Beazley plc

London, 22 February 2017

Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Beazley plc is pleased to announce that it is today posting to shareholders its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016, together with the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, which will be held at 2.30 pm on 24 March 2017 at Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AD.

Copies of the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, Annual Report and Accounts 2016 and Form of Proxy will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The Notice of Annual General Meeting and Annual Report and Accounts 2016 can also be viewed on the Group's website at  www.beazley.com.

For further information please contact:

Beazley plc

Christine Oldridge

+44 (0)20 7674 7758

Note to editors:

Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ) is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations
in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.  Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2016, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,195.6 million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. 

Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of specialist insurance products.  In the admitted market, coverage is provided by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all 50 states.  In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's.

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, property, marine, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risks and contingency business.

For more information please go to: www.beazley.com