Beazley plc
Dublin, 19 August 2011
Director shareholding
Beazley plc ("the Company") announces that on 18 August 2011,
Mr Martin Bride purchased 7,694 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 109.57p. At 18 August 2011, Mr Bride and his connected persons were interested in 227,310 shares, representing approximately 0.04% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Beazley plc was informed of this transaction on 18 August 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Beazley plc
Sian Coope
+353 (0)1 854 4700
Note to editors:
Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia. Beazley manages five Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2010, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,741.6 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