Key facts

• Beazley was founded in 1986 by Andrew Beazley and Nicholas Furlonge
• Beazley has consistently returned a profit in every closed year of account since inception in 1986
• Beazley (BEZ.L) is a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange having initially floated in November 2002
• Beazley employs around 720 staff (as at December 2010) worldwide
• In 2010 Beazley made a pre-tax profit of $250.8m 
• 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 2010, wrote gross premiums of $393.6 m 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, and has been underwriting business from 2009 
• Beazley Re was established in 2009 to underwrite reinsurance business from Dublin
• Syndicate 6107 was established in 2010 to write reinsurance business backed by names' capital