Directors Interests

Beazley Group PLC
18 March 2008


Beazley Group plc

Directors Interests

London, 18th March 2008





C. A. Washbourn exercised Unapproved options and LTIP's awarded in 2004 and has
sold ordinary shares on 17th March 2008 registered in his name:

+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|             |2004 LTIP's | Ordinary  |Beneficial |% of share|
|             |& Unapproved|  Shares   |  holding  | capital  |
|             |  options   | disposed  |after this |          |
|             | exercised  |           | disposal  |          |
+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|C A Washbourn|   52,416   |  52,416   |     -     |    -%    |
+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------+


The average price for the disposal of the shares was 158.75p


For further information, please contact:

Beazley Group plc
Arthur Manners
020 7674 7012


Note to editors:

Beazley Group, plc (BEZ.L), based in London, is the parent company of global,
specialist insurance businesses with operations in the UK, US, France, Singapore
and Hong Kong.  Beazley manages two Lloyd's syndicates (Syndicate 2623 and
Syndicate 623) with aggregate underwriting capacity in 2008 of £814m (US$1.6bn).
Both syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. In the US, Beazley's underwriters
focus on writing specialist insurance products in the admitted market, backed by
Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an admitted carrier in all 50 states; and
surplus lines risks, backed by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's. Beazley
Insurance Company, Inc. is rated A by A.M. Best.


Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include
professional indemnity, commercial property, marine, reinsurance, and personal
lines.


For more information please go to: www.beazley.com




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