Officers Named to CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. and Subsidiaries.

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. (CastlePoint Holdings) today announced the appointment of Gregory T. Doyle as President of CastlePoint Holdings and Chief Executive Officer of CastlePoint Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (CastlePoint Re). Mr. Doyle will also serve as a Director of CastlePoint Re as well as continuing to serve as a Director of CastlePoint Holdings. Michael H. Lee, currently the Chairman, CEO and President of CastlePoint Holdings, will continue as Chairman and CEO upon Mr. Doyle's appointment. CastlePoint Holdings also announced the appointment of Mark Dale as President and Director of CastlePoint Management, Corp. (CastlePoint Management). Mr. Dale's position became effective August 7, 2006, and Mr. Doyle will assume his new appointments on or prior to November 1, 2006.

Mr. Doyle will work with Mr. Lee in the overall strategic planning for the entire company as well as directly managing CastlePoint Re. "We are very pleased to have Greg at CastlePoint. Having worked with him for several years, I believe his experience in the reinsurance industry as well as his leadership and management skills will add significant value to our company," said Michael Lee. Mr. Doyle has been a member of CastlePoint Holdings' board of directors since April 2006. Prior to joining the CastlePoint board, he served on the board of directors of Tower Group, Inc. from September 2004 to April 2006. He has served as the Executive Chairman of the reinsurance brokerage firm, BMS Vision Re, since September 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Doyle was President of Presidential Re Insurance Advisors, a consulting firm he founded. From December 2000 to January 2003, he served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning/Corporate Development for Guy Carpenter & Company, a reinsurance brokerage firm. From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Doyle held senior positions at American Re-Insurance Company, ultimately as Corporate Executive Vice President and President of Domestic Insurance Company Operations. He was also a member of American Re-Insurance's Board of Management and directed its largest division. Mr. Doyle is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and attended the Advanced Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.

Mr. Dale, as the President of CastlePoint Management, will oversee CastlePoint Management's U.S. primary insurance company operation that provides programs and risk sharing solutions to program underwriting agents and insurance companies. Mr. Lee commented that, "Mark's extensive knowledge, leadership and experience in establishing and successfully managing program business will enable us to continue to develop and expand our programs and risk sharing business." Prior to joining CastlePoint Management, Mr. Dale served from July 2000 to August 2006, as Senior Vice President of Great American Custom, a full-service underwriting organization, where he managed their program division. Mr. Dale also had extensive experience managing primary excess and surplus lines underwriting at Great American Custom. His 27-year career in the property and casualty insurance industry includes underwriting and management positions at Hartford Insurance Company, Economy Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, and Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company.

About CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd.

CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. is a Bermuda holding company that through its operating subsidiaries provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business solutions primarily to insurance companies and program underwriting agents in the United States. CastlePoint Holdings offers these solutions through its subsidiaries, CastlePoint Reinsurance Company, Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurance company, and CastlePoint Management, Corp., a U.S.-based underwriting management company that underwrites program business and provides risk sharing solutions.

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