Beazley plc Employee Benefit Trust

Beazley plc

London, 20 February 2019

Beazley plc Employee Benefit Trust

Beazley plc (the 'Company') announces that the Beazley plc Employee Benefit Trust has purchased 250,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company on 19 February 2019 at a gross price of 546.55p.

The Beazley plc Employee Benefit Trust now owns 3,957,076 ordinary shares of 5p each (0.75% of the issued share capital).

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Christine Oldridge

+44 (0)20 7674 7758

Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L) is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, United States, Canada, Latin America and Asia. Beazley manages seven Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2018, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,615.3 million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. 

Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of specialist insurance products. In the admitted market, coverage is provided by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all 50 states. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's.

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, property, marine, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risks and contingency business.

For more information please go to: www.beazley.com