BNET Industries
Market Cap:$1.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$954.8M
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Beazley is a specialist underwriting business and has been operating within the London market since 1986. We focus on writing specialty-risk insurance and reinsurance business in selected markets. Through our specialist approach to underwriting, Beazley syndicates 2623/623 have established a reputation in the specialty lines, commercial property, retail and personal lines, and treaty and marine sectors. In 2002 Beazley raised 150m in an IPO to support its underwriting business and listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2004 an additional 105m was raised via a rights issue. The additional capital was raised to take on an increased share of its Lloyd's underwriting business and to invest in the establishment of our US operation, Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. an admitted carrier. Beazley syndicates of Lloyd's have an underwriting capacity of 742m for 2005. This is shared between syndicate 2623 ( 519m) and 623 ( 223m). As a Lloyd's business we benefit from the Lloyd's chain of...
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew HortonNumber of Employees 550
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: 524210
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Beazley Group Selects Guidewire ClaimCenter
Leading specialist insurance and reinsurance company adopts state of the art claims management technology LONDON & SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Beazley Group plc Beazley, the parent company of global specialist insurance businesses, and Guidewire Software([R]), a leading global provider of solutions to property and casualty insurance companies, today announced...
Beazley looks to future.(Questions & Answers)(Beazley Group PLC)(dialogue with Andrew Beazley)(Interview)
Beazley Group P.L.C. has had a whirlwind year, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2006 and launching an admitted insurer, Beazley USA, which began writing commercial lines at the beginning of this month. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Beazley spoke recently with BI Editor Regis Coccia about the...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrew Horton | Chief Executive Officer |
| David Marock | Chief Operating Officer |
| Philippe Mazas | Talent Management, Chief Information Officer |
| Johnny Rowell | Executive Director |
| Adrian Lewers | Director, Political |
| Alix Borley | Director, Professional Liability |
| David Andrew Horton | Director, Finance |
| Jonathan Gray | Director, Property Group |
| Nicholas Furlonge | Director, Risk Mgmt |
| Amanda Good | Manager |
| Carrie Brodzinski | Manager of Beazley's Private |
| Densel White | Manager |
| Adrian Cox | Head, Specialty Lines |
| Andy Pomfret | Non-Executive Director |
| Brett Fowler | |
| Cheryl King | |
| Chris Rackliffe | |
| Clive Washbourn | Head, Marine |
| Dana Brown | |
| Debbie Wiechardt | |
| Ian Hoy | |
| James Schwartz | |
| Jerry Sullivan | E&O Product Leader |
| Lionel Bejean | |
| Lloyd Fielder | Head of Beazley's Lawyers |
| Mark Bernacki | Beazley's Head of Commercial Property |
| Mike Donovan | Head of Beazley's Technology, Media and Business Services |
| Neal Wilkinson | Leader of Beazley's Management Liability Team |
| Penny Malik | Head of Talent Management |
| Penny Wood | |
| Specialty Lines | Head of, Property Group, Head of Reinsurance, Risk Management |
| Steve Stephanides | |
| William Demmon | |
| Dudley Fishburn | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Neil Maidment | Head of Marine, Chief Operating Officer, Head of, Property Group, Chairman of Underwriting Committee |
| Andrew Beazley | Deputy Chairman |
| Arthur Manners | Board of Directors |
| Daniel L Jones | Board of Directors |
| J. Dudley Fishburn | Board of Directors |
| Marston Becker | Board of Directors |
| Martin Bride | Board of Directors |
| Marty Becker | Board of Directors |
| Vincent Sheridan | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | President | Former |
| ING Barings | Deputy Global Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Finance | Former |
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
Neil is the Chairman of the Group Underwriting Committee and Head of Beazley's Reinsurance division. After graduating from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he began his career at Lloyds in 1984, writing the Non-Marine Treaty account. He joined Beazley in 1990 and was appointed to the Board in 1993. Neil is a fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of Marine, Chief Operating Officer, Head of, Property Group, Chairman of Underwriting Committee | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Reinsurance | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Head, Reinsurance | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Talent Management, Chief Information Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Executive Director | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Director of Beazley and Chairman of the Company's Underwriting Committee | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Political | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of the Political Risk and Contingency Group | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Professional Liability | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Finance | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Property Group | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Head, Property Group Division | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director, Risk Mgmt | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Manager of Beazley's Private | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head, Specialty Lines | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| GeneralCologne Re | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rathbone Brothers Plc | CEO | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Rathbone Brothers Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Rathbone Brothers Plc | Finance Director | Former |
| Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein | Former | |
| KPMG International | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
Clive joined Beazley in 1998 as Head of Marine for Syndicate 2623/623 and is a member of both the Beazley Group Limited and Beazley Furlonge Limited Boards. Prior to joining Beazley Clive spent eight years at ACE, initially as Deputy Underwriter of Syndicate 375 before taking over as Active Underwriter from the late Nick Colton. He has twenty five years experience in the marine insurance industry, is a member LMA Marine Committee and Chairman of the Joint War Committee.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Marine.Com, Inc. | Head | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Head, Marine | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Engineers, Inc. | Current | |
| Beazley Group Plc | Current | |
| Lexington Insurance Company | Northeast A& E Underwriting Manager | Former |
| Lexington Insurance Company | National A & E Specialist | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
Jim joined Beazley in March 2006. He is responsible for underwriting architectural and engineering risks. Jim is also responsible for the risk management programs that Beazley offers its A&E clients. Prior to joining Beazley, Jim practiced as an attorney for 15 years in New York and Boston, specializing in representing architects and engineers in professional liability claims and transactional work. Jim earned his bachelor's degree at the Univerity of Michigan and his law degree at Brooklyn Law School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current | |
| Brooklyn Law School | Degree | Former |
Jerry joined Beazley in May 2005 as the E&O Product Leader within Specialty Lines. Jerry is based in Beazley USA's Farmington, Conn Office. Jerry is responsible for the development of Beazley USA's technology, media and miscellaneous E&O and architects/engineers professional liability business, focusing on small and mid-market accounts. Jerry brings 10 years of experience in these lines.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | E&O Product Leader | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of Beazley's Lawyers | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Beazley's Head of Commercial Property | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of Beazley's Technology, Media and Business Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Leader of Beazley's Management Liability Team | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of Talent Management | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current | |
| Beazley Company | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Head of, Property Group, Head of Reinsurance, Risk Management | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Steve joined Beazley as a specialty lines underwriter for Architects and Engineers in January 2006. Before joining Beazley, he was the Senior Underwriter for Lexington Insurance Company specializing in large firm underwriting. Prior to that, he was an underwriter at XL Design Professional. Steve is based in Philadelphia.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current | |
| Engineers, Inc. | Current | |
| Xl Design Professional | Former | |
| Lexington Insurance Company | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Current | |
| Shand Morahan & Company Inc | Claim Attorney | Former |
Andrew Beazley is the CEO of the Beazley Group and President of Beazley Insurance Company Inc. He has over 30 years of Insurance experience as a broker and an underwriter. Andrew's past at Lloyd's has included serving as a member of the Lloyd's Market Board from 1994-1997. He was also a member of the Chairman's Strategy Group which set down the blueprint for reforms including the creation of the Franchise Board.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. | President | Current |
| Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | CEO | Former |
| The Strategy Group | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Strategy Group | Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fred A. Moreton & Company | Chief Executive | Former |
Dudley Fishburn is a director of HSBC Bank plc. He is an independent director of Beazley Group plc and Altria Inc. He joined the Board in 1996. He was for nine years a Member of Parliament and is a former Treasurer of the National Trust and executive editor of The Economist.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Director | Current |
| HSBC Bank plc | Director | Current |
| Itshenderson | Chairman | Former |
| National Trust Company | Treasurer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Media Holdings, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Max Capital Group Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| West Virginia University | Juris Doctor | Former |
| West Virginia University | Bachelor of Science In Business Administration Degrees | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beazley Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Volume | 129,414 |
| Shares Outstanding | 46.5M |
| Market Cap | 1.2B |
| Year High | 30.82 |
| Year Low | 10.21 |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.63 |
| P/E Ratio | 16.90 |
| Dividend | 0.68 |
| Yield | 2.4673 |
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