Leif Victorin and Bengt Ake Fagerman -- appointed in the Board of Directors of If P&C Holding


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 3, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The following changes have been made in the composition in the Board of Directors of If P&C Insurance Holding: Leif Victorin and Bengt Ake Fagerman have joined the Board as new shareholder-elected members. They are replacing Ulf Spang and Magnus Ohlsson.

Leif Victorin is acting CEO in Skandia and director of the Board of Skandia. Bengt Ake Fagerman is dept. CEO of Skandia Liv.

The other Directors in the Board of If P&C Holding are Kari Stadigh, chairman (Sampo), Odd Arild Grefstad (Storebrand), Markku Hyvarinen (Varma-Sampo), Peter Johansson (Sampo), Idar Kreutzer (Storebrand) and Patrick Lapvetelainen (Sampo).

Caroline Rosen, Head of Investor Relations +46 8 788 38 53, +46 70 589 00 37 Helena Dyrssen, Head of Communications +46 8 788 23 35, +46 70 529 23 35

If is the leading property & casualty insurance company in the Nordic area, with an annual turnover in 2002 of SEK 38 billion and 7 500 employees. Shareholders are Sampo 38.05%, Storebrand 22.47%, Skandia 19.36%, Skandia Liv 10.06% and Varma Sampo 10.06%.

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