Exhibit 99.1

IMMEDIATE	26 OCTOBER 2006
Resolution passed at Extraordinary General Meeting on 26 October 2006
An Extraordinary General Meeting of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (R&SA) to request shareholder approval of the proposed amendments to R&SA’s Articles of Association (to enable R&SA to deregister from the SEC) took place today. The resolution was unanimously approved by attending shareholders on a show of hands. The decision of the attending shareholders was endorsed by the proxy votes cast. A summary of the proxy votes is shown below:

For	Discretionary	Against	Vote Withheld
1,672,469,008	1,942,126	252,861,447	14,524,969
Issued ordinary share capital as at 26 October 2006: 2,961,634,470
The resolution was supported by a substantial majority (over 86.5%) of the proxy votes cast (for votes plus discretionary) in favour of the amendments.
R&SA will now take steps to deregister from the SEC and suspend SEC reporting obligations. A further announcement in respect of these steps will be made shortly.
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For further information:

Analysts	Press
Helen Pickford	Phil Wilson-Brown	Luke Thomas
Head of Investor Relations	Head of External	Deputy Group Company
	Communications	Secretary
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