Director/PDMR Shareholding

Beazley Group PLC
06 July 2006



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Directors Interests

                                                                     6 July 2006



On 3 July 2006 the following directors were allotted new ordinary shares of 5p
each having exercised share options from the 2003 SAYE scheme of Beazley Group
plc.

                          New shares       Shareholding      % shareholding
                        from exercised       following          following
                           options          exercise of        exercise of
                                              options            options
Andrew Beazley                12,945          7,022,850              1.95%
Jonathan Gray                 12,945          3,381,749              0.94%
Neil Maidment                 12,945          2,958,251              0.82%





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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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