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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
D'Orazio Frank

(Last)(First)(Middle)
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE CO. HOLDINGS LTD, 27 RICHMOND ROAD

(Street)
PEMBROKED0HM 08

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE CO HOLDINGS LTD [AWH]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Pres. Bda & Int'l Ins., AWAC
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares (1) 25,000
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units  (2) (2) Common Shares 2,000 (3) $ (3) D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents Restricted Stock Units which convert into Common Shares upon the vesting of such units on a one-for-one basis.
2. The Restricted Stock Units vest in four equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on February 26, 2010.
3. Grant of Restricted Stock Units for no monetary consideration. 4,000 Restricted Stock Units convert into (i) 2,000 Common Shares of the Company and (ii) cash equal to the market value of 2,000 Common Shares (measured at the date of vesting) upon the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units.
/s/ Frank N. D'Orazio10/09/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Wesley D. Dupont and Wayne H. Datz, each acting alone with full
power, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer or director of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd or its
subsidiaries (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
either of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 30th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Frank D'Orazio
____________________________
Frank D'Orazio
 

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