Director/PDMR Shareholding

Catlin Group Limited
11 March 2008


Catlin Group Limited

11 March 2008


DIRECTORS' AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES' SHAREHOLDINGS

It is announced that awards of allocations and/or options over Catlin Group
Limited's (the 'Company') common shares of $0.01 each ('Common Shares') were
made on 7 March 2008 pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan as
follows:

Name                          Status                        Number of shares
                                                            covered by award

Stephen Catlin                Director                               243,598

Christopher Stooke            Director                               149,906

Richard Banas                 Person discharging managerial          141,628
                              responsibilities

Paul Brand                    Person discharging managerial          187,383
                              responsibilities

Paul Jardine                  Person discharging managerial          149,906
                              responsibilities

Preben Prebensen              Person discharging managerial          168,219
                              responsibilities


Up to 50% of each award will vest in each of 2011 and 2012, but only to the
extent that the performance conditions set forth in the Performance Share Plan
are achieved.

No consideration was payable upon grant of the awards or will be payable upon
the exercise of any vested options or upon the vesting of any allocations.

The Company also received notice yesterday that on 7 March 2008 the trustees of
the Catlin Group Employee Benefit Trust ('EBT') acquired in London 742,448
Common Shares at an average price of £4.00 per share. The shares represent 0.29%
of the Company's issued share capital.

The EBT is a trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries ('Group').

Each of the directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities
detailed above has an interest in the Common Shares acquired as potential
beneficiaries under the EBT in respect of their participation in Group share
schemes, including but not limited to the awards referred to above.

This announcement is made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R (1)(a).



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