Notifiable Interests

Lancashire Holdings Limited
01 February 2008


                          Lancashire Holdings Limited

Hamilton, Bermuda, 1 February 2008

                              NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS

Lancashire Holdings Limited ('Lancashire') was advised on 31 January 2008 that
The Cawood Foundation, Inc., Frank W. Cawood & Associates, Inc. and certain
other related private trusts, have increased their notifiable ownership
interests in aggregate from 7,865,624 of Lancashire's common shares of US$0.50
par value each to 9,808,002 common shares representing approximately 5.38% of
the total current issued share capital of Lancashire.

In addition, following the completion of Lancashire's $100 million share
repurchase programme and the subsequent cancellation of shares, as of 31 January
2008, Oaktree Capital Management L.P. was interested in aggregate in 6,050,000
of Lancashire's common shares of US$0.50 par value representing approximately
3.31% of the total current issued share capital of Lancashire.


For further information, please contact:

Lancashire Holdings Limited                       [phone]
Greg Lunn

Financial Dynamics                                [phone]
Rob Bailhache
Nick Henderson



About Lancashire

Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a global
provider of specialty insurance  products. Its insurance subsidiaries carry the
Lancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a  stable
outlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of $1 billion dollars and its Common
Shares trade on AIM under the  ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire is headquartered at
Mintflower Place, 8 Par-La-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda. The  mailing
address is Lancashire Holdings Limited, P.O. Box HM 2358, Hamilton HM HX,
Bermuda. For more information on  Lancashire, visit the company's website at

www.lancashiregroup.com.


NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

CERTAIN STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ARE NOT BASED ON CURRENT OR
HISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING IN  NATURE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
STATEMENTS CONTAINING WORDS 'BELIEVES', 'ANTICIPATES', 'PLANS', 'PROJECTS', 
'INTENDS', 'EXPECTS', 'ESTIMATES', 'PREDICTS', 'MAY','WILL', 'SEEKS', 'SHOULD'
OR, IN EACH CASE, THEIR NEGATIVE OR  COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY.  ALL STATEMENTS
OTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE 
REGARDING THE GROUP'S FINANCIAL POSITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY,
PROSPECTS, GROWTH, BUSINESS STRATEGY, PLANS  AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FOR
FUTURE OPERATIONS (INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THE
GROUP'S  INSURANCE BUSINESS) ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  SUCH FORWARD-
LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS,  UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER
IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GROUP  TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE RESULTS,
PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH  FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT OR OTHER  INFORMATION CONCERNED. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING (SAVE AS REQUIRED  TO COMPLY
WITH ANY LEGAL OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS (INCLUDING THE AIM RULES)) TO
DISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS  TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE GROUP'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD 
THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH
STATEMENT IS BASED.



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