Beazley plc
Dublin, 20 May 2013
Director/PDMR shareholding
Beazley plc ("the Company") announces that on 20 May 2013, Mrs Claude Marie-Francoise Bride, connected person to Mr Martin Lindsay Bride, purchased 11,459 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 232.13p per share.
As at 20 May 2013, Mr Bride and his connected person/s were interested in 339,409 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.06% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Beazley plc was informed of this transaction on 20 May 2013.
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 2012, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,895.9 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