All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed four new underwriters within its Chicago, Ill.-based cyber and executive risk division.Jon Perry and Megan Feyereisen join as executive risk underwriters, while Brett Kreiter and...
Jul 23 2020 // British insurer Beazley swung to a loss for the first half on Thursday after setting aside $170 million for coronavirus-related claims, saying the fallout from the crisis would be similar to a major natural catastrophe.The...
Jul 22 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a suite of cyber and financial lines insurance products to protect against the risks facing businesses and senior executives in Colombia.Beazley has tailored an information security...
Jul 7 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched an online booking system to make it easier and quicker for brokers to arrange virtual appointments and share relevant documentation securely with underwritrs.Built in collaboration...
Jun 22 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a contingency policy designed to cover event organizers if a transmission failure disrupts or cancels a live virtual event.The insurer acknowledged that streaming live events is not...
Jun 19 2020 // Beazley has established a contracted relationship with Vizient Insurance Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Vizient, Inc., to offer active shooter coverage. This coverage is available immediately to Vizient members. Under the...
Jun 17 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched an occurrence media liability policy designed to the risks faced by small to medium-sized media outlets and publishers in the United States.Beazley’s media liability policy...
Jun 16 2020 // There was a 25% spike in ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2020 versus the fourth quarter 2019, based on incidents reported to in-house breach response team for insurer Beazley’s Breach Response (BBR)...
May 19 2020 // Beazley, the Lloyd’s specialist insurer, announced it raised £247 million (approximately $300 million) in capital via an equity placement designed to strengthen its balance sheet as a result of the continuing...
Apr 29 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has expanded its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team with new locations and the appointment of five new underwriters.This follows several years of continuous growth in underwriting...
Apr 28 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley is introducing a new product recall insurance policy for private enterprises in the U.S., with a planned launch in the second quarter of 2020. The company has appointed a new underwriting team...
Apr 21 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has extended its distribution capabilities in Asia Pacific following the authorization by the Labuan financial regulator of a new service company.The new company, Beazley Labuan Ltd., will...
Apr 16 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Bethany Greenwood as global head of cyber & executive risk (CyEx) from July 2020. She will join Beazley’s executive committee at the same time.Greenwood joined Beazley...
Apr 6 2020 // Mark Friedlander and Kris Maccini have been appointed to senior communications positions at the Insurance Information Institute (III) to broaden the organization’s traditional and social media operations.As...
Apr 6 2020 // The number of ransomware attack notifications against insurance clients increased by 131% in 2019 and the funds demanded by the attackers surged along with the counts.A new report from specialty insurer Beazley’s...
Mar 24 2020 // The number of ransomware attack notifications against insurance clients increased by 131 percent in 2019 and the funds demanded by the attackers surged along with the counts.A new report from specialty insurer...
Mar 24 2020 // Global specialty insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group announced that Mark R. Bernacki will join the firm as president of AmWINS Special Risk Underwriters (SRU) and executive vice president of AmWINS Group, effective March 30,...
Mar 13 2020 // Beazley has made its flagship cyber product, Beazley Breach Response (BBR), available to brokers of small and medium-sized business through the myBeazley platform in the U.S., speeding up the time required to obtain a...
Jan 29 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Justin Sanches as an underwriter within the U.S. healthcare liability team. Sanches joins Beazley’s Los Angeles, Calif., office to underwrite a range of global miscellaneous...
Jan 9 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley and reinsurer RenaissanceRe have jointly launched a product that provides Beazley with additional catastrophe cover for cyber events. The majority of the security behind the deal will be provided...