News Results for Beazley (BEZ)

RBC Capital Markets today reaffirms its outperform investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 600p (from 650p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Sally Lake, Executive Director, bought 1,888 shares in the company on the 4th December 2019 at a price of 534.17p. The Director now holds 1,888 shares representing 0.00% of the shares in issue....

Jefferies International today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 616p (from 665p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

David Roberts, Chairman, bought 9,450 shares in the company on the 13th November 2019 at a price of 531.85p. The Director now holds 50,750 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Director...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 450p (from 460p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

UBS today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 630p (from 650p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

UK stocks closed lower on Friday as comments from Donald Trump unsettled the markets, the President saying he hasn't agreed to roll back tariffs, as China claimed on Thursday, and claiming that...

UK stocks traded lower on Friday as US-China trade deal optimism began to fade and airline owner International Consolidated Airlines cut its earnings forecasts. At 11.30, the benchmark FTSE 100...

UK stocks opened lower on Friday as US-China trade deal optimism began to fade and airline owner International Consolidated Airlines cut its earnings forecasts. At 0858, the benchmark FTSE 100...

Insurance company Beazley said premiums grew in the nine months through September amid what it described as a difficult claims environment. Gross premiums written for the nine months ended 30...

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 630p (from 665p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

UBS today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to buy (from buy) and raised its price target to 650p (from 635p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data...

UBS today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to buy (from neutral) and raised its price target to 635p (from 575p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, exercised 6,742 shares in the company on the 23rd July 2019 at a price of 266.96p. The Director now holds 879,482 shares. NOTE: Re: 2016 PAYE Scheme Story provided...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 460p (from 465p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 665p (from 620p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker...

FTSE finishes strongly as Johnson heads for Number 10 Sterling weakness amid fears Boris Johnson's imminent arrival as UK prime minister will increase the chance of a no-deal Brexit, helped lift...

The FTSE 100 was 0.6% higher as in a widely predicted move Conservative Party members voted Boris Johnson as their leader paving his way towards Number 10. Sterling was volatile around the...

UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday as the pound weakened in the wake of Boris Johnson's expected appointment as Prime Minister, helping exporters. At 0847, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up...

Specialist insurer Beazley posted a large rise in first-half profit after it successfully pushed through rises in premium rates and generated higher returns from its investments. Pre-tax profit...

RBC Capital Markets today reaffirms its top pick investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 675p (from 700p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 465p (from 470p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

UBS today reaffirms its neutral investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 575p (from 560p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Berenberg today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 629p (from 616p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

Further to an announcement on 17 January 2019, insurance firm Beazley announced that at its meeting held on 23 May 2019, Sally Lake was appointed as a director of the company. She replaces Martin...

Morgan Stanley today initiates coverage of Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) with a overweight investment rating and price target of 651p. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

Numis today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to add (from hold). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by www.sharesmagazine.co.uk

Beazley said premiums grew double-digits in the first quarter of the year, but a higher-than-normal levels of claims in its marine, property and reinsurance businesses continued kept a lid on...

John Reizenstein, Non Executive Director, bought 10,000 shares in the company on the 17th April 2019 at a price of 558.62p. The Director now holds 10,000 shares representing 0.00% of the shares in...

Berenberg today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 622p (from 640p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, sold 5,600 shares in the company on the 25th March 2019 at a price of 505.84p. The Director now holds 872,740 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

RBC Capital Markets today reaffirms its top pick investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 700p (from 650p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 490p (from 455p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data...

UBS today reaffirms its neutral investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 560p (from 550p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Jefferies International today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 650p (from 680p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Andrew Horton, Chief Executive Officer, sold 108,136 shares in the company on the 13th February 2019 at a price of 505.25p. The Director now holds 1,840,081 shares. NOTE: Sold to meet tax...

Martin Bride, Financial Director, sold 131,107 shares in the company on the 13th February 2019 at a price of 505.25p. The Director now holds 221,561 shares. NOTE: Sold to meet tax liabilities from...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, sold 70,874 shares in the company on the 13th February 2019 at a price of 505.25p. The Director now holds 875,640 shares. NOTE: Sold to meet tax liabilities from...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, exercised 68,920 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 946,514 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

Andrew Horton, Chief Executive Officer, exercised 122,461 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 1,948,217 shares. Story provided by...

Martin Bride, Financial Director, has transferred in 67,070 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 288,631 shares. NOTE: vesting Story...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, has transferred in 83,838 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 877,594 shares. NOTE: vesting Story provided...

Andrew Horton, Chief Executive Officer, has transferred in 108,990 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 1,825,756 shares. NOTE: Vesting...

Martin Bride, Financial Director, exercised 64,037 shares in the company on the 11th February 2019 at a price of 0.00p. The Director now holds 352,668 shares. Story provided by...

Beazley reported Thursday annual profits more than halved as underwriting losses in its property insurance and reinsurance division offset a rise in gross premiums written. For the year ended 31...

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 620p (from 650p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Beazley said Thursday it would appoint Sally Lake as the group finance director. Lake would take up the position in May 2019, when Martin Bride is expected to step down. A Fellow of the...

UBS today reaffirms its neutral investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 550p (from 580p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Global equities tumbled as oil slumped on fears oil cartel OPEC will not cut production at its meeting today, while trade war concerns also weighed on sentiment. The arrest of an executive at...

Fears over a re-escalation of trade tensions and concern OPEC might not cut production at its meeting later today are seeing both oil and equity markets come under severe pressure. The FTSE 100...

Insurer Beazley announced Thursday flat year-to-date investment returns and estimated the cost of claims arising from the 2018 California wildfires was $40m, net of reinsurance. Beazley's...

UBS today reaffirms its neutral investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 580p (from 560p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 465p (from 470p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided...

RBC Capital Markets today reaffirms its top pick investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 700p (from 675p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

George Blunden, Non Executive Director, sold 5,000 shares in the company on the 21st August 2018 at a price of 586.74p. The Director now holds 40,000 shares. Story provided by...

Berenberg today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to buy (from hold). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by www.sharesmagazine.co.uk

Andrew Horton, Chief Executive Officer, exercised 3,800 shares in the company on the 20th July 2018 at a price of 236.83p. The Director now holds 1,716,766 shares. Story provided by...

Robert Stuchbery, Non Executive Director, bought 9,500 shares in the company on the 20th July 2018 at a price of 528.10p. The Director now holds 62,500 shares. Story provided by...

UBS today reaffirms its neutral investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 560p (from 580p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

The FTSE 100 remained in the red after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on all imports for China. The blue-chip index was 5.1 points lower at 7,678. Miners were among the...

The FTSE 100 struggled on Friday with earlier gains wiped out in late morning trading thanks to the broadcast of a news interview where Donald Trump threatened to put tariffs on all Chinese...

UK stocks opened higher on Friday as fears of a no-deal Brexit continued to heap pressure on the pound, helping the shares of big British multi-nationals. At 0845, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was...

Underwriter Beazley said Friday first-half gross premiums written increased 15% but profit before tax more than halved as investment income slumped. Beazley also said that Martin Bride, Group...

RBC Capital Markets today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to top pick (from outperform). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 470p (from 380p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data...

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 650p (from 550p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker...

Numis today downgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to hold (from add). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by www.sharesmagazine.co.uk

Insurance underwriter Beazley said gross premiums written increased by 10% to $631m in the first quarter of the year, from $573m, supported by rate increases across multiple lines of business....

Martin Bride, Financial Director, sold 5,335 shares in the company on the 10th April 2018 at a price of 577.00p. The Director now holds 221,561 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

Credit Suisse today reaffirms its outperform investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 610p (from 580p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts...

Numis today upgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to add (from hold) and set its price target at 610p. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data provided by...

Beazley reported profit before tax fell 43% to $168m in 2017 from $293.2m a year ago amid numerous natural catastrophes in the year that generated heavy claims for the insurance industry. The...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 380p (from 320p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com Broker Forecasts data...

Beazley expects pre-tax profits for the year ended 31 Dec to be ahead of current market forecasts. The group said the board anticipated that Beazley would report a combined ratio of 99% for 2017....

David Roberts, Non Executive Director, bought 41,300 shares in the company on the 18th December 2017 at a price of 485.70p. The Director now holds 41,300 shares. Story provided by...

Berenberg today initiates coverage of Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) with a hold investment rating and price target of 500p. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 550p (from 535p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Beazley's gross premiums written increased by 6% to $1,762m in the nine months to the end of September but premium rates on renewal business decreased by 1%. The group also reported a year to...

Beazley has appointed David Roberts as a non-executive director with effect from 1 Nov and chairman designate. Roberts - who has been chairman of Nationwide Building Society since 2015 - will...

Adrian Cox, Executive Director, sold 180,009 shares in the company on the 16th October 2017 at a price of 500.00p. The Director now holds 634,947 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

Numis downgraded its recommendation on Beazley (LON:BEZ) to 'hold' from 'add' after updating its forecasts to include the insurance company's initial cost estimate for hurricanes Harvey, Irma,...

Numis today downgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to hold (from add) and cut its price target to 525p (from 560p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

The weakest annual UK economic growth since 2013 triggered a fall in sterling against the value of the US dollar. That benefited the large number of FTSE 100 stocks which generate earnings in the...

The FTSE 100 continued to rally thanks to stronger mining and utility stocks. Antofagasta (ANTO) and Anglo American (AAL) remained the top dogs among the miners, up 1.7% and 2.1%, respectively....

A share price rally in the mining sector led by Antofagasta (ANTO) and Anglo American (AAL) helped the FTSE 100 gain positive momentum. At approximately 9am, the blue-chip index was trading 0.4%...

Peel Hunt today reaffirms its reduce investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 320p (from 370p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Beazley said its early estimate of the aggregate net cost of the recent Atlantic hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the series of earthquakes in Mexico was US$175m to US$275m. The company said...

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A lack of nasty surprises on the geo-political front helped global stocks on Monday. On the London market Petra Diamonds (PDL) dropped 6.2% to 84.4p after the Tanzanian authorities blocked the...

Martin Bride, Financial Director, bought 4,354 shares in the company on the 4th August 2017 at a price of 206.67p. The Director now holds 313,365 shares. NOTE: RE: 2014 SAYE Scheme Story provided...

Christine LaSala, Non Executive Director, bought 14,300 shares in the company on the 2nd August 2017 at a price of 524.43p. The Director now holds 14,300 shares representing 0.00% of the shares in...

Andrew Horton, Chief Executive Officer, exercised 4,354 shares in the company on the 27th July 2017 at a price of 206.67p. The Director now holds 1,712,966 shares. NOTE: Purchase under the 2014...

Neil Maidment, Executive Director, exercised 4,354 shares in the company on the 27th July 2017 at a price of 206.67p. The Director now holds 2,917,188 shares. NOTE: Purchase under the 2014 Save As...

Numis today reaffirms its add investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and cut its price target to 560p (from 565p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

George Blunden, Non Executive Director, sold 5,000 shares in the company on the 24th July 2017 at a price of 501.00p. The Director now holds 45,000 shares. Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) and raised its price target to 535p (from 470p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Numis today downgrades its investment rating on Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) to add (from buy) and raised its price target to 565p (from 530p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Beazley's profit before tax rose to $158.7m in the six months to the end of June - up from $150.2m. Return on equity was 18% (30 June 2016: 19%) and gross premiums written increased by 2% to...

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