FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Beazley / 1 October 2026

Beazley (BEZ): news on Thursday 1 October 2026

+0.5 neutral

Coverage centred on the Zurich takeover of Beazley, with the scheme of arrangement becoming effective and the shares being dropped from an index. A campaign group's criticism of the deal over oil and gas insurance leaned slightly negative.

What drove it

Zurich takeover completion
index removal
campaigner criticism

The 4 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

−2.5 Zurich buys Beazley: why this makes new oil and gas drilling harder to insure reclaimfinance.org
Campaign group criticises Zurich-Beazley deal over fossil fuel underwriting.
+2.0 REG - Beazley PLC - Scheme of Arrangement becomes effective TradingView
Scheme of Arrangement effective; takeover completes, factual milestone for Beazley.
+1.7 Zurich Insurance Group stock falls 1.32 percent as Beazley deal nears close AD HOC NEWS
Deal nearing close; Beazley is the target, focus is on Zurich shares.
−1.3 Beazley plc(LSE: BEZ) dropped from S&P Global BMI Index marketscreener.com
Removed from S&P Global BMI Index, a consequence of the takeover.

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