Latest Beazley Headlines
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Beazley’s Broker Relations Head Lauds Value of Broker Networks
Jun 21 2010 // Christopher Branch, Head of Broker Relations at Beazley, speaking at the second day of BrokersLink’s second annual global conference in Portugal on Friday, urged underwriters to increase the utilization of the...
Beazley Expands Architects and Engineers Team
Apr 19 2010 // Robin McNeill has joined the architects & engineers professional liability team at underwriter Beazley Group. McNeill, who will be based in Washington, D.C., was most recently a vice president with Victor O. Schinnerer...
Construction Specialists See Slow Recovery in 2010
Jan 10 2010 // Bright Spots for Commercial Contractors; Tough Times for Residential Market Construction insurance specialists say market improvement in 2010 for the construction industry will be slow for most sectors — even so...
Floods in the U.K.; Lloyd’s Exchange Gets Rolling; Willis in Deal for Gras Savoye
Dec 6 2009 // A series of violent storms struck the west coast of England, beginning Nov. 19. Cumbria, the county just below the Scottish border, was the most severely affected area, where heavy rain caused extensive flooding in a...
Beazley Starts Trading through the Lloyd’s Exchange
Nov 25 2009 // Lloyd’s and international insurer Beazley announced that underwriters placing business for the company now have access to the Lloyd’s Exchange. The processing system will enable them to “undertake...
Beazley Launches Two Environmental Insurance Products
Nov 17 2009 // The Connecticut-based Beazley Group announced the launch of its first two environmental insurance products “to meet the evolving needs of the environmental services industry.” The Company, a subsidiary of the...
Business Moves
Nov 15 2009 // TLLA, Crawford Claims management provider Crawford & Company has acquired certain assets of Technical Loss Adjustment and Appraisal LLC (TLAA) of Chicago. The firm’s five experienced adjusters have joined...
Rose and Warner Join Beazley’s Builders’ Risk Unit in Chicago
Nov 2 2009 // Beazley is expanding its U.S. property insurance business with the creation of a dedicated Builders’ Risk team to be located in Chicago, Ill. Colin Rose, a senior underwriter from the London Construction and...
Best Assigns ‘A’ Ratings to Lloyd’s Syndicates 3623, 3622 (Beazley)
Oct 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned its Best’s Syndicate Ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a+” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 3623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 3622, with stable...
Ratings Recap: Beazley (US), Prism
Oct 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. (BICI), which is based in Farmington, Conn. The outlook...
London: International Insurance Center
Oct 5 2009 // Systems Changes, Technology, Talent Pool Position London Market for the Future London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers,...
London: International Insurance Center
Oct 5 2009 // Systems Changes, Technology, Talent Pool Position London Market for the Future London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers,...
S&P, Best Rate Beazley’s Holding Co.
Jun 10 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB+’ long-term counterparty credit rating to Beazley PLC, the Jersey-domiciled and Irish-tax resident, ultimate holding company...
Beazley Group Adds U.S. Builders Risk, Engineered Risk Capabilities
Mar 13 2009 // Beazley Group plc, an insurer of construction and engineering risks in the Lloyd’s market, has established a builders risk and engineered risk capability in the United States. Builders risk, commonly known as...
Business Moves
Mar 9 2009 // Marsh Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., the No. 2 global insurance broker, said the 2008 restructuring at Marsh Inc., its flagship insurance brokerage unit, was on track to generate annual savings of $200 million, and...
Business Moves
Mar 9 2009 // Marsh Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., the No. 2 global insurance broker, said the 2008 restructuring at Marsh Inc., its flagship insurance brokerage unit, was on track to generate annual savings of $200 million, and...
Beazley Acquiring The Hartford’s Surplus Lines Insurer, First State
Feb 17 2009 // London-based insurer and reinsurer Beazley Group is acquiring Boston-based First State Management Group, an underwriting manager specializing in excess and surplus lines commercial property insurance for $35.4 million in...
London’s Reach Bolsters U.S. Specialty Lines
Jan 25 2009 // Insurers Catlin, Beazley, Amlin, Hiscox and Newcomer Torus Find Their Niche in U.S. Market Find a need, then fill it,” is a hoary business principle, but making it work is often harder than it looks. However, a...
Ratings: Hull Club, Lloyd’s Syndicate 623/2623, Flagstone Re, First Net
Sep 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on marine mutual insurer Norwegian Hull Club (NHC) to ‘A-‘ from...
Beazley Tailors Employment Liability Policy for Professional Firms
May 30 2008 // Insurer Beazley Group plc has launched an employment practices liability (EPL) policy its says is tailored to the specific needs of professional services firms such as law firms, accounting firms and architects and...
