Director Shareholding

Beazley Group PLC
15 December 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1)        Name of company

Beazley Group plc

2)        Name of director

Jonathan Agnew, Andrew Beazley, Andrew Horton, Nicholas Furlonge, Jonathan Gray,
Neil Maidment; Andrew Pomfret, Dudley Fishburn, Joe Sargent

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

Jonathan Agnew - own name
Andrew Beazley - A F Beazley & J G B Rowell
Andrew Horton - T D Waterhouse (Nominees) Ltd and HSDL Nominees Ltd
Nicholas Furlonge - Mary Furlonge & A R Manners
Jonathan Gray - own name
Neil Maidment - own name
Andrew Pomfret - Rathbone Nominees Ltd
Dudley Fishburn - own name
Joe Sargent - own name and Pershing Keen Nominees TUT account

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

See point 7

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary

Take up of shares under the Beazley Group plc Rights Issue

7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired

Jonathan Agnew - 41,550 own name

Andrew Beazley - 238,095 in the names of A F Beazley & J G B Rowell

Andrew Horton - 6,239 in the name of T D Waterhouse (Nominees) Ltd and 7,019 in
the name of HSDL Nominees Ltd

Nicholas Furlonge - 59,524 in the names of Mary Furlonge & A R Manners

Jonathan Gray - 29,762 own name

Neil Maidment - 29,762 own name

Andrew Pomfret - 6,000 in name of Rathbone Nominees Ltd

Dudley Fishburn - 5,714 in own name

Joe Sargent - 85,500 in own name and 93,933 in name of Pershing Keen Nominees
TUT account re Mrs Sargent (wife)

8) Percentage of issued class

Jonathan Agnew - 0.01%
Andrew Beazley - 0.07%
Andrew Horton - Less than 0.01%
Nicholas Furlonge - 0.02%
Jonathan Gray - 0.01%
Neil Maidment - 0.01%
Andrew Pomfret - Less than 0.01%
Dudley Fishburn - Less than 0.01%
Joe Sargent - 0.05%

9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed

N/A

10) Percentage of issued class

N/A

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5p

12) Price per share

84.0p

13) Date of transaction

10 December 2004

14) Date company informed

13 December 2004

15) Total holding following this notification

Jonathan Agnew - 114,263
Andrew Beazley - 7,009,905
Andrew Horton - 36,461
Nicholas Furlonge - 2,510,831
Jonathan Gray - 3,368,805
Neil Maidment - 2,945,307
Andrew Pomfret - 16,500
Dudley Fishburn - 15,714
Joe Sargent - 1,292,193

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Jonathan Agnew - 0.03%
Andrew Beazley - 1.94%
Andrew Horton - 0.01%
Nicholas Furlonge - 0.70%
Jonathan Gray - 0.93%
Neil Maidment - 0.82%
Andrew Pomfret - Less than 0.01%
Dudley Fishburn - Less than 0.01%
Joe Sargent - 0.36%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

N/A

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

N/A

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

N/A

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

N/A

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise

N/A

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification

N/A

23) Any additional information

This announcement discloses details of the total of 603,098 shares taken up in
aggregate by Directors of the Company pursuant to the Rights Issue, and
announced on 13 December.

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

J P Gorman 020 7935 0027

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

3)        Jeremy P Gorman Company Secretary

Date of Notification....15 December 2004..........................



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