All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 15 2006 // Specialty lines insurer Beazley reported the availability of coverage for wage and hour claims as an extension of its employment practices liability (EPL) coverage.The wage and hour coverage is available and separately...
Oct 5 2005 // Beazley Group plc announced that Orville Lewis is joining the company to establish a new underwriting practice focusing on U.S. transportation risks. Lewis brings to Beazley extensive experience of underwriting...
Sep 21 2005 // Beazley, an insurer of specialty coverages, is offering an employment practices liability (EPL) policy to U.S. clients with up to 10,000 employees.The new policy will be offered in the admitted market and underwritten in...
Aug 8 2005 // A.M. Best Co. assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Beazley Insurance Company Inc. of Omaha, Neb., a newly formed U.S. insurer that is part...
Aug 8 2005 // A.M. Best Co. placed the financial strength ratings of “A” (excellent) for American Re Corporation Group’s member companies under review with negative implications. Member companies include American...
Jul 14 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. (BICI) (Omaha, NE), a newly formed U.S. insurer that is part of...
Jun 6 2005 // Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s more benign invasion by a number of British insurance...
May 10 2005 // Beazley USA, a subsidiary of the U.K.-based Beazley Group, plc, a leading Lloyd’s underwriter, announced that Jerry Sullivan is joining the company as the E&O Product Leader within Specialty Lines. He will be...
Mar 2 2005 // London-based Beazley has started underwriting specialty lines business locally in the U.S. on behalf of its syndicates at Lloyd’s.The opening of its office in Farmington, Conn. is part of Beazley’s plans to...
Dec 17 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed its Syndicate Rating of “A “(Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623, which...
Nov 22 2004 // A.M. Best Co. placed the financial strength rating “A-” (excellent) of Omaha Property and Casualty Insurance Co. (OPAC) under review with developing implications. The under review status reflects the...
Nov 9 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a rating of “bbb-” to the forthcoming $18 million of floating rate subordinated notes due 2034 to be issued by the U.K.’s Beazley Group Plc., the non-operating...
Nov 5 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has placed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of Omaha Property and Casualty Insurance Company (OPAC) (Omaha, Neb) under review with developing...