RNS Number:8698R
BRIT Insurance Holdings PLC
10 November 2003


Directors' Shareholdings

Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited, the independent trustee (the "Trustee") of the 
Brit Performance Share Plan 2003 ("PSP") has today notified Brit Insurance 
Holdings PLC ("Brit or "the Company") that on 6 November 2003 the Trustee 
acquired, 659,895 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") at a price of 75.61p 
per Share.

Following this purchase, the Trustee is interested in 5,248,163 Shares, 
representing approximately 0.5388% of Brit's issued ordinary share capital.

On 3 November 2003 each of the three executive directors of Brit, Dane Douetil, 
Neil Eckert and Matthew Scales with other Brit employees were granted contingent 
performance-related awards under the PSP.

Following the above purchase of shares by the Trustee, each executive director 
is therefore treated as having an interest in such Shares and the Company has 
now been advised that the awards are as follows:

Director           Maximum No of Shares* 

Dane Douetil                    360,113 
Neil Eckert                     491,055 
Matthew Scales                  360,113

* The number of Shares that will vest in favour of the relevant director will
be determined by reference to the achievement of certain performance conditions
over a three year period which commenced on 3 November 2003. Details of these
conditions are set out in the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended
31 December 2002.


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