2nd May 2007 10:04
Lancashire Holdings Limited02 May 2007 Lancashire Holdings Limited 2 May 2007 Appointment of Chairman and Senior Independent Director The Board is pleased to announce that Martin Thomas has been appointed asChairman of Lancashire Holdings Limited (the "Company"). His appointment asChairman takes effect as from the end of the Company's annual general meetingheld yesterday. Martin has served as a non-executive Director of the Company since September2006. The Board believes that his considerable experience in the financialservices sector will be of significant value to the Lancashire group in its future development. Robert Spass, the retiring Chairman, will continue to serve as a non-executiveDirector of the Company. In addition, the Board has appointed Ralf Oelssner as Senior IndependentDirector. Ralf has been a non-executive Director of the Company since December2005. His appointment as Senior Independent Director also takes effect as from the end of the Company's annual general meeting held yesterday. For further information, please contact: Lancashire HoldingsNeil McConachie +1 441 278 8950Greg Lunn +1 441 278 8953 Financial Dynamics +44 20 7269 7114Robert BailhacheNick Henderson www.lancashiregroup.com About Lancashire Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a globalprovider of specialty insurance products. Its insurance subsidiaries carry theLancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a stableoutlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of US$1 billion and its common sharestrade on AIM under the ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire is headquartered atMintflower Place, 8 Par-La-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda. The mailingaddress is Lancashire Holdings Limited, P.O. Box HM 2358, Hamilton HM HX,Bermuda. For more information on Lancashire, visit the Company's website atwww.lancashiregroup.com. NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CERTAIN STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ARE NOT BASED ON CURRENT ORHISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING IN NATURE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,STATEMENTS CONTAINING WORDS 'BELIEVES', 'ANTICIPATES', 'PLANS', 'PROJECTS', 'INTENDS', 'EXPECTS', 'ESTIMATES', 'PREDICTS', 'MAY','WILL', 'SEEKS', 'SHOULD'OR, IN EACH CASE, THEIR NEGATIVE OR COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY. ALL STATEMENTSOTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE REGARDING THE GROUP'S FINANCIAL POSITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY,PROSPECTS, GROWTH, BUSINESS STRATEGY, PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FORFUTURE OPERATIONS (INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THEGROUP'S INSURANCE BUSINESS) ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHERIMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE ORACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GROUP TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE RESULTS,PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKINGSTATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF THISANNOUNCEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNED. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITEDEXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING (SAVE AS REQUIRED TO COMPLYWITH ANY LEGAL OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS (INCLUDING THE AIM RULES)) TODISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSCONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE GROUP'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCHSTATEMENT IS BASED. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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