Specialty business boosts Beazley top line by 6%

A 19 percent year-on-year increase in specialty gross written
premium (GWP) boosted Beazley's top-line growth to 6 percent
overall for the nine months to 30 September, the Lloyd's
carrier reported today (12 November).
In a third quarter interim management statement the carrier
reported group GWP of $1.64bn, after its specialty lines division
booked premiums of $748mn.
The growth in specialty lines, its largest business unit by
premium, continued to offset the highly competitive market
conditions