RNS Number:2457A
Benfield Group Limited
23 March 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Benfield Group Limited



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited





3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


Shareholders in 2 above and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them




Northern Trust London - 1,464,400
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn - 1,024,100
Bank of New York Brussels - 459,100
Mellon Bank - 347,900
JP Morgan Bournemouth - 35,400
Clydesdale Bank plc - 25,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank - 8,677,600
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 250,200
State Street Bank and TR Co - 170,300
JP Morgan Bournemouth - 5,150,829
JP Morgan Bournemouth  - 215,000
Bank of New York Brussels - 141,100
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn - 84,800
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux - 32,597
JP Morgan Bournemouth - 275,000
Bank of New York Europe Ldn - 470,100



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


957,400



6. Percentage of issued class


0.4%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not applicable



8. Percentage of issued class


N/A



9. Class of security


Common Shares of 1p each



10. Date of transaction


Not disclosed



11. Date company informed


22 March 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


18,823,526



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


8.02%



14. Any additional information


Notification results from the notifying parties holding above 4% of the
Company's issued share capital.


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Jenny Hermon - 0207 522 4040



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Jenny Hermon - Company Secretariat



Date of notification


23 March 2006



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