The age previous query of “are you a glass half full or half empty person?” will most likely dictate your outlook on the newly delivered full-year 2022 monetary outcomes issued by Beazley Group.
On the plus facet, the insurer will rightly boast about its strongest underwriting efficiency since 2016 – its gross written premiums leapt by 14% year-over-year to sit down at US$5,268.7 million, whereas its mixed ratio got here in at an attention-grabbing 89%, in comparison with final yr’s 93%.
Beazley Group income
However, on the flipside the corporate additionally noticed its income earlier than tax take a success – down from US$369.2 million in 2021 to US$191 million in 2022. Its earnings per share additionally dropped from 37.0 pence to 21.1 pence.
The revenue fall, based on chief govt officer Adrian Cox, could possibly be pinpointed on a “challenging geopolitical environment and mark to market investment losses.”
“Our diversified book of business enables us to redeploy capital to areas where we see the most attractive growth prospects,” he elaborated. “After raising equity in November, along with a solid January renewal season, we continue to lean into the opportunity we are seeing in the property market while executing on our cyber growth plans.”
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