Annual Financial Report

2013 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS AND 2014 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Direct Line Insurance Group plc has posted the following documents on its website:

· 2013 Annual Report & Accounts ("Annual Report & Accounts")

· 2014 Notice of Annual General Meeting ("Notice of AGM"), accompanied by a letter from the Chairman

The Annual Report & Accounts can be found at: ara2013.directlinegroup.com.

The Notice of AGM and letter from the Chairman can be found at:

http://directlinegroup.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm-information.aspx.

Both the Annual Report & Accounts and the Notice of AGM, which is accompanied by a letter from the Chairman, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available shortly for public inspection on the National Storage Mechanism: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Hard copies of these documents can be obtained free of charge on request from the General Counsel & Company Secretary, whose contact details are as follows:

Humphrey Tomlinson

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

Churchill Court

Westmoreland Road

Bromley

BR1 1DP

Enquiries:

Roger Clifton

Head of Secretariat

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

Tel: 01651 832030

[email protected]