Aspen Announces Director Appointment

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited ("Aspen" or "the Company") AHL announces that Matthew Botein has been appointed to its Board of Directors ("Board") as a Class I director and as a member of the Board's Investment Committee.

Mr. Botein is a Managing Partner of Gallatin Point LLC, a private investment and advisory firm. Until recently, he was with BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") who he joined in 2009. Mr. Botein was appointed Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors in 2010 and held the positions of co-Head and Chief Investment Officer of the alternative investment unit until January 2017. He served as a Managing Director of BlackRock and was a member of the firm's global operating committee.

Mr. Botein has extensive experience in the financial services industry and has managed portfolio investments in the banking, insurance, asset management, capital markets, and financial processing sectors. He served as a Director of Aspen from 2007 to 2011 and prior to that from 2002 until 2003.

Glyn Jones, Chairman of Aspen, said: "I am delighted that Matthew is joining the Aspen Board. His wealth of financial services experience, in particular in the areas of corporate finance, private equity and asset management, will be a great asset to Aspen. I would like to welcome Matthew back to the Aspen Board and I look forward to working with him in the future."

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About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited

Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2015, Aspen reported $11.0 billion in total assets, $4.9 billion in gross reserves, $3.4 billion in total shareholders' equity and $3.0 billion in gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of "A" by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, an "A" ("Excellent") by A.M. Best Company Inc. and an "A2" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

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