Beazley Plc
BEZ:LN
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We are a specialist insurer with three decades of experience in providing clients with the highest standards of underwriting and claims service worldwide. All our insurance businesses are rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best.
Beazley is a proud participant in the Lloyd's market, the largest and oldest insurance market in the world. Through the Lloyd's broker network and the market's trading licenses, we are able to access a wide range of insurance and reinsurance businesses from around the world.
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Board of Directors
Andrew Horton
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew joined Beazley in June 2003 as finance director. Prior to that he held various financial positions within ING, NatWest and Lloyds Bank and was the chief financial officer for the UK wholesale banking division of ING immediately prior to joining Beazley. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in 1987. He joined the board of Man Group plc in 2013 as a non-executive director. Committees: Executive committee (chair)
Adrian Cox
Head of Specialty Lines
Adrian joined Beazley in June 2001. Prior to this, Adrian was at General Re for eight years, writing both treaty and facultative business. Since 2001 his responsibilities have included the casualty treaty portfolio and the SME and large risks portfolios, before being promoted to head of specialty lines in 2008. Committee: Executive committee
Clive Washbourn
Director of Marine
Clive has over 30 years’ experience in the marine insurance industry and actively underwrites marine hull, marine liability and marine war risks. Committee: Executive committee
Martin Bride
Group Finance Director
Martin joined Beazley in May 2009 as finance director. He began his career in insurance in 1985 and took up his first role as a finance director in 1996. He trained as a general insurance actuary, before pursuing a career in the composite insurance sector with Aviva and Zurich Financial Services. His experience spans personal and commercial lines general insurance, the London market, life insurance and asset management in both the UK and France. Committee: Executive committee
Neil Maidment
Chief Underwriting Officer
Neil joined Beazley in 1990 and was appointed to the board in 1993. Neil has 29 years of Lloyd’s experience and, in 2011, was elected to the board of the Lloyd’s Market Association. Committee: Executive committee
Sir Andrew Likierman
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is Dean of London Business School. He is also non-executive Chairman of the National Audit Office. He was founding director of the Executive MBA programme and has been a professor at the School for many years. His research interests are in the field of the measurement of performance. Andrew’s career has spanned the public and private sectors: he has run a textile plant in Germany, been Head of the Government Accountancy Service and was a managing director of the UK Treasury. Committee: Remuneration committee
Angela Crawford-Ingle
Non-Executive Director
Angela Crawford-Ingle is a Chartered Accountant with extensive audit experience of multinational and listed companies. She was a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in Financial Services for 20 years during which time she led the Insurance and Investment Management Division and retired in 2008. She is currently a Partner in Ambre Partners, a firm providing strategic, financial and operational advice to Private Equity firms and entrepreneurial companies. Angela has recently been appointed as a non-executive director of Swinton Group Ltd. Committee: Audit and risk committee (chair)
Dennis Holt
Chairman
Dennis has more than 40 years experience in financial services markets. He was formerly a main board executive director at Lloyds TSB (2000-2001), chief executive of AXA UK and a member of AXA’s Global executive committee (2001-2006). He has been chairman of Liverpool Victoria and deputy chairman of Bank of Ireland. Dennis is also chairman of The Co-Operative Bank plc. Committees: Nomination committee (chair)
George Blunden
Non-Executive Director
George is the senior independent director. He retired as senior vice president and director from AllianceBernstein Ltd in December 2009. He had previously been chief executive of Union plc, and a director of SG Warburg Securities, Seccombe, Marshall and Campion plc and Meridian Investment Performance Services. He is the chairman of the Charity Bank Ltd and chairman of Raglan Housing Association. Committees: Audit and risk committee, remuneration committee, nomination committee
Ken Sroka
Non-Executive Director
Ken was formerly head of product development at Zurich Financial Services, retiring in 2008. During his 15 years there, he created and directed Zurich’s financial lines business in North America and, more recently, he focused on the development of specialist products in North America as president and CEO of Zurich North American Specialties Division. Prior to joining Zurich in 1993, Mr Sroka’s career included roles at Chubb, AIG and USF&G. Committees: Remuneration committee, nomination committee
Padraic O\'Connor
Non-Executive Director
Padraic is chairman of the Irish Stock Exchange as well as a non-executive director of Rabobank and a number of other companies. He was managing director of NCB Group between 1991 and 1999, prior to which he was chief economist at the firm. Before joining NCB, Padraic worked at the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland. He holds primary and postgraduate degrees in economics from University College Dublin. Committee: Remuneration committee (chair)
Rolf Tolle
Non-Executive Director
Rolf joined the board of Beazley Furlonge Limited in June 2010. He retired as franchise performance director at Lloyd’s in December 2009 after nearly seven years in the role, during which time he was widely credited with establishing a new and successful partnership between the Corporation of Lloyd’s and the market. Prior to that, he served as chief underwriting officer of Faraday Group, General Re’s Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance operation. Committee: Audit and risk committee
Vincent Sheridan
Non-Executive Director
Vincent is currently a non-executive director of FBD Holdings plc, Mercer (Ireland) Limited, Canada Life Assurance Ireland Limited and a number of other companies. He retired as chief executive of Vhi Healthcare in 2008 and, prior to that, was group chief executive of the Norwich Union Insurance Group in Ireland for ten years from 1991 to 2001. He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a former director of the Irish Stock Exchange. Committee: Audit and risk committee