Block Listing Application

 
TIDMBRE 
 
23 February 2011 
 
                          Brit Insurance Holdings N.V. 
 
                                 (the Company) 
 
 
Block listing Application 
 
Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock 
Exchange for a block listing of 1,300,000 ordinary shares of EUR 3.28 each 
collectively under the Company's 2009 Sharesave Scheme and the 2003 and 2009 
Performance Share Plans to be admitted to the Official List and to trade on the 
London Stock Exchange. The shares shall rank pari passu with the existing issued 
ordinary shares of the Company. 
 
 
For further information, please contact 
 
Brit Insurance Holdings N.V. 
[phone] 
Neil Manser, Head of Investor Relations, Brit Insurance 
[phone] 
Peter Rigby/Juliet Tilley, Haggie Financial 
                        [phone] 
 
Notes to Editors 
 
Brit Insurance is an international general insurance and reinsurance group 
specialising in commercial insurance. The Group writes a diverse portfolio of 
over 70 classes of insurance and reinsurance offering worldwide protection. The 
scope is wide-ranging: from sole traders to the largest multinational 
corporations; from manufacturers to professional services; from shops to 
satellites. Our distribution model is centred on brokers and intermediaries. 
Reflecting where our customers trade, we are organised into three strategic 
business units - Global Markets, UK and Reinsurance - which have access to our 
underwriting platforms including Brit Insurance Limited and our Lloyd's 
syndicate, Brit Syndicate 2987. 
 
www.britinsurance.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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