<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001267395-18-000058.txt : 20180515
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180515084000
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001267395-18-000058
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180515
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180515
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180515

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267395
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31909
		FILM NUMBER:		18833261

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 19
		BUSINESS PHONE:		1 441 295 8201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 19
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<div><a name="s469DEE8F2EF3F4C1F82C4E751DFCC518"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;"><img src="image0a01a27.gif" alt="image0a01a27.gif" style="height:158px;width:156px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:30px;font-size:24pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:194px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:30px;"></td><td style="width:162px;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="image1a04a27.jpg" alt="image1a04a27.jpg" style="height:64px;width:18px;"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:24pt;">PRESS  RELEASE</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">ASPEN SEEKS APPROVAL FOR NEW </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">INSURANCE SUBSIDIARY IN IRELAND</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">HAMILTON, Bermuda &#8212; May 15, 2018 &#8212; Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (&#8220;Aspen&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NYSE:AHL) announced today that it has submitted an application to the Central Bank of Ireland for authorization of a new insurance subsidiary in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This new&#160;Irish&#160;subsidiary&#160;- Aspen Insurance Ireland DAC (&#8220;Aspen Ireland&#8221;) - will&#160;ensure that Aspen can continue serving partners and clients in the European Economic Area (&#8220;EEA&#8221;) following the United Kingdom&#8217;s exit from the European Union. Aspen will also utilize the proposed&#160;Lloyd&#8217;s Belgium Subsidiary through&#160;Aspen Managing Agency Limited (&#8220;AMAL&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Subject to regulatory approval, it is anticipated that Aspen Ireland will be operational by the first quarter of 2019.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Classes of insurance business currently planned to be written via Aspen Ireland include Casualty, Credit and Political Risk, Accident &amp; Health, and Commercial Property. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Existing UK and non-EEA policies not impacted by Brexit will continue to be written within Aspen Insurance UK Limited (&#8220;AIUK&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Mike Cain, Chief Executive Officer of AIUK and AMAL, said: &#8220;Aspen has had a strong local branch presence in the Republic of Ireland for many years. 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Aspen Ireland, together with our use of the Lloyd&#8217;s Belgium Subsidiary, will ensure that we can continue to meet the needs of our EEA clients and brokers post-Brexit.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen does not believe that its reinsurance business will be affected by Brexit, subject to political agreements regarding Solvency II equivalence.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">- ENDS -</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2017, Aspen reported $12.9 billion in total assets, $6.7 billion in gross reserves, $2.9 billion in total shareholders&#8217; equity and $3.4 billion in gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of &#8220;A&#8221; by Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s Financial Services LLC, an &#8220;A&#8221; (&#8220;Excellent&#8221;) by A.M. Best Company Inc. and an &#8220;A2&#8221; by Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, Inc..</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This press release contains written &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts and can be identified by the use of words such as &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;do not believe,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;seek,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;likely,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;assume,&#8221; &#8220;objective,&#8221; &#8220;aim,&#8221; &#8220;guidance,&#8221; &#8220;outlook,&#8221; &#8220;trends,&#8221; &#8220;future,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;target,&#8221; &#8220;on track&#8221; and similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions, estimates and data concerning future results and events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Aspen&#8217;s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a detailed description of uncertainties and other factors that could impact the forward-looking statements in this press release, please see the &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; section in Aspen&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Aspen undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">For further information: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Investors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Mark Jones, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Aspen</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">mark.p.jones@aspen.co</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">+1 (646) 289 4945</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Media</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Steve Colton, Head of Group Communications, Aspen</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">Steve.colton@aspen.co</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">+44 20 7184 8337</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;padding-left:30px;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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