Capacity Purchase - Details

AMLIN PLC
18 October 1999


                                   AMLIN PLC
                                       
                               Capacity Purchase
                                       
Amlin plc announces that in the final 1999 Lloyd's capacity auction it has
purchased #24.5 million of capacity on its managed syndicates at an average
price of 8.2p per # of capacity.

Through the 1999 auctions as a whole, Amlin has purchased #105 million of
capacity and increased its share of capacity on its managed syndicates from
38% to 58%.

Amlin has also sold #72 million of capacity managed by other managing agents
and has realised #5.2 million from these sales.



Issued by Haggie Financial Limited, Roman House, Wood Street, London, EC2Y 5BA