Latest Beazley Headlines
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Beazley’s CEO Horton to Become Group CEO of QBE Insurance in Australia
Mar 3 2021 // Beazley Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton is leaving to become the group chief executive officer of QBE Insurance Group Ltd. in Australia, the two companies announced. Horton will be succeeded in the role by Adrian...
Beazley Forms Digital Business Unit to Transform Tech Strategy, Led by Fantozzi
Feb 26 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has unveiled a new digital business unit to transform how the company develops, underwrites and delivers digital insurance solutions for clients and brokers. Existing digital initiatives and...
McGowan Joins Resilience from Beazley as VP, Cyber Underwriter in Chicago
Feb 10 2021 // Resilience, which provides insurance coverage and patented cybersecurity tools to protect mid-market companies, has added Kevin McGowan as vice president in its cyber underwriting unit. McGowan joins Resilience from...
M&T Bank’s Batt, Beazley’s Ingrassia Join AmTrust Cyber Insurance Team
Jan 28 2021 // Specialty insurer AmTrust Financial Services reported that Jeffrey Batt and Michelle Ingrassia have joined its cyber insurance team headed by Aaron Basilius, senior vice president, Cyber. Batt joins AmTrust from M&T...
Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Hires Reardon, Regilio
Nov 19 2020 // Sayata Labs has hired Mat Reardon as business development manager for the East Coast and Tim Regilio to manage West Coast activities also as business development manager. Reardon will manage all current and prospective...
Beazley’s Keefe Moves to Marsh to Lead Cyber Incident Management Team
Oct 14 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Katherine Keefe as U.S. Cyber Incident Management leader. In this newly created role, Keefe will be responsible for leading Marsh’s efforts to assist clients...
Beazley Expands Life Sciences Insurance Offering in UK
Sep 28 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its life sciences insurance offering in the UK with the launch of a new policy designed to protect the sector’s small and start-up research & development-focused...
Beazley Beefs Up Executive Risk Team in U.S. with 6 More Recruits
Sep 22 2020 // Specialty insurer Beazley has expanded its underwriting and claims presence in the U.S. with new hires for its Executive Risk team that focuses on board-level risks facing businesses and their executives. Elizabeth...
People & Places
Sep 21 2020 // National John Fielding Insurer Chubb announced the appointment of John Fielding as senior vice president, general counsel, Global Government and Industry Affairs. In this role, Fielding will provide legal, regulatory and...
Beazley Restructures U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team
Sep 18 2020 // Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing...
Beazley Builds in Midwest with 4 Cyber and Executive Risk Underwriters
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...
Lloyd’s Insurer Beazley Reports 1st Half Loss of $13.8M on Mounting COVID-19 Claims
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...
Insurer Beazley Launches Cyber and Financial Lines Insurance in Colombia
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...
Beazley Launches Booking System for Virtual Broker Meetings in New Business Reality
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...
Beazley Launches Contingency Policy Covering Virtual Event Organizers
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...
Beazley, Vizient Insurance Services to Offer Active Shooter Coverage
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...
Beazley to Offer Occurrence-Based Media Liability Policy for SMEs
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...
Amid COVID-19, Cyber Criminals Push Phishing, Ransomware Scams
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)...
Insurer Beazley Raises $300M to Strengthen Balance Sheet on COVID-19 Uncertainties
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...
Beazley Expands M&A Insurance Team with 5 New Underwriters, Geographies
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...
