Holding(s) in Company

1.

Name of company

Beazley Group plc

2.

Name of shareholder having a major interest

Invesco Limited

3.

Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

As 2

4.

Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them

JP Morgan Chase

Bank of New York

Citibank

HSBC Bank Plc (London)

State Street London & Banking Co London

Northern Trust Company (London)

Other

1,033,102

41,635,415

2,578,159

983,925

7,990,226

801,936

116,646

5.

Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

6,079,550

6.

Percentage of issued class

1.74%%

7.

Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

8.

Percentage of issued class

n/a

9.

Class of security

Ordinary share of 5p

10. 

Date of transaction

25th March 2009 

11.

Date company informed

27th March 2009

12.

Total holding following the notification

55,139,257

13.

Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

15.77%

14.

Any additional information

Position notified as at 27th March 2009

15.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries

A R Manners 020 7667 0623

16.

Name and signature of authorized company official responsible for making this notification

Arthur Manners, Company Secretary

Date of notification -27th March 2009