Amlin Plc

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMLIN PLC

SHARE SALES BY RETIRING DIRECTOR

Amlin announces that Mr John Stace, executive Vice Chairman, sold 250,000 Amlin
ordinary shares of 25p each ("shares") on 21 October 2003. On the same day a
trust of which he is the sole beneficiary also sold 250,000 shares. Both sales
were at 144p per share and reduce the aggregate interests of Mr Stace and his
wife to 607,054 shares (0.16% of the shares currently in issue).

As previously announced, Mr Stace retires from executive office at Amlin on 31
December 2003. These share sales are part of his retirement planning prior to
his intended return to live in New Zealand.

Further details are included on the attached Schedule 11 notification form.

22 October 2003

Enquiries:

Charles Pender 020 7746 1000

Company Secretary

SCHEDULE 11

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Amlin plc

2) Name of director

John L Stace

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 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

1. Director named in 2 above; and

2. A trust of which the Director is the sole beneficiary

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the

number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

N/A

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected

with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

N/A

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

Sales of shares

7) Number of shares acquired

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Number of shares disposed

1. 250,000 (own shares)

2. 250,000 (Trust shares)

Total of 500,000 shares

10) Percentage of issued class

0.13%

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

12) Price per share

Both sales at 144p

13) Date of transaction

Both transactions on 21 October 2003

14) Date company informed

21 October 2003

15) Total holding following this notification

Total interest is now 607,054 shares, which breaks down as follows:

332,500 held by Director beneficially

260,000 held by trust of which Director is sole beneficiary

5,830 beneficial interest of spouse held directly

3,724 beneficial interest of spouse held jointly with others

5,000 non-beneficial interest of Director as trustee of the Tank Museum,
Bovington

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.16%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

n/a

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

n/a

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

n/a

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

n/a

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price

is to be fixed at time of exercise

n/a

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held

following this notification

n/a

23) Any additional information

In addition to the interests noted above, the Director is deemed, as a potential
beneficiary, to have an interest in the whole of the shareholding of the Group's
Employee Share Ownership Trust, which is currently 5,247,202 shares (1.34%)

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Charles Pender 020 7746 1008 or Jeanette Clarke 020 7746 1051

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for

making this notification

Charles Pender, Company Secretary

Date of Notification: 22 October 2003