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Lancashire Holdings Limited Announces Appointment Of Director
Hamilton, Bermuda: 25 March 2008 -
John Henry Bishop, who is 63, is an actuary with broad experience in the insurance sector. He has served on the boards of a number of insurance companies both in an executive capacity and as a non-executive director. He is currently a non-executive director of Berkshire Hathaway International, Motability Finance Ltd, Houston Capital Corporation Underwriting Agency and CET Group and in the last 5 years has been a non-executive director of Domestic & General Insurance Company. He has previously worked at the Euler Group on its managing board and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd where he was responsible for the worldwide general insurance operations and, before that, as Managing Director of Sun Alliance UK Insurance Company.
Commenting on the appointment, Martin Thomas, Lancashire's Chairman, said "We are very pleased to welcome John to Lancashire as a non-executive director. John's long-standing career in the insurance industry and his board and audit committee experience will be of significant value to Lancashire".
For further information, please contact:
Lancashire Holdings Limited +1 441 278 8950
Neil McConachie
Greg Lunn
Financial Dynamics +44 20 7269 7200
Rob Bailhache
Nick Henderson
About Lancashire
Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a global provider of specialty insurance products. Its insurance subsidiaries carry the Lancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a stable outlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of $1 billion dollars and its Common Shares trade on AIM under the ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire is headquartered at Mintflower Place, 8 Par-La-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda. The mailing address is Lancashire Holdings Limited, P.O. Box HM 2358, Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda. For more information on Lancashire, visit the company's website at www.lancashiregroup.com.