LUK FSA Authorisation

Lancashire Holdings Limited
08 September 2006


                          Lancashire Holdings Limited


Hamilton, Bermuda, 8 September 2006


                   LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED

                           RECEIVES FSA AUTHORISATION

Lancashire Holdings Limited ('Lancashire' or 'the Company') today announced that
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited ('LUK') has obtained authorization
from the UK Financial Services Authority ('FSA') to commence underwriting.


LUK is authorised to write the same lines of insurance business that are
currently written by Lancashire Insurance Company Limited ('LICL'), the
Company's Bermuda Class 4 insurance subsidiary. To date, LICL has written
business, mostly on a direct basis, in four lines: property, energy, marine and
aviation.


LUK is capitalised at £60 million (approximately US$113 million). LUK has also
entered into a quota share agreement with LICL for a whole account cession of a
percentage of risks written in the UK.


A.M. Best has assigned an A- (Excellent) rating to LUK.


Richard Brindle, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Underwriting Officer,
commented:

'We are very excited about the authorisation of our London underwriting
operation. Lancashire UK is an accretive, organic addition to our existing
operation and one which will greatly increase the flexibility of our operations
and afford us access to a wider pool of high quality risks. We expect to see the
benefits of this almost immediately when we commence underwriting, and we look
forward to capitalising on these benefits as we move into 2007 and beyond.'


For further information, please contact:

Lancashire Holdings                         [phone]
Neil McConachie
Greg Lunn

Financial Dynamics                          [phone]
Rob Bailhache
Nick Henderson


www.lancashire.bm






About Lancashire


Lancashire was established in 2005 as a new insurance and reinsurance business
to take advantage of the favourable underwriting conditions expected to arise
from the large insured losses incurred in 2004 and 2005. The Company has an A.M.
Best rating of A- (Excellent) with a stable outlook.


Lancashire was admitted to AIM on 16 December 2005 following an Offer of Common
Shares to investors. The Common Shares trade on AIM under the ticker symbol LRE.






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OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNED. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
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REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING THE AIM RULES) TO DISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR
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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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