Management change at Handelsbanken Liv

Snorre Storset has decided to step down as chief executive of Handelsbanken Liv
to take on new challenges outside the Bank. The process of recruiting a
successor has been initiated. Lennart Söderberg, Handelsbanken Capital Markets,
will be acting chief executive of Handelsbanken Liv until further notice.


For further information, please contact:

Johan Lagerström, Head of Corporate Communications,  +46 8 701 1395,

                                            mobile:  +46 70 - 265 80 14


For more information about Handelsbanken see: www.handelsbanken.com



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