Aspen Chief Risk Officer to Speak at Willis Political Capital Event

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the "Company") (NYSE:AHL) today announced that Oliver Peterken, Chief Risk Officer, will be a featured speaker at a special Political Capital briefing at Willis' London head office on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The event, which Willis is holding to mark the opening of their new headquarters, brings together high profile speakers on EU regulatory reform and Enterprise Risk Management. Oliver's talk is titled "Could Regulatory Reliance on ERM Models Heighten Systemic Risk?"

Joining Oliver Peterken on the dais will be Karel van Hulle, head of the European Commission's Pensions and Insurance Unit, who will address Solvency II and its impact on the insurance industry.

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 Bermuda, France, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For the year ended December 31, 2007, Aspen reported gross written premiums of $1.8 billion, net income of $489.0 million and total assets of $7.2 billion. For more information about Aspen, please visit www.aspen.bm.