FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Beazley / 2 October 2026
Beazley (BEZ): news on Friday 2 October 2026
+1.2 neutral
Coverage was almost entirely about Zurich completing its takeover of Beazley, with the shares delisting and the company dropping out of the FTSE indices. The tone is neutral to mildly positive as the deal closed, with index removals being a routine consequence.
What drove it
- Zurich takeover completion
- London delisting
- FTSE index removals
The 19 stories
- +2.0 Zurich Beazley Takeover Officially Closes, Creating $15B Specialty Giant
Deal closes, creating larger specialty insurer including Beazley. - +1.7 Zurich Insurance Completes £8.1 Billion Acquisition of Beazley
Acquisition completion with stated value; Beazley is target. - +1.7 Zurich Insurance Completes Acquisition of Beazley
Acquisition completion; Beazley is target. - +1.7 Zurich takes ownership of Beazley as £8.1bn deal closes
Zurich takes ownership as deal closes. - +1.7 Zurich takes ownership of Beazley as court signs off deal
Court sanction and ownership transfer completed. - +1.7 Zurich completes $10.8bn Beazley takeover
Takeover completion reported; Beazley is the acquired company. - +1.7 Zurich completes US$10.9bn acquisition of Beazley
Takeover completes; Beazley is the target, neutral to mildly positive. - +1.7 Zurich Insurance Group completes Beazley acquisition
Zurich completes Beazley acquisition. - +1.3 Zurich completes £8.1bn Beazley takeover ahead of LSE delisting
Takeover completed ahead of London listing cancellation. - +1.3 Zurich’s acquisition of Beazley takes effect
Takeover takes effect; factual and neutral to mild positive. - +1.3 Zurich Insurance Group AG completed the acquisition of remaining 98.5% stake in Beazley plc from a group of shareholders.
Zurich completes purchase of remaining Beazley shares. - +0.8 TRADING UPDATES: Beazley and Schroders takeovers take effect
Beazley takeover takes effect; factual trading update. - +0.5 Zurich completes Beazley takeover as Beazley stock exits the market
Takeover completes and stock exits the market. - +0.5 Zurich Beazley deal becomes effective. Zurich Insurance Group stock falls 1.02 percent
Deal effective; focus partly on Zurich share fall. - −0.3 Beazley plc(LSE: BEZ) dropped from FTSE 100 Index
Removed from FTSE 100 index as result of takeover. - −0.3 Beazley plc(LSE: BEZ) dropped from FTSE All-Share Index
Dropped from FTSE All-Share due to takeover. - +0.3 Key facts: Beazley Plc (BEZ) delists after Zurich offer; board updated
Delisting following Zurich offer; factual update. - −0.3 Beazley plc(LSE: BEZ) dropped from FTSE 350 (Ex Investment Companies) Index
Dropped from FTSE 350 index due to takeover. - 0.0 WPP, Balfour Beatty Return to FTSE 100 After Beazley, Schroders Takeovers
Beazley leaves FTSE 100 due to takeover; factual.
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