Key facts

• Beazley was founded in 1986 by Andrew Beazley and Nicholas Furlonge
• Most of the Beazley management team has worked together since 1993
• Beazley has consistently returned a profit in every closed year of account since inception in 1986
• Beazley Group is a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange (BEZ) having floated in November 2002
• Beazley employs around 580 staff (as at October 2008) worldwide
• In 2007 Beazley made a pre-tax profit of £138.5m
• Beazley's managed syndicates are among the leading syndicates at Lloyd's and are backed - like all syndicates - by the Lloyd's chain of security. Lloyd's is rated A+ (strong) by Standard & Poor's and A (Excellent) by A.M. Best
• Beazley began underwriting business locally in the United States in 2005 and, in 2007, wrote gross premiums of $175m through its US operations
• Syndicate 3623 was established in 2008 to underwrite personal accident business and insure sports business through its leadership of consortium 9476
• *Syndicate 3622 is a dedicated life assurance syndicate, underwriting business from 2009 (subject to approval from Lloyd's)