Navigators Appoints Northeast Regional Vice President

NEW YORK, NY, April 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVG) today announced that its principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Company, Inc., has appointed Steven R. Kuuskvere as Northeast Regional Vice President. Mr. Kuuskvere is located in Navigators' New York City office where he will be responsible for leading the Company's insurance operations in that region.

"Navigators has had a presence in Manhattan since our founding 34 years ago, so today we enjoy some of our longest standing and most significant relationships in this territory, and we believe Steve is a great fit to carry forward our efforts in the region," said LoriAnn V. Lowery-Biggers, President of Field Operations. "Over the past ten years at Navigators, Steve has demonstrated strong leadership, profitable underwriting and a great rapport with his distribution partners. Going forward in this new role he will be a committed resource for those brokers and agents in the Northeast."

Mr. Kuuskvere has 22 years of underwriting and claims experience and was most recently Senior Vice President of Navigators Pro where he has been with the Company since 2001. The Northeast region for which he will have responsibility includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Northern New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The Navigators Group, Inc. is an international specialty insurance holding company with insurance company operations, underwriting management companies, and operations at Lloyd's of London. Headquartered in New York, Navigators has offices in major insurance centers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Whenever used in this release, the words "estimate," "expect," "believe," "may," "will," "intend," "continue" or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. We cannot assure that results that we anticipate will be achieved, since results may differ materially because of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that we face. Please refer to Navigators' most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a description of Navigators' business and the important factors that may affect that business. Navigators undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.

CONTACT: Business Inquires:

         Steven Kuuskvere

         212-613-4208

         skuuskvere@navg.com



         Media Inquiries:

         Taha Ebrahimi

         914-933-6209

         tebrahimi@navg.com



         www.navg.com

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