AGM Statement

Beazley Group PLC
03 May 2007




Press Release





Beazley Group Plc - AGM Results

                                                                      3 May 2007



Beazley Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 4pm 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 by the Chairman for use in a poll for each
resolution is set out below. The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the
number of voting rights on 1st May 2007 was 365,537,758.

+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|Resolution     |Description                  |For and        |Against        |
|               |                             |Discretionary  |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       1       |To receive and adopt the     |    272,548,138|      8,452,570|
|               |directors' remuneration      |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |report                       |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       2       |To receive and adopt the     |    288,804,801|      1,330,236|
|               |Financial Statements         |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       3       |To declare a final dividend  |    293,229,519|              0|
|               |of 3.2p per ordinary share   |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       4       |To re-elect W M Becker as a  |    293,221,987|          7,532|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       5       |To re-elect D L Jones as a   |    293,221,987|          7,532|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       6       |To re-elect A G K Hamilton as|    293,221,987|          7,532|
|               |a Director                   |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       7       |To re-elect C A Washbourn as |    292,329,278|        900,241|
|               |a Director                   |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       8       |To re-elect D A Horton as a  |    292,723,683|        505,834|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|       9       |To re-elect J G Gray as a    |    292,723,685|        505,834|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      10       |To re-elect J G Rowell as a  |    292,723,685|        505,834|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      11       |To re-elect A D Pomfret as a |    293,221,987|          7,532|
|               |Director                     |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      12       |To reappoint the Auditors    |    291,022,097|        500,263|
|               |                             |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      13       |To authorise the Directors to|    293,229,519|              0|
|               |allot ordinary shares        |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |generally                    |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      14       |To approve the Beazley Group |    293,229,519|              0|
|               |plc Section 423 Plan         |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |                             |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      15       |To approve amendments to     |    292,872,251|        357,268|
|               |Beazley Group plc Long Term  |               |               |
|   Ordinary    |Incentive Plan               |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      16       |To approve a limited         |    293,229,519|              0|
|               |disapplication of pre-emption|               |               |
|    Special    |rights                       |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      17       |To authorise the limited     |    293,229,519|              0|
|               |purchase by the Company of   |               |               |
|    Special    |its own shares               |               |               |
+---------------+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
|      18       |To approve and adopt the     |    293,229,519|              0|
|               |Company's Articles of        |               |               |
|    Special    |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 2007 of £861m ($1.7bn). 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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