Directorate Change

Beazley Group PLC
07 September 2006



Press Release



Appointment of New Non-Executive Director



London, UK, September 7, 2006 - Beazley Group plc (BEZ.L), is pleased to
announce the appointment of Gordon Hamilton as an independent, non-executive
director, with effect from 8th September 2006. He will also join Beazley's audit
and remuneration committees.


Gordon has over 30 years experience as an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP
and its predecessor practices, specialising in UK listed company audits, with
extensive experience of board and audit committees.


He has been involved widely in forensic accounting as an expert witness in
several major audit negligence cases and in the resolution of large commercial
disputes. Since 2002 he has also been a member of the Financial Reporting Review
Panel, an Operating Body of the Financial Reporting Council, the UK's
independent regulator for corporate reporting and governance.


Andrew Beazley, CEO of Beazley said:


'I am delighted to welcome Gordon Hamilton to the Board. In an increasingly
complicated accounting environment, his extensive experience in audit,
accounting and regulation, working with UK listed companies, will prove
invaluable.'


There are no matters relating to this appointment that are required to be
announced under paragraph 9.6.13R of the  Listing Rules.


ENDS



For further information, please contact:

Beazley Group plc
Andrew Beazley
T [phone]

Finsbury
Amanda Lee
T [phone]




Background to Beazley


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 ($1.5bn). 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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