DSY - Discovery - PruHealth doubles gross premiums, 108 000 lives now covered

DSY - Discovery - PruHealth doubles gross premiums, 108 000 lives now covered   
DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                      
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1999/007789/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000022331                                                              
Share Code: DSY                                                                 
("Discovery")                                                                   
19 April 2007                                                                   
PruHealth doubles gross premiums, 108 000 lives now covered                     
Launches programme to sell health insurance to Boots customers                  
Discovery`s joint venture with the Prudential in the UK, PruHealth, continued to
enjoy strong growth in the first quarter of 2007, according to quarterly numbers
released by Prudential plc today.                                               
PruHealth had 108 000 lives on its books by the end of March, after breaching   
the 100 000 level in February. Gross written premiums came in at GBP16 million, 
100 per cent up on the GBP8 million achieved in the same period last year.      
CEO of PruHealth, Shaun Matisonn, expressed pride at the continuing strong      
numbers being achieved by PruHealth. "This is further ratification of our view  
of the universal validity of Discovery`s founding principle of making people    
healthier and enhancing and protecting their lives," says Matisonn.             
PruHealth further announced an exclusive arrangement with Alliance Boots to     
promote private medical insurance as part of the leading retailer`s Health Club 
offering. Boots is the UK`s leading health and beauty retailer. It has          
approximately 1 500 stores in the UK and Irish Republic and serves around eight 
million customers every week.                                                   
Boots Health Club offers its 1.5 million members personalised health            
information, advice and money off health-related products and services. Boots   
Health Club members will qualify for half-price health insurance premiums for   
the first year, and get access the Discovery-pioneered wellness programme       
Vitality.                                                                       
PruHealth has also launched new Trust and Self-Insured scheme products from this
month to strengthen its position in the corporate market.                       
"We are thus strengthening our distribution on two fronts, through both the     
corporate and direct-to-consumer markets," says Matisonn.                       
Distributed by :    Beachhead Media & Investor Relations                        
Patrick Lawlor 011 214 2410/ 082 459 6709 / patrick@bmsa.co.za                  
On behalf of :      Adrian Gore, CEO Discovery                                  
                   011 529 2800                                                 
              Shaun Matisonn, CEO PruHealth                                     
+44 207 258 6024                                                  

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