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Hastings Group Holdings plc ("Hastings Group") further strengthens its Board

Hastings Group is pleased to announce that Dr Teresa Robson-Capps and Alison Burns have been appointed as non-executive directors with immediate effect.

Teresa is currently a non-executive director and member of the Audit Committee for Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group plc and is Chairman of the ACS Group. She was previously a non-executive director for National Australia Bank; Europe/Clydesdale Bank. Teresa brings significant experience with international blue chip companies including HSBC, Accenture and Cable & Wireless, and experience of the insurance industry.

Alison has held executive and non-executive roles within Aviva plc, including the position of CEO of Aviva Ireland. She has extensive financial services experience, gained in senior roles with Santander, Bupa, Lloyds TSB and AXA UK, and brings strong leadership and executive management experience.

Commenting on the appointments, Mike Fairey, Chairman of Hastings Group said: "I am delighted to welcome Teresa and Alison to the Board; their significant industry experience will be invaluable to us as we continue to execute our long-term growth strategy and deliver on the promises we made to investors at our IPO. Also, as stated in the Company's IPO Prospectus, and confirmed in its Annual Report for 2015, it was our intention to become compliant with the Board independence provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code by the end of this year. These two appointments enable us to achieve that and also bring welcome gender diversity to the Board"."

Teresa will be appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee and Alison will be appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee and Risk Committee. As a result of these Committee appointments it has been agreed that Malcolm Le May will step down as a member of the Audit Committee and Ian Cormack will step down as a member of the Risk Committee. Malcolm will continue as a member of the Risk Committee and chair of the Remuneration Committee; Ian will continue as a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee.

There are no additional matters requiring disclosure under Rule 9.6.13 of the UK Listing Rules.

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For more information please contact:

Instinctif Partners 0207 457 2020

Nick Woods/Mike Davies hastings@instinctif.com

Hastings Group 01424 738011

Tony Leppard cosec@hastingsplc.com

Maria Morritt pr@hastingsdirect.com 

 About Hastings Group:

Hastings Group is a fast growing, agile, digitally focussed general insurance provider to the UK market, with over 2.1 million customers and employing over 2,500 colleagues at sites in Bexhill, Gibraltar, Leicester and Newmarket.

We have built our business by championing the customer by providing refreshingly straightforward service and products and offer car, motorcycle, van and home insurance directly to the public.

Hastings Direct is a trading name of Hastings Insurance Services Limited, the Group's UK broker, which also trades via "People's Choice" and "insurePink".

Hastings Group directly underwrites car, bike and van business through its Gibraltar based insurer Advantage Insurance Company Limited. Home insurance is provided through a number of panel partners and a co-insurance agreement with AXA.

We are a multi award winning business, most recently as:

· 2015 Car Insurance Provider of the Year, Consumer Moneyfacts Awards

· 2015 Personal Lines Broker of the Year, UK Broker Awards

· 2015 Team of the Year, Financial Experience Awards