Director/PDMR Shareholding

Beazley Group PLC 06 July 2006 RNS Announcement Directors Interests 6 July 2006 On 3 July 2006 the following directors were allotted new ordinary shares of 5p each having exercised share options from the 2003 SAYE scheme of Beazley Group plc. New shares Shareholding % shareholding from exercised following following options exercise of exercise of options options Andrew Beazley 12,945 7,022,850 1.95% Jonathan Gray 12,945 3,381,749 0.94% Neil Maidment 12,945 2,958,251 0.82% --ENDS-- For further information, please contact: Beazley Group plc Arthur Manners T +44 (0)20 7667 0623 Notes to Editors Beazley Group, plc (BEZ.L), founded in 1986, is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in the UK and the United States. Beazley manages two Lloyd's syndicates (Syndicate 2623 and Syndicate 623) with aggregate underwriting capacity in 2006 of £830m ($1.46bn). Both syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. The Beazley syndicates focus on specialist risk business in selected markets, including professional indemnity, commercial property, marine, reinsurance, and personal lines. Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen segments, such as professional indemnity insurance for US law firms and for US architects and engineers. Beazley is quoted on the London Stock Exchange. In the United States, Beazley's underwriters focus on writing specialist insurance products in the admitted market, backed by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., a US admitted carrier in all 50 states; and surplus lines risks, backed by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's. Beazley Insurance Company is rated A- by A.M. Best. Beazley's website address is: www.beazley.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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