Press Release

William Casey Joins Catlin US as Managing Director/Senior Vice President of Catlin Scottsdale

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Catlin Group Limited (‘CGL’: London Stock Exchange), the international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announces that William P. Casey has joined Catlin US as managing director and senior vice president of Catlin Scottsdale.

Catlin Scottsdale is a unit of Catlin US which writes excess and surplus property and casualty insurance through general agents.

Bill Casey most recently was senior vice president of brokerage operations with Geo. F. Brown & Sons in Chicago. Previously he spent 10 years building and directing the excess and surplus lines business underwritten by CNA Insurance Companies and had earlier led CNA’s architects and engineers E&O business. He began his insurance career with the Continental Insurance Company. He has a BA degree from Loyola University of Chicago and an MBA from Benedictine University. He has attained CPCU and ARM designations.

Richard Banas, president and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based Catlin US, said:

"I am delighted that Bill Casey is joining Catlin US to head Catlin Scottsdale. Bill’s leadership skills, his intimate knowledge of the E&S market and his experience in the marketplace will prove invaluable as we continue to build upon Catlin Scottsdale’s success."

Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of offices nationwide. Catlin US includes Catlin Insurance Company Inc. and Catlin Specialty Insurance Company Inc., both of which are rated ‘A’ (Excellent) by A.M. Best (Financial Size Category XIII).

For more information contact:

Media Relations:    
James Burcke,
Head of Communications, London		 Tel:
Mobile :
E-mail:		 +44 (0)20 7458 5710
+44 (0)7958 767 738
james.burcke@catlin.com
     
Liz Morley, Maitland

Tel:
E-mail:

 +44 (0)20 7379 5151
emorley@maitland.co.uk
   
Investor Relations:
William Spurgin,
Head of Investor Relations, London

Tel:
Mobile :
E-mail:

 +44 (0)20 7458 5726
+44 (0)7710 314 365
william.spurgin@catlin.com


Notes to editors:

1.

Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business worldwide through four underwriting platforms and an international network of offices. Gross premiums written in 2006 exceeded US$2.6 billion. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at www.catlin.com

2.

Catlin’s four underwriting platforms are:

  • The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London (Syndicate 2003) is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin Syndicate is the largest at Lloyd’s in 2007 based on premium capacity of £1.25 billion.

  • Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.), which is a leading participant in the Bermuda market, underwriting a diversified portfolio of property treaty, casualty treaty, political risk and terrorism, and structured risk coverages.

  • Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.), which specialises in underwriting commercial non-life insurance for UK clients through a network of regional offices. It also writes other classes of business written by the Catlin Syndicate.

  • Catlin US, which encompasses Catlin’s operations based in the United States. Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of 17 offices throughout the U.S. Catlin US includes Catlin Insurance Company Inc. and Catlin Specialty Insurance Company Inc., both of which are rated ‘A’ (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company.

3.

Catlin’s international network of offices allows the Group to diversify further its risk portfolio and to work more closely with local policyholders and brokers. Besides its offices in the UK, US and Bermuda, Catlin operates offices in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Guernsey, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.


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