Annual Financial Report

Lancashire Holdings Limited                          

21 April 2009
Hamilton, Bermuda

                              ANNUAL REPORT 2008                               

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.3, copies of the Lancashire Holdings Limited
Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and notice of AGM have been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

For further information, please contact:

Lancashire Holdings                                                            
Jonny Creagh-Coen                       [phone]                   
Greg Lunn                               [phone]                        
                                                                               
Financial Dynamics                      [phone]                   
Rob Bailhache                                                                  
Nick Henderson                                                                 

About Lancashire

Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a
global provider of specialty insurance products. Its insurance subsidiaries
carry the Lancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a
stable outlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of $1 billion dollars and its
Common Shares trade on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire is headquartered at Mintflower Place, 8
Par-La-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda. The mailing address is Lancashire
Holdings Limited, P.O. Box HM 2358, Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda. For more
information on Lancashire, visit the Company's website at 
www.lancashiregroup.com.

                   NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS                   

CERTAIN STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ARE NOT BASED ON CURRENT OR
HISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING IN NATURE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
STATEMENTS CONTAINING WORDS 'BELIEVES', 'ANTICIPATES', 'PLANS', 'PROJECTS',
'INTENDS', 'EXPECTS', 'ESTIMATES', 'PREDICTS', 'MAY','WILL', 'SEEKS', 'SHOULD'
OR, IN EACH CASE, THEIR NEGATIVE OR COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY.  ALL STATEMENTS
OTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE
REGARDING THE GROUP'S FINANCIAL POSITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY,
PROSPECTS, GROWTH, BUSINESS STRATEGY, PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FOR
FUTURE OPERATIONS (INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THE
GROUP'S INSURANCE BUSINESS) ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  SUCH
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND
OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GROUP TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE RESULTS,
PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNED. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING (SAVE AS REQUIRED TO COMPLY
WITH ANY LEGAL OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS (INCLUDING the Prospectus Rules, the
Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules)) TO DISSEMINATE ANY
UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN TO
REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE GROUP'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD THERETO OR ANY
CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENT IS
BASED.