All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2026 // Zurich Insurance’s bid to buy British insurer Beazley will set the stage for further deals in the sector as buyers jostle for exposure to the lucrative specialty lines market, analysts, industry advisers and a broker...
Feb 4 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG has made a sweetened £8 billion ($11 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, an offer that’s won the tentative approval of the UK insurer’s board.The Swiss insurance giant’s revised...
Feb 2 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG disclosed a 1.5% stake in Beazley Plc, about two weeks after the UK specialty insurer rejected the industry giant’s latest takeover approach.The Swiss company now holds about 8.87 million...
Jan 22 2026 // Beazley Plc has rejected Zurich Insurance Group AG’s £7.7 billion ($10.3 billion) takeover approach, the latest twist in the Swiss giant’s attempt to acquire the UK specialty insurer.London-listed Beazley said...
Jan 20 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure on the UK-listed company it’s been wooing for more than 12 months.The Swiss insurer offered...
Nov 18 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the specialty insurer Tokio Marine Kiln and the MGA Augmented UW.A summary of these new hires follows here. TMK Taps Beazley’s Silvestre as Head of...
Oct 7 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Allianz Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head...
Jun 30 2025 // U.S.-based executives feel more prepared to counter cyber threats, potentially indicating a false sense of security because many companies lack the ability to be adequately prepared, according to a new report from...
Jun 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and QBE Insurance.A summary of these executive hires follows here. Beazley, headquartered in London, appointed Stefan Wunderlich as head of...
May 30 2025 // The only stock in the FTSE 100 with buy recommendations from every analyst that covers it just gained another bull.Beazley Plc was named a ‘top pick’ by Berenberg, which gave the Lloyd’s of London insurer...
Mar 14 2025 // Specialty insurer Beazley appointed Lindsay Shipper as head of commercial property, North America, effective April 1.She will report to Richard Montminy, group head of property risks, and will be based in Atlanta. Shipper...
Feb 27 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and BMS Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley Taps Generali’s Foucher as Head of Commercial Property, EuropeBeazley, the...
Oct 8 2024 // Specialty insurer Beazley announced the launch of a cyber consortium that provides comprehensive cover for large corporates with a turnover in excess of $1 billion, infusing $100 million of new capacity into the cyber...
Aug 8 2024 // British insurer Beazley upgraded its combined ratio forecast for 2024 on Thursday after first-half pretax profit nearly doubled, boosted by growth in its property risks premiums and fewer catastrophe losses, sending its...
May 16 2024 // Front Street Re, an operating subsidiary of Lexasure Financial Group Limited headquartered in Georgetown, Cayman Islands, appointed Edison Fong as CEO.Before joining Front Street Re, Fong was a director at Converge Re and...
Mar 28 2024 // Ki, the digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced a partnership with Beazley whereby Ki will offer additional follow capacity from Beazley syndicate 2623/623 through its digital platform from...
Feb 21 2024 // Beazley, the London-based specialty insurer, announced the creation of an integrated cyber risk management company, Beazley Security, formed from the merger of its in-house Cyber Services team and its wholly owned cyber...
Dec 1 2023 // According to Beazley’s Spotlight on Business Risks report, 22% of global executives reported employer risk as the top business risk challenge they face in 2023—a notable share that has doubled in just two...
Jun 16 2023 // Amwins Global Risks, the international arm of global specialty insurance broker Amwins, announced the launch of Amwins Amplify, a new automated follow-form facility, led by Beazley’s Smart Tracker Syndicate...
May 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at FWD Group and Lloyd’s of London.A summary of these new hires follows here. Hong Kong’s FWD Group Names Former SiriusPoint CEO as Group CFOFWD...