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  • Beazley's net investment income drops by 70% in 2018

    07 February 2019

    CEO describe drop as equivalent to large catastrophe loss on underwriting portfolio

  • Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

    11 January 2019

    Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

  • Axa and Beazley agree London skyscraper tenancy

    10 October 2018

    Insurer will take 50,000 sq metres of office space in 62-storey building that will be completed late next year

  • Beazley half year investment returns slide to $8m

    20 July 2018

    Rising US interest rates impacted the insurer’s bond portfolio

  • Lloyd's syndicates investment bill jumps 33%

    31 May 2018

    Returns also rose in 2017 thanks to conservative allocation to equity and risk assets

  • Beazley trims exposure to investment grade credit

    09 November 2017

    Reinvests in sovereign debt

  • Beazley rides high on growth assets and corporate debt

    21 July 2017

    Increased allocation to growth assets also helps the specialist insurer improve investment returns

  • Investment returns exceed expectations as Beazley tilts to corporate debt

    11 May 2017

    Lloyd's specialist insurer reduces sovereign exposure and increases weighted average duration

  • Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns

    12 April 2017

    Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds

  • 'Trump effect' and alternatives boost 2016 returns for Lloyd's syndicates

    06 April 2017

    Illiquid credit, equities and hedge funds favoured by some at the expense of sovereign exposure