Directors interests

Beazley Group PLC
17 April 2008


Beazley Group plc

Directors Interests

London, 17th April 2008


A. F. Beazley, N. H. Furlonge and J.G. Rowell have exercised the following Share
Options and LTIP's on 15th April 2008 and the shares were sold at an average
price of £1.565p:

             Scheme and                        Number of  Shareholding
              exercise                         ordinary       as a
               price                          shares held  percentage
                                              as at 15th  of the total
                          Options    Shares   April 2008     issued
                         Exercised    sold                  ordinary
                                                             share
                                                            capital

   A.F.      Unapproved   30,179       -
  Beazley   Share Option
               - 2004
            Option price
              - 93.95p

   A.F.     LTIP - March  140,097   102,204
  Beazley      2005 -
            Option price
               - NIL

   A.F.     LTIP - March  19,840       -       2,634,971     0.73%
  Beazley    2004 - NIL

   N. H.     Unapproved    9,145     9,145
 Furlonge   Share Option
               - 2004
            Option price
              - 93.95p

   N. H.      Approved    11,431     11,431
 Furlonge   Share Option
               - 2004
            Option price
              - 93.95p

   N. H.    LTIP - March  158,095   158,095    1,313,556     0.37%
 Furlonge      2005 -
            Option price
               - NIL

   J. G.     Unapproved   54,677     54,677
  Rowell    Share Option
               - 2003
            Option price
              - 90.04p

   J. G.      Approved    31,931     31,931
  Rowell    Share Option
               - 2004
            Option price
              - 93.95p

   J. G.     Unapproved   33,209     33,209
  Rowell    Share Option
               - 2004
            Option price
              - 93.95p

   J. G.    LTIP - March  186,108   186,108    4,920,540     1.37%
  Rowell       2005 -
            Option price
               - NIL


For further information, please contact:

Beazley Group plc
Arthur Manners
020 7674 7012


Note to editors:

Beazley Group, plc (BEZ.L), based in London, is the parent company of global,
specialist insurance businesses with operations in the UK, US, France, Singapore
and Hong Kong.  Beazley manages two Lloyd's syndicates (Syndicate 2623 and
Syndicate 623) with aggregate underwriting capacity in 2008 of £814m (US$1.6bn).
Both syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. In the US, Beazley's underwriters
focus on writing specialist insurance products in the admitted market, backed by
Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an admitted carrier in all 50 states; and
surplus lines risks, backed by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's. Beazley
Insurance Company, Inc. is rated A by A.M. Best.


Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include
professional indemnity, commercial property, marine, reinsurance, and personal
lines.


For more information please go to: www.beazley.com


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