HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. to Present At Oppenheimer Insurance CEO Summit

HOUSTON, May 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE:HCC) announced today that HCC President and Chief Executive Officer John
N. Molbeck, Jr. will be presenting as part of two panels at the Oppenheimer
Insurance CEO Summit in New York City on Tuesday, June 2.

The first panel, entitled "Insurance Investment Portfolio: An Industry
Perspective to Investing," will begin at 12:55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The
second panel, "A Specialty Insurer's View of General Liability," will begin at
3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (HCC) is a leading
international specialty insurance group with offices across the United States
and in Bermuda, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. HCC has assets of $8.6
billion, shareholders' equity of $2.7 billion and is rated AA (Very Strong) by
Standard & Poor's and AA (Very Strong) by Fitch Ratings. In addition, HCC's
major domestic insurance companies are rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company.

For more information, visit our website at www.hcc.com.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made under "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The types of risks and
uncertainties which may affect the Company are set forth in its periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Barney White, HCC Vice President of Investor Relations
(713) 744-3719