Directorate Changes

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Beazley PLC

10 March 2016

 

Beazley plc

Dublin, 10 March 2016

Directorate changes           

Beazley plc announces that Rolf Tolle, who has been a Beazley plc non-executive director since December 2010, has resigned from the board with effect from 11 March 2016.  Rolf Tolle has also stepped down from the board of Beazley Furlonge Ltd, Beazley's managing agency. 

Beazley plc also announces that Catherine Woods, who joined the board on 1 January 2016, has been appointed to the audit and risk committee with effect from 11 March 2016.

Beazley's chairman Dennis Holt said "my colleagues and I would like to extend our thanks to Rolf Tolle for his contributions and the challenge that he has brought to the Beazley boards and committees throughout his tenure, and we are delighted that Catherine Woods will be bringing her considerable experience to the audit and risk committee."   

There are no matters requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope

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Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Australia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2015, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,080.9 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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