3% for the full year, each computed after taking into account common share dividends declared.

Operating income for the quarter was $90 million, or $1.78 per common share, representing a quarterly return on common equity of 6.2%. Net income was $73 million, or $1.44 per common share. Net income for the quarter includes $2 million of realized and unrealized investment gains, $11 million of net foreign exchange losses and an $8 million one-time expense relating to the initial public offering of the Company’s newly-formed collateralized property reinsurance affiliate, Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:BCRH).

Net premiums written and earned in the quarter were largely consistent with those of a year ago, when adjusting for reinstatement premiums recorded from windstorm Sandy in the fourth quarter of 2012.  The loss ratio for the quarter was 2%, which includes $42 million of favorable prior year loss reserve movements.  The combined ratio was 39% for the quarter.

Net investment income was $14 million and the total return on the investment portfolio was 0.50% for the quarter.

Christopher Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “The fourth quarter marked a strong end to a successful year for Montpelier.  Solid underwriting execution across each of our operating segments combined to deliver strong profitability, with an 18.8% operating ROE for the year.  Additionally, the initial public offering of Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. last November further strengthened our collateralized reinsurance presence.”

Mr. Harris continued, “Despite competitive market conditions during the January renewals, we continued to succeed in achieving preferred signings and in expanding our product mix. With our strong balance sheet and specialist underwriting approach, we believe we are positioned to perform well across market cycles.”

During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company repurchased a total of 827,558 common shares at an average price of $27.57 per share.  During the first quarter of 2014, the Company has thus far repurchased an additional 1,246,700 shares, at an average price per share of $28.07.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s total shareholders’ equity was $1,642 million, and its total capital was $2,041 million.

Please refer to Montpelier’s December 31, 2013 Financial Supplement for more detailed financial information, which is posted on the Company’s website at www.montpelierre.bm.

Montpelier, through its operating subsidiaries, is a premier provider of global property and casualty reinsurance and insurance products. Additional information can be found in Montpelier’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Earnings Conference Call:

The Company will conduct a conference call, including a question and answer period, on Friday, February 7, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation will be available via a live audio webcast accessible on the Company’s website at www.montpelierre.bm or by dialing 1-888-317-6016 (US toll free), 1-412-317-6016 (international) or 1-855-669-9657 (Canada toll free). A telephone replay of the conference call will be available through February 21, 2014 by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (toll-free) or 1-412-317-0088 (international) and entering the passcode 10038594.

Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are based upon current plans, estimates and projections. Forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and various risk factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control. See “Risk Factors” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for specific important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward- looking statements. In particular, statements using words such as “may,” “should,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential,” or words of similar meaning generally involve forward-looking statements.

Important events and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, future dividends on, or repurchases of, our common shares or preferred shares to differ include, but are not limited to: market conditions affecting the prices of our common shares or preferred shares; the possibility of severe or unanticipated losses from natural or man-made catastrophes, including those that may result from changes in climate conditions, including, but not limited to, global temperatures and expected sea levels; the effectiveness of our loss limitation methods; our dependence on principal employees; our ability to effectively execute the business plans of the Company, its subsidiaries and any new ventures that it may enter into; the cyclical nature of the insurance and reinsurance business; the levels of new and renewal business achieved; opportunities to increase writings in our core property and specialty insurance and reinsurance lines of business and in specific areas of the casualty reinsurance market and our ability to capitalize on those opportunities; the sensitivity of our business to financial strength ratings established by independent rating agencies; the inherent uncertainty of our risk management process, which is subject to, among other things, industry loss estimates and estimates generated by modelling techniques; the accuracy of written premium estimates reported by cedants and brokers on pro-rata contracts and certain excess-of-loss contracts where a deposit or minimum premium is not specified in the contract; the inherent uncertainties of establishing reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses, including our dependency on the loss information we receive from cedants and brokers; unanticipated adjustments to premium estimates; changes in the availability, cost or quality of reinsurance or retrocessional coverage; changes in general economic and financial market conditions; changes in and the impact of governmental legislation or regulation, including changes in tax laws in the jurisdictions where we conduct business; the amount and timing of reinsurance recoverables and reimbursements we actually receive from our reinsurers; the overall level of competition, and the related demand and supply dynamics in our markets relating to growing capital levels in our industry; declining demand due to increased retentions by cedants and other factors; the impact of terrorist activities on the economy; rating agency policies and

practices; unexpected developments concerning the small number of insurance and reinsurance brokers upon whom we rely for a large portion of revenues; our dependence as a holding company upon dividends or distributions from our operating subsidiaries; and the impact of foreign currency and interest rate fluctuations.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.

Contacts:

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

Investors:
Michael Paquette, +1-441-278-5012
Chief Financial Officer

Media:
Jeannine Menzies, +1-441-299-7570
Corporate Affairs Manager

MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share amounts)

unaudited

MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

unaudited

MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD.

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

TO OPERATING INCOME AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S COMMON SHAREHOLDERS (1)

(in millions of U.S. dollars)

unaudited

MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD.

BOOK VALUE AND FULLY CONVERTED BOOK VALUE PER COMMON SHARE (1)

unaudited

(1)         These measures constitute “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Regulation G and as further described herein.

(2)         Represents the portion of our net income or loss from derivative instruments that constitute investment and foreign currency gains and losses.

(3)         Represents the underwriting discount and structuring fees associated with the Initial Public Offering of Blue Capital Reinsurance Holding Ltd. that were borne by Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

(4)         Computed as the change in fully converted book value per common share after taking into account common dividends declared of $0.125 and $0.470 during the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2013, respectively.