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HAMILTON, Bermuda--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII), an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, announced today its Chief Financial Officer, Jay Bullock, will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) Insurance Conference at 1:20 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. The conference is being held at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York.

Argo Groupas presentation at the conference can be accessed via real-time audio webcast on the companyas investor relations Website, which can be found by visiting [ www.argolimited.com ] and clicking on the words aInvestorsa and aEvents and Webcasts.a Shortly after the live presentation, a webcast replay will be made available for 60 days and can be accessed under aPast Eventsa from the same Web page noted above.

ABOUT ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII) is an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market. Argo Group offers a full line of products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims handling needs of businesses in four primary segments: Excess & Surplus Lines, Commercial Specialty, International Specialty and Syndicate 1200. Argo Group's insurance subsidiaries are A. M. Best-rated 'A' (Excellent) (third highest rating out of 16 rating classifications) with a stable outlook, and Argo's U.S. insurance subsidiaries are Standard and Poor's-rated 'A-' (Strong) with a stable outlook. More information on Argo Group and its subsidiaries is available at [ www.argolimited.com ].