All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 25 2015 // Beazley has introduced fraudulent instruction insurance, a new coverage to address losses from the transfer of funds as a result of fraudulent instructions from a person purporting to be a vendor, client or authorized...
Jun 8 2015 // Beazley has named Nicholas Little and Timothy Regilio to the company’s private enterprise team, which focuses on the professional liability needs of small businesses.Both Little and Regilio will be based in San...
May 22 2015 // Beazley has launched of a new risk management website for Beazley Breach Response (BBR) policyholders. The site offers tools and resources to help insureds prepare for and respond to a data breach and minimize reputational...
May 18 2015 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, has announced that Ken Forsyth will be joining Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas,...
May 14 2015 // Beazley has launched “Beazley Practice Protect,” an enhanced management liability policy for law firms, designed to confront a rapidly evolving market for counsel and legal services.Beazley Practice Protect...
May 8 2015 // Beazley plc reported that first quarter premiums grew by 6 percent to $546 million, compared to $516 million in 2014.Beazley’s largest division, specialty lines, wrote $226 million during the first quarter, which is...
May 1 2015 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Will Roscoe to head the company’s broker relations activity in the London and European markets.Roscoe brings extensive experience of the insurance market both as a broker and...
Apr 30 2015 // Beazley Group has hired a former Hiscox executive to help expand its miscellaneous medical insurance capabilities.Christopher Dunlavy will be based in Beazley’s Atlanta office. The miscellaneous medical team...
Apr 9 2015 // Beazley and Korean Re announced a partnership to develop business together and to establish a special purpose syndicate at Lloyd’s, Syndicate 6050.Under the agreement, Syndicate 6050 will write a whole account quota...
Feb 17 2015 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Lancashire Holdings plc and Novae Group plc may be the next in line for takeover offers after Brit plc became the second U.K. firm within weeks to be acquired.Lancashire, which gained...
Feb 6 2015 // Beazley plc is targeting 5 percent growth for 2015 as the insurer looks to its U.S. unit to help offset falling prices for coverage at its Lloyd’s of London business.Beazley, the first of its peers to report results,...
Feb 5 2015 // Increased regulation and hostilities in countries around the world have made it more dangerous for U.S. companies to send employees overseas for jobs. The potential for terrorist activities here at home also requires...
Nov 3 2014 // Insurance broker Marsh has named Christian Ryan, a real estate, gaming and hospitality insurance broker, as its U.S. Gaming Practice leader.Ryan joins Marsh from Willis North America where he has spent the last nine years,...
Oct 15 2014 // Beazley Plc hired Matt Barone from American International Group Inc., becoming the second insurer in a month to recruit from AIG to build groups that sell coverage protecting corporate clients against crimes.Barone joins...
May 27 2014 // Worldwide Facilities, Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with the Canopius and Beazley Lloyd’s of London syndicates to provide a new underwriting platform for land-based oil and gas lease operators. Products...
May 22 2014 // Cyber security and cyber threats are growing, both in numbers and in costs. They will certainly continue to increase as they follow the increases in Internet use and the rapid changes in how electronic information is...
Apr 16 2014 // Beazley has enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) product to include expanded privacy breach response services and broader coverageThe enhancements, which will come standard on all future BBR policies, will also...
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
Feb 24 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. (BICI), based in Farmington, Conn., a subsidiary of Beazley...
Jan 28 2014 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Beazley and Hiscox have partnered to offer brokers and clients a D&O consortium through which the syndicates will provide materially higher limits and offer additional options to...