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Beazley news analysis
Beazley (LSE: BEZ) is in the FTSE 100. 19 of the last 21 days had relevant coverage.
Latest: Monday 19 October 2026
+2.2 from 2 relevant stories. Coverage was about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, with the stock leaving the London Stock Exchange. The deal being finished is a neutral-to-mildly positive outcome, with a share price quoted at EUR 654.10.
Tone over time
Coverage of Beazley worsened between 30 September 2026 and 19 October 2026
Daily news tone, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). Gaps are days with no relevant stories.
Tone fell 57% from 5 to 2 between 30 Sep and 19 Oct. Its high was 7 in 8 Oct.
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12 days of 19 had fewer than 3 relevant stories, so those points are thin evidence. Numbered markers are the days with the strongest single headline (key below). This is the tone of coverage, not a share price.Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Tone |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep | 5 |
| 1 Oct | 1 |
| 2 Oct | 1 |
| 3 Oct | 1 |
| 4 Oct | 3 |
| 5 Oct | 3 |
| 6 Oct | 2 |
| 7 Oct | 2 |
| 8 Oct | 7 |
| 9 Oct | 1 |
| 10 Oct | 6 |
| 11 Oct | – |
| 12 Oct | 3 |
| 13 Oct | 6 |
| 14 Oct | 2 |
| 15 Oct | 5 |
| 16 Oct | 6 |
| 17 Oct | 4 |
| 18 Oct | 5 |
| 19 Oct | 2 |
| 20 Oct | – |
Day by day
| Day | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Monday 19 October 2026 | +2.2 | 2 | Coverage was about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, with the stock leaving the London Stock Exchange. |
| Sunday 18 October 2026 | +5.2 | 1 | The only relevant coverage said Zurich completes its transaction involving Beazley in October 2026. |
| Saturday 17 October 2026 | +3.7 | 2 | Coverage was thin, with Beazley talking about Bermuda as a missing piece in its global reinsurance footprint, which reads mildly positive. |
| Friday 16 October 2026 | +5.7 | 1 | Coverage was thin, with the only relevant story being Beazley looking at longer-duration risk transfer for the energy transformation. |
| Thursday 15 October 2026 | +5.3 | 1 | Coverage was limited to one piece in which Beazley commented on captive growth driving demand for alternative risk transfer. |
| Wednesday 14 October 2026 | +1.8 | 2 | Coverage was mainly about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, with the stock leaving the LSE, and about Zurich bedding Beazley into its wider business. |
| Tuesday 13 October 2026 | +5.5 | 2 | Coverage centred on Zurich completing its deal for Beazley and the naming of Kristof Terryn as Beazley chief executive. |
| Monday 12 October 2026 | +3.0 | 1 | Coverage was mainly about Zurich Insurance Group completing its deal for Beazley. |
| Sunday 11 October 2026 | – | 0 | |
| Saturday 10 October 2026 | +6.3 | 5 | Coverage centred on Zurich completing its £8bn takeover of Beazley, with Fitch upgrading the insurer to AA and Moody's expecting little disruption. |
| Friday 9 October 2026 | +0.8 | 1 | Coverage of Beazley was thin, with only one relevant story reporting a share payout to Cox following a Beazley sale. |
| Thursday 8 October 2026 | +6.8 | 8 | Coverage was mainly about Fitch upgrading Beazley's ratings following the Zurich takeover, with Moody's also backing the deal and the completion reported. |
| Wednesday 7 October 2026 | +2.3 | 6 | Coverage was dominated by Zurich completing its £8.1 billion takeover of Beazley, with Beazley's shares delisted. |
| Tuesday 6 October 2026 | +2.3 | 8 | Coverage was mainly about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley at 1,310 pence a share, with the scheme becoming effective and Beazley's shares being delisted. |
| Monday 5 October 2026 | +2.7 | 2 | Coverage centred on Beazley leaving the London Stock Exchange after the Zurich takeover. |
| Sunday 4 October 2026 | +3.2 | 2 | Coverage was about Zurich completing its acquisition of Beazley and Zurich's share price gaining after the deal. |
| Saturday 3 October 2026 | +0.7 | 23 | Coverage was dominated by Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, creating the world's largest specialty insurer, and Beazley delisting from London. |
| Friday 2 October 2026 | +1.2 | 19 | Coverage was almost entirely about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, with the shares delisting and the company dropping out of the FTSE indices. |
| Thursday 1 October 2026 | +0.5 | 4 | Coverage centred on the Zurich takeover of Beazley, with the scheme of arrangement becoming effective and the shares being dropped from an index. |
| Wednesday 30 September 2026 | +5.0 | 2 | Coverage was mainly about Beazley adding cyber cover for businesses' use of AI, which is a positive product story. |
Sector: Insurance