Aspen Insurance Appoints Head of Political Risk

  
    
  
  
    
      Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) has appointed Bernard de 
      Haldevang as Head of Political Risk Insurance with immediate effect. In 
      this newly formed role, Bernard reports directly to Matthew Yeldham, 
      Aspen’s Head of International Insurance. Aspen 
      anticipates that gross written premium from this new line of business 
      will be in the region of $70 million after three years subject to market 
      conditions.
    
    
      Bernard has over 20 years of experience of underwriting political risk 
      insurance and joins Aspen from Atrium Underwriting, Lloyd’s 
      of London, where he was a member of the Syndicate Management Group and 
      Class Underwriter for Financial and Political Risks.
    
    
      ”I am very pleased to welcome Bernie to Aspen,” 
      said Matthew Yeldham, Head of International Insurance for Aspen. “He 
      has a strong underwriting track-record, excellent relationships in the 
      industry and I am looking forward to working with him.”
    
    
      About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
    
    
      Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various 
      domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and 
      offices in Bermuda, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and 
      Switzerland. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, Aspen 
      reported gross written premiums of $1.5 billion, net income of $353.8 
      million and total assets of $7.3 billion. For more information about 
      Aspen, please visit www.aspen.bm.
    
    
      
        
          
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      Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation 
      Reform Act of 1995:
    
    
      This press release contains written, and Aspen's officers may make 
      related oral, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the 
      U.S. federal securities laws regarding the appointment of new hires and 
      the direction and growth of the Company. These statements are made 
      pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities 
      Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all 
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      "may," "continue," and similar expressions of a future or 
      forward-looking nature.
    
    
      All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions, 
      estimates and data concerning future results and events and are subject 
      to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are 
      outside Aspen's control that could cause actual results to differ 
      materially from such statements. For a detailed description of 
      uncertainties and other factors that could impact the forward-looking 
      statements in this release, please see the "Risk Factors" section in 
      Aspen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, 
      filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 
      2007.