AGM Statement-Replacement

Beazley Group PLC
05 May 2006

This AGM statement replaces the announcement released at 14.23 today under 
RNS number 5301C. 

This announcement features additional information.

                                        
                        Beazley Group Plc - AGM Statement
                                                                      
Beazley Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12 noon
today and announces that all the resolutions were duly passed.

Full details of the resolutions passed as special business have today been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Listing
Authority's Document and Viewing Facility.

The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below. The
number of 25p ordinary shares in issue on 3rd May 2006 was 360,619,056.

+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|Resolution     |Description    |For and        |Against        |Abstain        |
|               |               |Discretionary  |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       1       |To receive and |    285,944,554|        495,000|      2,296,778|
|               |adopt the      |               |               |               |
|               |directors'     |               |               |               |
|               |remuneration   |               |               |               |
|               |report         |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       2       |To approve the |    287,819,824|        916,508|              0|
|               |2005 report and|               |               |               |
|               |accounts       |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       3       |To declare a   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |final dividend |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       4       |To re-elect J G|    287,998,157|        783,175|              0|
|               |W Agnew        |               |               |               |
|               |(chairman)     |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       5       |To re-elect A F|    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |Beazley (chief |               |               |               |
|               |executive)     |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       6       |To re-elect J D|    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |Fishburn (non  |               |               |               |
|               |executive      |               |               |               |
|               |director)      |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       7       |To re-elect T F|    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |Sullivan (non  |               |               |               |
|               |executive      |               |               |               |
|               |director)      |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       8       |To re-elect J D|    278,779,581|        495,000|      9,461,751|
|               |Sargent (non   |               |               |               |
|               |executive      |               |               |               |
|               |director)      |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|       9       |To reappoint   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |KPMG Audit plc |               |               |               |
|               |as auditors and|               |               |               |
|               |authorise the  |               |               |               |
|               |directors to   |               |               |               |
|               |determine the  |               |               |               |
|               |auditors'      |               |               |               |
|               |remuneration   |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|      10       |To authorise   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |the company to |               |               |               |
|               |allot ordinary |               |               |               |
|               |shares         |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|      11       |To waive the   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |pre-emption    |               |               |               |
|               |rights         |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|      12       |To authorise   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|               |the company to |               |               |               |
|               |purchase its   |               |               |               |
|               |own shares     |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|    Special    |To amend the   |    288,736,332|              0|              0|
|   Business    |Articles 105.1 |               |               |               |
|               |of the Articles|               |               |               |
|               |of Association |               |               |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+


                                    --ENDS--

For further information, please contact:

Beazley Group plc
Arthur Manners
T [phone]

Notes to Editors

Beazley Group, plc (BEZ.L), founded in 1986, is the parent company of specialist
insurance businesses with operations in the UK and the United States. Beazley
manages two Lloyd's syndicates (Syndicate 2623 and Syndicate 623) with aggregate
underwriting capacity in 2006 of £830m ($1.46bn). Both syndicates are rated A by
A.M. Best. The Beazley syndicates focus on specialist risk business in selected
markets, including professional indemnity, commercial property, marine,
reinsurance, and personal lines. Beazley is a market leader in many of its
chosen segments, such as professional indemnity insurance for US law firms and
for US architects and engineers. Beazley is quoted on the London Stock Exchange.

In the United States, Beazley's underwriters focus on writing specialist
insurance products in the admitted market, backed by Beazley Insurance Company,
Inc., a US admitted carrier in all 50 states; and surplus lines risks, backed by
the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's. Beazley Insurance Company is rated A- by A.M.
Best.

Beazley's website address is: www.beazley.com




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