Director Appointment

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Benfield Group Limited
25 June 2008

25 June 2008

Benfield Appoints New Board Director

Benfield, the world's leading independent reinsurance and risk intermediary, today announced the appointment of William (Bill) Riker to
its Board of Directors with effect from 1 September 2008.

William (49) will join the Board as a Non Executive Director. William was most recently President and Chief Underwriting Officer of
Renaissance Re.

John Coldman, Chairman of Benfield commented, "We are delighted to welcome Bill to the Board. His extensive experience in the
converging reinsurance and capital markets will be a great asset to the Group."

William previously served at Renaissance Re as President from 1999 to 2007, Senior Vice President from 1995 and as Vice President
Underwriting from 1993. William also served as Vice President of Applied Insurance Research, Inc in 1993. Prior to that, he held the
position of Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer at American Royal Reinsurance Company from 1984 to 1992. He was
responsible for developing various analytical underwriting tools during his time at American Royal. William holds a B.S.E. degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.

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Contacts:

Analysts & Investors
Julianne Jessup Benfield +44 (0) 20 7578 7425
Rob Bailhache Financial Dynamics +44 (0) 20 7269 7200

Media
David Bogg Benfield +44 (0) 20 7522 4016
Peter Rigby/David Haggie Haggie Financial +44 (0) 20 7417 8989

Benfield is the world's leading specialist reinsurance and risk intermediary. Its customers include many of the world's major insurance
and reinsurance companies as well as government entities and global corporations. Benfield operates from more than 50 locations worldwide.
Benfield is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BFD. www.benfieldgroup.com.

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