All the headlines from our Beazley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2020 // Cyber risks were cited as the top concern among businesses of all sizes in 2019, according to a Travelers report released in October.Of the 1,200 business leaders who participated in an insurer-sponsored survey, 55% said...
Dec 10 2019 // Beazley has launched its BioSecure policy, a life sciences proposition designed for small businesses. The coverage provides flexible insurance protection against a range of exposures in the pharma, biotech and medical...
Dec 2 2019 // Beazley has named Rozina Karimali executive risk underwriter within the cyber and executive risk division. Karimali is based in San Francisco and will underwrite public directors and officers and large private D&O...
Nov 1 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Matthew Westhoff as head of U.S. large commercial property based in New York.Reporting to Beazley’s global head of commercial property, Simon Jackson, Westhoff will manage the...
Oct 30 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Hannah Smith as a miscellaneous medical underwriter within its U.S. healthcare team.Based in Atlanta, Ga., Smith will underwrite a range of miscellaneous medical professional...
Oct 29 2019 // Ransomware attacks increased by 37% during the third quarter of 2019, compared to Q2, as cyber criminals target both IT vendors and their clients, according to data compiled by insurer Beazley.One-quarter (24%) of all...
Oct 29 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Matthew Westhoff as head of U.S. large commercial property based in New York.Westhoff will manage the US-based team, working alongside the property team in London. He brings 16...
Oct 24 2019 // Beazley, the London-based specialist insurer, is making a strategic investment in Hong Kong-based coverholder, Pegasus Underwriting Ltd.The investment will see Beazley become a 30% shareholder in Pegasus. Beazley said it...
Oct 11 2019 // Beazley has appointed Rachel Turk as head of corporate development, effective immediately, following the retirement of Mark Goodman.Turk joined Beazley in January 2009 as an analyst in the management liability team before...
Oct 7 2019 // Credit and political risk insurance brokerage specialist BPL Global has appointed Donnie DiCarlo as executive vice president. He will be based in New York and is charged with expanding BPL’s client base in the U.S....
Sep 20 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Lionel Bejean to the firm’s Greyling Division, based in Alpharetta, Ga., as senior vice president.In his new position, Bejean will be responsible for serving the risk...
Sep 19 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a comprehensive policy designed to cover infringements of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in any public education program.The policy provides...
Sep 4 2019 // Global re/insurer MS Amlin announced that Chris Beazley, CEO of MS Amlin AG, will be expanding his leadership role to include all of MS Amlin’s reinsurance business with immediate effect. Beazley takes over the...
Jul 23 2019 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Beazley Plc said on Tuesday its first-half earnings nearly tripled from last year, as it wrote more policies at higher rates and said it expects double-digit premium growth over the...
Jun 26 2019 // Specialty insurer Beazley has hired two cyber and technology underwriters in the U.S. to meet growing demand from middle market businesses for insurance cover for cyber, data security and privacy exposures. Jennifer...
Jun 6 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has streamlined its MediaTech insurance policy to provide clear and concise wording and combined comprehensive errors and omissions (E&O) and media liability insurance with cyber...
Jun 3 2019 // Ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services team, which reported a 105% increase in ransomware attack notifications against clients compared to Q1...
May 24 2019 // Ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services team, which reported a 105% increase in the number of ransomware attack notifications against clients...
May 20 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has hired Cal Spessard to head the team responsible for handling claims arising from the company’s environmental liability business.Spessard joins Beazley from environmental risk management...
May 15 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has created a marine cyber insurance product to meet the rapidly developing needs of vessel owners and operators.Should a cyber incident impact a vessel’s operational capabilities,...