RNS Number:6118T
BRIT Insurance Holdings PLC
23 December 2003


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

BRIT INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

HBOS PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

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

AS PER Q2

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

SEE ATTACHED

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10. Date of transaction

N/A

11. Date company informed

23 December 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

73,698,978

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.566% (based on issued share capital of 974,053,647 Ordinary 25p shares)

14. Any additional information

Disclosure relates to the change in aggregate material holding of HBOS group as
per the attached.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

LUCIE GILBERT 020 7984 8664

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Date of notification

23 December 2003

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BRIT Insurance Holdings
plc,
55 Bishopsgate,
LONDON.
EC2N 3AS.
                                                    Direct Line   0131 243 5562
                                                    Fax No        0131 243 5516

For the attention of Company
Secretary
                                                    Date    19th December 2003

Dear Sirs

Companies Act 1985 (as
amended) (the "Act")

Section 198 disclosure by HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of
those of its subsidiaries which hold a material interest in Ordinary
25p shares comprising part of the relevant share capital of BRIT
Insurance Holdings plc ("the Company")

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Act, we hereby give the Company notice
that we had a material interest (for the purposes of Sections 208 and
209 of the Act) in the following shares comprising part of the relevant
share capital (as defined in the section 198 of the Act) of the Company
immediately after such time as our obligation to make this notification
arose:-

Registered Holder:             Fund:   Number of    Percentage Holding:
                                       Share Held:

Chase Nominees
a/c CMIG                        2314   17,976,190               1.846%
Chase Nominees
Ltd                            WP       8,982,219               0.922%
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 921561                 SJP        636,090               0.065%
                               RF03
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 921548                 SJP        228,230               0.023%
                               RF04
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 921573                 SJP        755,370               0.078%
                               RF02
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 823496                 SJP     12,362,161               1.269%
                               RF79
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 823575                 SJP      5,583,600               0.573%
                               RF82
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 823587                 SJP      4,076,310               0.418%
                               RF91
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 823721                 SJP        422,505               0.043%
                               RF83
HSBC Global
Custody
Nominees (UK)
Ltd a/c 823733                 SJP        379,427               0.039%
                               RF92
HSDL Nominees
Limited                        N/A             15               0.000%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HPFO        77,232               0.008%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HXPEN       95,898               0.010%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HPBA        97,772               0.010%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HLFO     1,330,662               0.137%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HLBA     1,458,089               0.150%
Morgan Nominees
Ltd                            HXLFE    1,871,923               0.192%

Aggregate
(Material)
holding of HBOS
group                                  56,333,693               5.783%

(Aggregate Material and Non-Material holding of HBOS group is
73,698,978 shares (7.566%) )

Please let us know if you require any further information. In the event
of a query regarding the above please contact me on 0131 243 5562.

Yours faithfully


Kenny Melville
Company Secretarial
Manager
For and on behalf
of
HBOS plc




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