Beazley Plc · LSE:BEZ

Beazley — H1 2025 Earnings Presentation

32 slides from Beazley's earnings presentation, Aug 13, 2025

  1. Slide 1: Results for the period ended 30th June 2025

    Results for the period ended 30th June 2025 13th August 2025

  2. Slide 2: Presenters: Adrian Cox, Barbara Plucnar Jensen, Paul Bantick

    Adrian Cox Group Chief Executive Officer Barbara Plucnar Jensen Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Bantick Group Chief Underwriting Officer 2

  3. Slide 3: Contents

    Contents 05 Highlights 07 Underwriting 17 Financial performance 25 Outlook 29 Appendix 3

  4. Slide 4: Disclaimer notice

    Disclaimer notice Certain statements made in this presentation, both oral and written, are or may constitute “forward looking statements” with respect to the operation, performance and financial condition of the Company and/or the Group. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical f

  5. Slide 5: Highlights 2025 HY

    Highlights 2025 HY 13th August 2025

  6. Slide 6: Performance overview H1 2025

    Performance overview H1 2025 84.9% combined ratio Robust investment Share buyback - Strong profit of – demonstrating return $308.5m $235m of $500m $503m underwriting equivalent to 2.7% completed as at 30 excellence June 2025 Underwriting growth Intentional Active claims Growth concentrated in recent

  7. Slide 7: Our underwriting

    Our underwriting 13th August 2025

  8. Slide 8: Diversified portfolio – enabling cycle resilience

    Diversified portfolio – enabling cycle resilience • Diversified product portfolio is instrumental in enabling cycle management • 4 main divisions, 18 business lines and over 50 individual products provides agility to focus on greatest risk reward dynamic 8

  9. Slide 9: Platform reach – supporting market responsiveness

    Platform reach – supporting market responsiveness Europe North America Global Wholesale Via Lloyd’s Long term Multi decade Long-term growth typically Growth at same rate trajectory growth journey above market trend as the market 39% % group premium share 9% 21% 79% 52% Admitted Excess & surplus H1 o

  10. Slide 10: Property Risks – evolving access and opportunity in North America

    Property Risks – evolving access and opportunity in North America $1,025.7m • Exceptionally strong COR performance IWP demonstrative of expertise and underwriting (2024 HY: $1,008.4m) discipline Growth 1.7% (2024 HY: 25.2%) • Rate environment and growth opportunities in North America providing great

  11. Slide 11: Cyber Risks – Shifting dynamics across markets

    Cyber Risks – Shifting dynamics across markets $544.3m • Competition highest in North America and with IWP continued heightened frequency and severity, (2024 HY: $577.8m) underwriting discipline is key Growth (5.8)% (2024 HY: 6.7%) • Opportunity greatest internationally, with European business growi

  12. Slide 12: Cyber Risks – evolving risks, disciplined response

    Cyber Risks – evolving risks, disciplined response 2024 – Events which impact multiple insureds 2025 – Events which impact individual insureds • CrowdStrike 2024 - faulty software update • M&S - ransomware • Change Health cyber attack 2024 - software • LVMH - data breach vulnerability resulting in m

  13. Slide 13: Cyber Risks – protection tailored to threat

    Cyber Risks – protection tailored to threat $1,200m Cyber Cat Bond 3 Industry Loss $800m Warranty Proportional RI Cyber Cat Cyber Cat Bond 1 Bond 2 $500m Traditional Excess of Loss cover Catastrophe Loadings within reserves Net Retention Reinsurance covers both malicious and non-malicious events 13

  14. Slide 14: Cyber Risks – $1bn protection

    Cyber Risks– $1bn protection Attritional Risk Protection • Proportional RI – share premiums and losses proportionally, helping smooth out frequent, low-severity claims • Cyber Aggregate Stop Loss – Caps total cyber- related losses over a period, protecting against cumulative attritional impacts Syst

  15. Slide 15: Specialty Risks – strong Q2 growth, moderating outlook

    Specialty Risks – strong Q2 growth, moderating outlook • Specialty risks flat in Q1, impacted by subdued IWP $946.8m capital markets activity amid US tariff concerns (2024 HY: $903.4m) 4.8% • Exceptional Q2 growth, driven by short term surge Growth in IPO and capital markets activity (2024 HY: (4.0)

  16. Slide 16: MAP Risks – underwriting discipline, long term value

    MAP Risks – underwriting discipline, long term value • Contingency business growing with demand for IWP $552.1m events cover continuing to increase (2024 HY: $506.9m) 8.9% • Ongoing global uncertainty driving uptick in Growth demand for specialist terrorism insurance (2024 HY: (3.0)%) solutions 82.4

  17. Slide 17: Financial Performance

    Financial Performance 13th August 2025

  18. Slide 18: Financial performance - H1 2025 result

    Financial performance - H1 2025 result HY 2025 HY 2024 % movement Insurance written premium ($m) 3,187.1 3,123.3 2.0% Net insurance written premium ($m) 2,600.6 2,586.5 0.5% Net Insurance revenue ($m) 2,512.4 2,395.3 Net Insurance service expense ($m) (2,018.7) (1,837.3) Insurance Service Result ($m

  19. Slide 19: Consistent reserve strength

    Consistent reserve strength Reserve Percentile • Reserves at half-year 2025 are at 92% the 85th percentile 90% 88% • Consistent maintenance of reserves within our preferred 86% reserve confidence range of the 84% 80th to 90th percentile 82% 80% 78% 76% 74% HY22 YE22 HY23 YE23 HY24 YE 24 HY25 19

  20. Slide 20: Continued strong investment income

    Continued strong investment income 600.0 6% 500.0 5% 400.0 322 4% 300.0 336 3% Investment Return 94 200.0 2% $m 309 % 105 252 100.0 32 1% 170 144 83 84 13 0.0 0% 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025 (100.0) (193) -1% (200.0) -2% 2022 (300.0) -3% 1st Half 2nd Half Annualised Investment Return 20

  21. Slide 21: High quality portfolio – well placed to capture market opportunities

    High quality portfolio – well placed to capture market opportunities Portfolio: $11.5bn 45.0% (31 Dec 2024: $11.5bn) 39.5% 40.0% 37.3% 35.0% 33.6% 29.6% 30.0% 25.0% % 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 8.6% 7.7% 6.5% 6.6% 5.8% 5.8% 4.2% 4.7% 5.0% 3.0% 3.5% 1.5% 1.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% Government Debt Investment Grade Ca

  22. Slide 22: Insurance Finance Expense

    Insurance Finance Expense Increase Decrease Total • Yields decreased in H1 2025 and hence we 0.0 see an expense from the update in yield curves (20.0) • $95.8m Insurance Finance Expense is split between: (40.0) ⎻ $116.7m Discount unwind (Expense) ⎻ $31.8m impact of updating yield curves (60.0) (Expe

  23. Slide 23: Beazley approach to capital

    Beazley approach to capital Capital strategy • Our aim is to remain above an SCR ratio of 170% • Our priority is to invest in sustainable growth and profitability in a balanced, well diversified business • We factor in growth for the year ahead and opportunities which may emerge in the subsequent 1-

  24. Slide 24: Resilient capital position - able to withstand external shocks

    Resilient capital position - able to withstand external shocks Solvency Ratio illustrative sensitivities 350% • Strong coverage even with a simultaneous 300% 287% 1 in 250 event and a 50bps 255% 260% decrease in interest rates 250% 243% 248% • FY SCR expected to be 200% lower than HY position of 287

  25. Slide 25: Outlook

    Outlook 13th August 2025 25

  26. Slide 26: Outlook for remainder of 2025 supporting long term profitability

    Outlook for remainder of 2025 supporting long term profitability Active claims Underwriting Demand remains Growth focused in environment discipline is essential buoyant for specialty areas which remain continues to protect long term expertise rate adequate profitability Investment yield on Expect mi

  27. Slide 27: Beazley - specialism delivering consistency and long-term outperformance

    Beazley - specialism delivering consistency and long-term outperformance Diversified portfolio of Multi-platform Proven Effective risk attractive, specialty risks distribution model innovator management • Highly diversified portfolio, • Business written from three core • Consistently creating soluti

  28. Slide 28: Questions

    Questions 13th August 2025 28

  29. Slide 29: Appendices

    Appendices 13th August 2025 29

  30. Slide 30: Other Key Information

    Other Key Information Undiscounted Combined Ratios HY 25 HY24 YE24 Cyber Risks 82.3% 73.1% 68.1% Digital 64.6% 73.8% 77.3% MAP Risks 82.4% 63.6% 83.2% Property Risks 76.1% 80.8% 74.6% Specialty Risks 95.1% 97.7% 87.1% Total 84.9% 80.7% 79.0% 30

  31. Slide 31: Cross cycle ROE – achieving target over 5 and 10 years

    Cross cycle ROE – achieving target over 5 and 10 years 30% 30% 27% • Cross cycle ROE target of 15% 19% 19% 18% 20% 18% 15% • 10 year average 15% 16% ROE 15.4% 9% • 5 year average 10% 5% ROE 22.0% 0% (3%) (10%) (20%) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 HY* Investment ROE Insurance

  32. Slide 32: Thank you

    beazley Thank you 13 August 2025

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