Directorate Changes

RNS Number : 3213X

Beazley PLC

07 February 2013

 



Beazley plc

Dublin, 7 February 2013

Beazley plc Directorate Changes

Beazley plc announces that the board has recommended the appointment of Angela Crawford-Ingle as an independent non-executive director of Beazley plc.  Angela Crawford-Ingle is expected to take up the position subject to approval of her appointment at the Annual General Meeting in March 2013. 

There are no matters requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Gordon Hamilton, who has been a director of Beazley plc since 2006, does not intend to seek re-election to the board at the Annual General Meeting in March 2013.   He is expected to be succeeded as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee by Angela Crawford-Ingle.

Beazley chairman Dennis Holt said: "I am delighted to welcome Angela to the board of Beazley plc.  My colleagues and I are also immensely grateful for the contribution that Gordon Hamilton has made as a non executive director and as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee."     

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope

[phone]

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

 

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