8 December 2009

BRIT INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC
EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PLAN ("the ESOP")

Brit Insurance Holdings PLC ("Brit Insurance" or "the Company"),  the
international general insurance and reinsurance group, confirms  that
this disclosure relates to a single transaction of which notification
was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.

The ESOP  is a  HM Revenue  and Customs  approved trust  arrangement,
operated  through  Equiniti   Share  Plan   Trustees  Limited   ("the
Trustees"), under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares  of
75 pence each  in the Company  ("partnership shares"), using  monthly
deductions from salary, and receive free ordinary shares of 75  pence
each in the Company ("matching shares") on the basis of one  matching
share  for  every   two  partnership  shares   purchased.  Both   the
partnership shares and the matching  shares are acquired by and  held
in the ESOP Trust.

The Company has been notified that on 7 December 2009, the  following
executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility
("PDMR") of the Company each purchased partnership shares at a  price
of 189.75p each and received matching shares free of charge.



Name                 Partnership shares purchased at Matching shares
                     183.25p each                    received free of
                                                     charge


Mr   D   J   Douetil 66                              33
(Director)

Mr   P   J   Goddard 65                              32
(PDMR)

Mr     M      Scales 66                              33
(Director)

Mr J R Turner (PDMR) 66                              33

Mr M Wilson (PDMR)   66                              33





Peter Goddard
Company Secretary
Brit Insurance Holdings PLC
Tel: 020 7984 8500

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