Aspen Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) (BSX:AHLBSX:BH) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per ordinary share. The payment of the dividend will be made on August 24, 2004 to shareholders of record at close of trading on August 13, 2004. About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (Aspen) was established in June 2002. Aspen is a Bermudian holding company that provides property and casualty reinsurance in the global market, property and liability insurance principally in the United Kingdom and surplus lines insurance in the United States. Aspen's operations are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiaries located in London, Bermuda and the United States: Aspen Insurance UK Limited (Aspen Re), Aspen Insurance Limited (Aspen), Aspen Specialty Insurance Company (Aspen Specialty) and Aspen Re America Inc (Aspen Re America). Aspen's reinsurance segment consists of property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance and specialty reinsurance lines of business. Aspen's insurance segment consists of commercial property, commercial liability and U.S. surplus insurance lines of business. Aspen's principal existing shareholders include The Blackstone Group, Candover Partners Limited, Wellington Underwriting plc and Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity. DATASOURCE: Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited CONTACT: Investors, Noah Fields, Head of Investor Relations, or Julian Cusack, Chief Financial Officer, both of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, +441-297-9382; or US Contacts, Carina Thate or Jason Thompson of The Abernathy MacGregor Group, +1-212-371-5999; or UK Contacts, Emma Burdett or Brian Hudspith of The Maitland Consultancy, +44-20-7379-5151

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