Renard Wright to Speak at American Bar Association National Legal Malpractice Conference

CANTON, Mass., Sept 22, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- OB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- OneBeacon Professional Insurance, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group (NYSE: OB), today announced that Underwriting and Distribution Manager Renard Wright will be a featured speaker at the Fall 2009 American Bar Association (ABA) National Legal Malpractice Conference on September 23-25 at The Swissotel Chicago in Chicago, IL.

The Fall 2009 National Legal Malpractice Conference, presented by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, brings together a variety of professionals to focus on lawyers' professional liability issues with claims, underwriting and risk management themes. Wright's session, When Good Risks Go Bad: Systematically Assessing Firms and Files in a Tough Economy, will discuss underwriting concerns in difficult financial times.

Said Wright, "I look forward to discussing important risk concepts involving professional firms, and I anticipate an interesting and engaging dialogue regarding an underwriting perspective that will be of interest to this audience."

OneBeacon Professional Insurance is a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group that specializes in professional liability solutions for targeted industries including hospitals of all sizes, physician groups, managed care organizations, long-term care facilities, health care facilities, media organizations, real estate professionals and lawyers. Additionally, OneBeacon Professional Insurance provides employment practices liability insurance, management liability and tailored products for complex organizations including health care provider excess insurance and HMO reinsurance.

About OneBeacon: OneBeacon Insurance Group's underwriting companies offer a range of specialty and segmented commercial and personal insurance products sold through select independent agents, regional and national brokers, and wholesalers. As one of the oldest property and casualty insurers in the United States, OneBeacon traces its roots to 1831 and the Potomac Fire Insurance Company. Today, OneBeacon's specialty insurance businesses are national in scope, while commercial lines business is produced in select territories throughout the United States. Personal lines business is concentrated in the Northeastern United States.

OneBeacon's U.S. headquarters is in Canton, Massachusetts. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "OB".

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    --  change in book value per share or return on equity;
    --  business strategy;
    --  financial and operating targets or plans;
    --  incurred loss and loss adjustment expenses and the adequacy of its loss
        and loss adjustment expense reserves and related reinsurance;
    --  projections of revenues, income (or loss), earnings (or loss) per share,
        dividends, market share or other financial forecasts;
    --  expansion and growth of our business and operations; and

    --  future capital expenditures.

These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by OneBeacon in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will conform to our expectations and predictions is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including:

    --  claims arising from catastrophic events, such as hurricanes, windstorms,
        earthquakes, floods, fires, explosions, terrorist attacks or severe
        winter weather;
    --  recorded loss and loss adjustment expense reserves subsequently proving
        to have been inadequate;
    --  the continued availability and cost of reinsurance coverage;
    --  the continued availability of capital and financing;
    --  general economic, market or business conditions;
    --  business opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to it and
        pursued;
    --  competitive forces, including the conduct of other property and casualty
        insurers and agents;
    --  changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their
        interpretation, applicable to OneBeacon, its competitors, its agents or
        its customers;
    --  an economic downturn or other economic conditions adversely affecting
        its financial position including stock market volatility;
    --  actions taken by ratings agencies from time to time, such as financial
        strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative
        watch;

    --  the risks that are described from time to time in OneBeacon's
        filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not
        limited to OneBeacon's Annual Report on the Form 10-K for the
        fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed February 27, 2009.

Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by OneBeacon will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, OneBeacon or its business or operations. OneBeacon assumes no obligation to update publicly any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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