May 2 (Reuters) - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd FFH.TO :
* FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED: FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE $26.98
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $24.43 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* QTRLY GROSS PREMIUMS WRITTEN $4,726.6 MILLION VERSUS $3,932.2 MILLION
* QTRLY NET PREMIUMS WRITTEN $3,941.5 MILLION VERSUS $3,240.1 MILLION