All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 19 2006 // The UK’s Beazley Group plc announced that Peter Jenkins and Marc Werblow have joined its political risks underwriting team. “Their appointment demonstrates Beazley’s commitment to grow the business...
Dec 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Ratings of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 623, managed by the...
Nov 17 2006 // Beazley Group plc announced that to strengthen its U.S. commercial property team ahead of its launch in the admitted market the company has hired Neil Brown as the senior underwriter for its central region, based in...
Nov 13 2006 // Beazley Group plc has expanded its Engineering and Construction team with the opening of a new office in Singapore and the appointment of Byran Lee Guan Leong and Wong Jyh Lih. They will be based in Singapore, writing...
Oct 30 2006 // Beazley, an insurer of specialty lines risks, has expanded its global specialty lines claims team with the addition of four professionals in the company’s newly opened New York office. Prior to joining Beazley, Peter...
Oct 25 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of “bbb-” to the £150 million ($281.4 million) subordinated bonds issued by the U.K.-based Beazley Group plc, the non-operating holding company of the Beazley group of...
Sep 28 2006 // Connecticut-based Specialty lines insurer Beazley announced that it is expanding BeazleySource, its proprietary risk management platform, to include information and advice for fiduciaries and administrators of employee...
Sep 25 2006 // Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the...
Sep 25 2006 // Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the...
Sep 12 2006 // The U.K.-based Beazley Group plc has announced the appointment of Gordon Hamilton as an independent, non-executive director, with effect from 8th September 2006. He will also join Beazley’s audit and remuneration...
Sep 7 2006 // Joseph Morrello has been hired as Beazley Group plc’s U.S. Eastern region underwriting manager, mid-market commercial property, covering the east coast from Maine to Florida.Beazley has been underwriting U.S....
Sep 6 2006 // The London-based Beazley Group plc, a leading Lloyd’s insurer, has created a facility in the Lloyd’s market for catastrophe – exposed U.S. commercial property risks. Beazley said its “Quincat...
Aug 31 2006 // The U.K.-based Beazley Group plc posted slightly lower pre-tax profits for the six months ended 30 June 2006 of £28.3 million ($54 million), compared to £35.2 million ($67 million) for the same period of 2005.However,...
Jul 24 2006 // Starr Aviation Agency, ChubbStarr Aviation Agency Inc., a wholly-owned specialty subsidiary of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc. and The Chubb Corp. entered into an underwriting agreement under which Chubb will provide hull and...
Jun 15 2006 // Beazley Group plc has increased its stake to 100 percent in Asia Pacific Underwriting Agency Limited (APUA), a Hong Kong based insurance underwriting agency, that sources business throughout Asia from insurance...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
Apr 19 2006 // The U.K.-based Beazley Group announced that MarshMac veteran Dan Jones has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director to the Beazley Group Board, to take effect July 1. He will retire from Marsh in June. Jones...
Mar 24 2006 // Carrollton, Ga.-based Britt Paulk Insurance Agency Inc. has teamed up with Beazley USA, an admitted “A-” rated company, to provide Ocean Marine Cargo coverage focused on writing risk for small and mid-sized...
Mar 20 2006 // Beazley announced it has hired two senior underwriters to assist with the company’s U.S. operations mid market commercial property business a focus.Todd Hanes joins Beazley as the West Coast regional underwriting...