M&F Q3 Trading Update

Old Mutual PLC
14 November 2005


                                 Old Mutual plc
                   
                    Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited
                                Q3 Trading Update


Old Mutual plc ('Old Mutual') draws attention to today's trading update by its
South African general insurance subsidiary, Mutual & Federal Insurance Company
Limited ('Mutual & Federal').

The full text of Mutual & Federal's announcement is available on the Old Mutual
website at www.oldmutual.com or on the JSE Securities Exchange News Service
(SENS). Hard copies are also available from Corporate Affairs, Old Mutual plc,
5th Floor, Old Mutual Place, 2 Lambeth Hill, London EC4V 4GG or Old Mutual
Square, Isibaya Building, 2nd Floor, 93 Grayston Drive, Sandton 2196, South
Africa.

                                                                14 November 2005


ENQUIRIES:

Old Mutual plc UK
Miranda Bellord [phone]

Old Mutual plc SA
Nad Pillay [phone]


For further information about Old Mutual plc visit www.oldmutual.com



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