Directorate Change

esure Group plc: Appointment of New Non-Executive Director

10 December 2013

esure Group plc announces that its Board has appointed a new Independent Non-Executive Director, María Dolores Dancausa, Chief Executive Officer of Bankinter SA in Spain, effective as of 9 December 2013. 

Prior to her appointment at Bankinter SA, Mrs Dancausa spent 16 years with Linea Directa Aseguradora, the third-largest Spanish motor insurer, the last three of these as CEO and Managing Director.

Peter Wood, esure's Chairman, said:

"María Dolores is a leading light in the Spanish financial services market. She has an exceptional insight into the European insurance market having pioneered the direct revolution in Spain and built Linea Directa into a true success story in a very tough market prior to her move to Bankinter SA.

"Her professional history is testament to her intelligence and clear-sighted drive for both innovation and success. She will bring a broad perspective to esure as it establishes its credentials within a highly competitive peer group of listed UK insurers. We're excited to welcome her."

María Dolores Dancausa commented:

"It is a pleasure to join such a well-balanced board at a dynamic UK insurer. esure is a newly-listed company that is building confidently on its strengths and opportunities. I will be aiming to help with that progress."

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María Dolores Dancausa- Directorships and Employment history:

October 2010 - Present Bankinter SA, Spain:Managing Director and CEO

2008 - October 2010 Línea Directa Aseguradora: Managing Director and CEO

1994 - 2008 Línea Directa Aseguradora: Company Secretary with extended responsibilities

Awards

Maria Dolores Dancausa has received several awards in her business career:

June 2013 - Awarded the Aster-Esic Prize for "Outstanding Career Achievement" and "Financial Executive of the Year" from Ecofin magazine.

November 2012 - Nominated Most Outstanding Personality of the Year for her "ability to manage a medium-sized bank in this time of crisis in the Spanish financial system" at the 2nd edition of the Economics Night organised by the daily newspaper El Economista.

April 2011 - Awarded "Outstanding Career Achievement" on the 20th edition of the Magazine Ejecutivos for her Outstanding Career Achievement.

April 2011 - Nominated as "Influential Woman" in the list of the Top 100 Spanish Women Leaders.

October 2010 - FEDEPE: Award for Best Executive of the Year in 2010.

Also during this year she has emerged as one of the businesswomen with the best reputation in Spain according to the MERCO-Leaders report, where she appears as one of the Top 20 most prestigious Business Executives in Spain.

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R (1) to (6).

esure Overview

esure Group plc (the 'Group') is a UK-focused personal lines insurer founded in 2000 by Peter Wood, the foremost general insurance entrepreneur in the UK and the Group's Chairman. The Group also owns 50 per cent of top-four UK insurance price comparison website, Gocompare.com.

The Group was admitted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 27th March 2013. Its IPO followed three years after a management buy-out had made the Group independently owned.

The Group has established a strong platform for growth and a track record of profitability. It has achieved this against a backdrop of challenging market conditions through a disciplined and conservative approach to its motor underwriting business and the application of the same philosophy in growing its home underwriting business.

For further information:

Corporate Media Enquiries, esure Group plc: Adrian Webb - Head of Marketing & Corporate Communicationst: 01737 641000 e: [email protected]

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