LSE:BEZ 15 February 2026 - 23 June 2026

Beazley shares were unchanged at 1,284.5 pence in Tuesday morning trading after Zurich Insurance Group disclosed it bought another 346,122 shares in the specialist insurer on Monday. Zurich paid between 1,284p and 1,285p, spending about £4.45 million and lifting its holding to 33.72 million shares, or 5.60%, from 5.54%. The tight move suggests the takeover timetable, rather than day-to-day underwriting news, is setting the price. Beazley sits 25.5p below the 1,310p cash payment still due under Zurich’s £8.1 billion offer, a gross deal spread of roughly 2%.

London, June 16, 2026, 09:34. Beazley Plc shares barely moved in early London trading on Tuesday, a sign that investors are still treating the FTSE 100 insurer as a deal stock rather than a pure earnings story. The shares were quoted at 1,284p, up 0.50p, or 0.04%, after trading in a narrow range between 1,283.5p and 1,285.5p. That calm price action matters. Zurich’s agreed deal leaves Beazley shareholders due 1,310p in cash, while the headline 1,335p value also included a 25p dividend that went ex-dividend on March 19 and was payable on May 1.

Beazley Plc shares were steady in London trading on Monday, holding near the Zurich Insurance takeover price as investors shifted their attention from shareholder approval to regulatory timing. The stock was quoted at 1,283p at 14:05 BST on Google Finance, unchanged on the session, while Hargreaves Lansdown showed a 1,283p sell price and 1,283.5p buy price with the FTSE 100 slightly higher. The immediate news is not Beazley’s underwriting performance, but the takeover timetable. Insurance Business reported that Zurich formally notified the European Commission on June 11, starting a Phase I review — the first stage of an EU competition assessment — for its planned acquisition of the London-listed specialty insurer. The European Commission’s own merger update page lists ZURICH

London, June 13, 2026, 19:04. Beazley PLC shares closed the week flat, holding just under the remaining cash value in Zurich Insurance Group’s agreed deal. AJ Bell put Beazley at 1,283.00p to sell and 1,283.50p to buy, no change for the day. About 5.8 million shares changed hands. Market cap stood at £7.58 billion. On the same table, the FTSE 100 finished up 1.63% on 12 June.

Beazley Plc shares stayed flat in London on Thursday, trading just above the previous close, while Zurich Insurance kept picking up Beazley stock even as the takeover waits for court approval. The stock opened at 1,283.5p, up half a penny from the June 10 close, according to London Stock Exchange data. Stockopedia logged Beazley unchanged at 1,283p, giving a market cap of around £7.72 billion. Zurich’s newest Form 8 dealing disclosure, released Thursday, sparked the move. Zurich bought 77,851 Beazley shares at 1,282.5p, another 393,491 at 1,283p, and 196,791 at 1,283.5p on June 10. Altogether, Zurich picked up 668,133 shares, which comes out to about £8.57 million at those prices.

Beazley Plc edged up 0.02% to 1,282.75p in London by 1:00 p.m. Wednesday. Shares opened at 1,283.5p and stuck between 1,282p and 1,283.5p. Investors weren’t treating Beazley like a standard insurer, but more like a takeover situation. The price has barely moved because of Zurich Insurance Group’s all-cash deal. In March, Reuters said Beazley holders will get a total of 1,335p a share—1,310p in cash plus a 25p dividend—under the agreement, which puts an £8.1 billion tag on the London specialty insurer.

Beazley Plc shares barely moved on Monday, holding just below the cash value still due under Zurich Insurance Group’s takeover offer after a fresh disclosure showed the Swiss insurer adding to its position late last week. At 14:08 BST, Beazley was down 0.04% at 1,282.5 pence, with the day’s trade confined to a narrow 1,282.5p-1,283.5p range. London was in regular business; the London Stock Exchange’s main session runs from 08:00 to 16:30 BST.

Beazley shares closed the week a touch under Zurich Insurance’s offer price. The stock kept a small but noticeable deal spread, with investors watching as the London-listed insurer heads for an exit from the market. The stock ended Friday at 1,283p, flat on the day but up about 0.2% from last Friday’s 1,281p finish, historical market data shows. Volume came in at 6.73 million shares, topping most days last week.