Employee Benefit Trust

Beazley Group PLC
12 October 2007


                                                               12th October 2007


                               Beazley Group plc

       Purchase of shares by the Beazley Group plc Employee Benefit Trust



The board of Beazley Group plc announces that Beazley Group plc Employee Benefit
Trust acquired 1,000,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company (0.6% of the
issued share capital) at a cost of 178p per share on 10th October 2007. These
shares will be used to fulfil an award that has been made under the Retention
Plan.

The Beazley Group plc Employee Benefit Trust now owns 8,479,485 ordinary shares
of 5p each (2.3% of the issued share capital).



Contact
Arthur Manners
Company Secretary     020 7674 7012


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