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22/07/2022 07:00
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RNS Number : 4207T Beazley PLC 22 July 2022
Beazley delivers best half year combined ratio since 2015
London, 22 July 2022
Beazley plc results for period ended 30 June 2022
· Profit before tax of $22.3m (30 June 2021: $167.3m)
· Return on equity (annualised) of 1% (30 June 2021: 15%)
· Gross premiums written increased by 26% to $2,554.9m (30 June
2021: $2,035.3m)
· Combined ratio of 87% (30 June 2021: 94%)
· Rate increase on renewal portfolio of 18% (30 June 2021: increase
of 20%)
· Prior year reserve releases of $92.6m (30 June 2021: $95.7m)
· Reserve surplus stands at 5.9% above actuarial estimates (30 June
2021: 6.6%)
· Net investment loss of $193.0m (30 June 2021: gain of $83.6m)
Period ended Period ended %
30 June 2022
30 June 2021
movement
Gross premiums written ($m) 2,554.9 2,035.3 26%
Net premiums written ($m) 1,795.9 1,442.1 25%
Profit before tax ($m) 22.3 167.3 (87%)
Earnings per share (pence) 1.7 16.7 (90%)
Net assets per share (pence) 274.9 229.4 20%
Net tangible assets per share (pence) 258.8 214.6 21%
Earnings per share (cents) 2.3 23.0 (90%)
Net assets per share (cents) 333.5 323.1 3%
Net tangible assets per share (cents) 314.0 302.2 4%
Adrian Cox, Chief Executive Officer, said:
"We have maintained the momentum of the second half of 2021 with gross
premiums increasing by 26% alongside better than expected claims experience. A
challenging investment environment has impacted profit; however I'm delighted
that we have achieved our best combined ratio at a half year since 2015.
We continue to manage actively for inflation and recession and our estimate
for the war in Ukraine remains unchanged. Given the positive experience in the
first half of this year we are in a position to update our combined ratio
guidance to high 80s for 2022 assuming average claims experience for the
second half of the year."
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Note to editors:
Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses
with operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. Beazley
manages seven Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2021, underwrote gross premiums
worldwide of $4,618.9 million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A by A.M.
Best.
Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of
specialist insurance products. In the admitted market, coverage is provided by
Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all
50 states. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley
syndicates at Lloyd's.
Beazley's European insurance company, Beazley Insurance dac, is regulated by
the Central Bank of Ireland and is A rated by A.M. Best and A+ by Fitch.
Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include
professional indemnity, cyber liability, property, marine, reinsurance,
accident and life, and political risks and contingency business.
Interim results statement
Overview
Beazley achieved strong growth of 26% with gross premiums increasing to
$2,554.9m (2021: $2,035.3m) in the first half of 2022. However, investment
losses of $193.0m meant that profit before tax was subdued at $22.3m (2021:
$167.3m).
We continue to execute in line with our vision to grow across all key business
lines and in the first half we made
significant strides forward, delivering increased gross premiums written of
$2,554.9m despite further shocks in the form of war in Europe and sharply
rising inflation. This growth has been supported by a buoyant rating
environment, with premium rate change of 18% seen on average across the
business.
During the last six months, we have streamlined our underwriting structure,
launched Lloyd's first dedicated ESG syndicate and have realigned our digital
business to be managed under one segment.
As a business diversified across consolidated products, platforms and
geographies our aim is to deploy our expertise and add value and innovate,
seeking out opportunities in markets where growth rates are high. This focus
has led to Beazley proudly holding a track record of high underwriting
performance which continued in the first half of 2022, with us delivering
our best half year combined ratio in seven years.
Geopolitical turbulence
When we announced our full year results on 10 February, a full-scale war in
Europe still seemed unlikely. As events have moved rapidly our role as a
leading sustainable specialty insurer has been, and continues to be, to
provide meaningful support to our clients as we all face a significant change
in the geopolitical status quo. Tragically, the impacts of the war in Ukraine
go far beyond the financial, and we have all witnessed the devastating human
toll being inflicted and our thoughts are with those impacted. We have had to
date a small number of claims notified.
We have reviewed all areas of our underwriting portfolio to identify those
classes that we believe may be directly impacted by the conflict. The relevant
exposures are within our Political Violence, Trade Credit, Aviation and Marine
books. Our review was predicated on the current scope of the conflict, and
therefore does not contemplate further escalation. Our estimate of incurred
losses within these classes is $50m net of reinsurance, which is unchanged
from our initial estimate.
The number above does not allow for potential claims for aircraft stranded in
Russia as no losses have been incurred. Whilst the environment remains complex
and the outcome uncertain, were we to include these potential exposures our
combined ratio guidance would remain unchanged. We have also not included
potential second order impacts, on products such as D&O, within this
estimate.
The war, which has fuelled an unusual combination of excess demand and supply
constraints, impacted the financial markets, leading to an unusual trading
environment. As a result of this the Group has registered an investment loss
of $193.0m or 5.0% annualised.
The conflict has accelerated the inflationary pressures already in place due
to the pandemic. As an insurance business we have been focused on this issue
for some time, carefully monitoring the twin risks of rising social and
financial inflation, baking the potential impact into our underwriting
strategy and our reserving and capital to price for and accrue appropriately
for this exposure. However, we also remain conscious of the impact these
issues are causing our clients and wider society alike and are particularly
focused on careful management of rising prices. To ease the financial burden
on staff in June this year we made a one-off payment of up to £3,000 (or
equivalent currency) to eligible team members.
Positioning Beazley for growth
To support our growth ambitions, in March we updated our underwriting team
structure. Four new underwriting divisions have been created: Cyber Risks,
headed by Paul Bantick, MAP Risks, under the leadership of Tim Turner,
Property Risks which Richard Montminy heads up and Specialty Risks, led by
Bethany Greenwood. The divisions will be interconnected, able to operate at
scale and will generate efficiencies and deliver innovation that will benefit
Beazley's clients and brokers.
We have also set up a new Digital division under the leadership of Ian
Fantozzi which consolidates all the digital business written across Beazley
into one segment.
Below you will be able to find out more about the performance of each division
in the first half of 2022 and their plans for the future.
Cyber Risks
Cyber Risks has taken advantage of the favourable rating environment in the
first half of 2022, almost doubling its premium to $472.7m from $267.1m in the
first half of 2021. This has aided the delivery of a profit before tax of
$64.8m (2021: $22.1m) and a combined ratio of 74% (2021: 96%).
Our suite of flagship cyber products and services supports businesses from
mid-market to multinationals and offers specialist cover for technology and
media businesses. Whilst many others fled the market in the face of
ransomware, Beazley has stood firm, committed to investing in cyber and
building clients' resilience through the development of our cyber ecosystem.
This multistrand ecosystem encompasses threat intelligence from government
agencies and specialists, data and analytics and incident response services
and its positive impact on the frequency and scale of attacks is playing out
in our results.
We are pleased with the improvements we achieved in ransomware frequency since
we launched our new cyber underwriting ecosystem in October 2020. The latest
data shows frequency reductions since Q4 2020 of 30% per policy, and 70% when
premium rate changes are also allowed for.
Digital
Digital has made a good start to the year, delivering gross premiums written
of $98.0m (2021: $84.1m) a combined ratio of 85% (2021: 79%) and a profit
before tax of $3.6m (2021: $17.2m).
Our Digital segment underwrites a variety of marine, contingency and SME
liability risks through Digital channels such as e-trading platforms and
broker portals. We see great opportunities and synergies from combining our
digital trading offerings into one segment and by strengthening our digital
strategy we can provide end to end solutions which are effective and efficient
at delivering for our business clients and brokers, freeing them from
unnecessary risk to focus on what they do best.
Marine, Accident and Political (MAP) Risks
Our MAP Risks team has taken the brunt of our Ukraine exposure, as marine,
aviation and political risk have all been impacted by the conflict. As a
result the division recorded a combined ratio of 98% for the first half of
2022 (2021: 86%). Due to losses on the investment portfolio the division
registered a loss before tax of $17.3m (2021: profit of $55.6m). Remedial
action has been taken to mitigate the loss potential and the impact of
sanctions, but our focus has been on supporting our clients with exposures in
the region to work through this significant shift in geopolitics.
MAP Risks has a mature product set, where we lead approximately 60% of the
business we underwrite, with the vast majority placed at Lloyd's. Significant
growth comes from the development of new niches within existing classes where
we are the experts and opportunities are in response to changing conditions or
technological advances such as our specialist marine cyber product or the
introduction of telematics into our portfolio. We see Space as an area where
we can leverage our expertise to create global firsts, such as our recent
underwriting of the first insurance product for a lunar landing vehicle or in
early efforts to create an insurance solution for the development of data
centres on the moon.
Property Risks
The start to 2022 has seen relatively low frequency of natural catastrophes
resulting in our Property Risks division recording a combined ratio of 77%
(2021: 101%) which contributed to the division delivering a profit of $44.1m
(2021: $20.8m).
Earlier this year we combined our Property and Reinsurance teams into one and
by aligning our property exposure we will further enhance our collaboration
across the teams, optimise the underwriting of catastrophe exposures and
better coordinate the management of our risk appetite. As climate change makes
underwriting property more complex, and therefore less commoditised, this
combined property book will be able to respond more effectively. We are well
positioned to grow the business, particularly in the United States where we
are focused on building a broad and diversified portfolio that balances
business which has large natural catastrophe exposure against risks which do
not, particularly outside onshore US property.
Specialty Risks
Specialty Risks made a strong start to 2022, delivering premium growth of 19%
buoyed by a rate change of 4%.
The division made a loss before tax of $53.6m due to investment losses despite
registering a combined ratio of 94% (2021: 96%).
This new division brings together all our global Executive Risk, Financial
Lines and E&O underwriting in one place, allowing us to leverage our
long-term proposition and harness our strong market position in D&O. A key
value-add of the division is its ability to continue to cross sell and
collaborate with Cyber Risks. With a global portfolio of around $2bn, a
diversified product set and an ability to write admitted and non-admitted
business, Beazley is becoming a market of choice for these long-tail risks for
our clients across the globe.
The following table shows the cumulative rate changes (%) since 2017 by
business division.
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022HY
Cyber Risks 100% 98% 99% 106% 200% 342%
Digital 100% 95% 98% 98% 107% 124%
MAP Risks 100% 101% 107% 119% 129% 136%
Property Risks 100% 109% 119% 135% 149% 162%
Specialty Risks 100% 102% 111% 136% 152% 158%
All divisions 100% 103% 109% 126% 156% 184%
Platform and product strength
Beazley's strategy is to achieve a successful intersection of platforms and
products and we believe that a mix of international, wholesale and domestic
business will deliver better access to the highest quality risks in markets
where
we can add real value.
Our platform strategy comprises three core tenets - our North America
platform, European platform and our wholesale platforms. These represent 33%,
7% and 60% of our 2022 half year premium respectively.
Our wholesale platforms in London, Singapore and Miami continue to perform
well, and seize growth opportunities as they emerge. In the domestic markets
we see substantial opportunities for growth, where we are at different
development stages of building significant domestic platforms in the two
largest North America and Europe.
Our US domestic business now stands at $1.6bn of gross premiums written and
744 staff; there remains plenty of opportunities for growth and I am confident
that we have the right infrastructure and product suite in the team to
capitalise on them.
In Europe, the business is at an earlier stage of development, however, we
strongly believe that having more direct access to risk which provides us with
a more diverse portfolio and less volatile results is an investment worth
making.
This platform strength is complemented by a product set focused on markets
such as technology, healthcare, environmental, political risks, events and
cyber, that have key attributes we covet such as specialism, long term demand
growth and where we have pricing power.
By investing over time in strengthening our position from both a platform and
product perspective we believe we have ensured we are primed for growth and
are confident in our ability to achieve it.
Innovation
Innovation has long been the key differentiator for our business and in the
first half of the year we brought to the market a diverse range of projects
that exemplified this innovative spirit.
Our Incubation underwriting team, which is charged with exploring new markets,
products and ways of doing business, partnered with Lloyd's Lab alumnus Gaia
to offer a solution for individuals undertaking IVF treatment. The result is
multi-dimensional with an insurance element at its heart, and crucially is
responsive to the needs of new and evolving ways in which we live today.
Partnership was also key to creating the first insurance solution for a
commercial vehicle on the moon. Working with a small group of peer insurers,
we deployed our market leading space expertise to create not just the world's
first but perhaps the galaxy's first commercial lunar insurance product.
In June we launched CryptoGuard which provides D&O cover to the rapidly
expanding and maturing crypto currency market, which, as it moves mainstream,
needs sustainable support from specialist insurers to provide stability and
risk management if it is to become a fully integrated part of the global
economy.
In all of these differing innovations consistent themes emerge. These are
projects with lengthy development periods where Beazley leverages its expert
teams to address the new challenges clients face, and which represent
opportunities for us to deploy our capital into markets with the potential to
see sustained and increasing growth over time.
ESG
I have commented before on Beazley's commitment to being a responsible
business and doing the right thing is central to our long-term success. To
deliver on our commitment we are taking a series of measurable and bold steps
to incorporate ESG into every aspect of our business and during the first half
of 2022, we made significant strides forward.
Firstly, focusing on supporting our clients to transition, our ESG consortium
and syndicate 4321 started underwriting in January and is already achieving
significant interest from brokers and their clients, who are keen to enhance
their ESG credentials by gaining additional capacity via the syndicate.
Secondly, to manage the threat climate change poses to the physical and
litigation environment we are investing in external modelling and our own
models of physical climate impacts at a location level to span over 25 years.
We are also creating deterministic scenarios for the threat of climate related
litigation in our D&O book around a perceived 'failure to act' or a charge
of 'greenwashing'. We believe we will need to continue to invest as new
challenges emerge in the ESG arena.
Thirdly, we are engaged in a project to assess how we can embed ESG right
through our underwriting process. One step we have taken is by hiring a Head
of Financial Climate Risk who joined us in the first half of the year.
And finally, we continue to take direct action on improving and upgrading the
ESG credentials of our business. With progress made on our targets to reduce
carbon emissions as well as improve gender and race diversity across the
business.
Board changes
On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Catherine Woods for her excellent
service to Beazley as a non-executive director, having stepped down following
the conclusion of two three-year terms in May this year. On 31 May 2022, the
Board appointed two new independent non-executive directors, Fiona Muldoon and
Cecilia Reyes. Fiona will become a member of the Audit & Risk committee
and Cecilia a member of the Audit & Risk committee and the Remuneration
committee and we are already grateful to them both for the insight and advice
their experienced voices bring to the Board.
As announced on 21 July 2022, after nearly five years as Chair of Beazley plc,
David Roberts will be stepping down from the Board in Autumn 2022 to take a
new role as Chair of the Court of the Bank of England.
Inflation
Within both our best estimate and actuarial reserves, we have applied an
excess inflation load since 2021. This is over and above the normal economic
and social inflation already allowed for in our reserves. During the first
half of 2022 we have increased these loads further to reflect expectations
around both the increased levels and duration of inflation. We have also taken
the same approach when considering our capital as part of the Solvency II
balance sheet.
IFRS 17
With 2023 less than six months away now, our preparations for the
implementation of IFRS 17 continued in the first half of 2022. We launched a
series of training videos and lecture series across the company available to
all employees, with targeted training provided to certain groups of
individuals where required. The plan for the second half of 2022 sees a
further escalation of our communication, with engagement expected with a wider
set of stakeholders, both internal and external to the company.
Reserving
With the move to IFRS 17 from IFRS 4, we are taking the opportunity to revisit
our reserving strategy. What is currently allowed to be held under IFRS 4 will
change under the new regime. The main changes will be how we will set and
disclose the level of reserve margin (known as risk adjustment for
non-financial risk under IFRS 17) and that the insurance liabilities will be
discounted.
Currently, compliant with IFRS 4, Beazley has an approach of setting reserves
within a preferred range of 5-10% above the actuarial estimate. The actuarial
estimate itself has a level of prudence already embedded, and is significantly
higher than the corresponding best estimate reserve. Under IFRS 17, we will
change to a confidence level range, which will be disclosed. This will show a
percentile giving an indication about where the reserves sits compared to the
best estimate (or 50% percentile) and the capital requirement (99.5%
percentile).
IFRS 17 requires that the level of this additional amount, known as the risk
adjustment needs to be justified. Whilst this has a number of principles
associated with this justification, there are two dominant ones. First, the
level needs to be consistent with how risk is managed, contracts are priced
and the portfolios are managed. The second principle states that the risk
adjustment level should make the firm neutral to running-off the obligations
or selling them. On transition to IFRS 17 any change to reserve at this point
will be taken as a one off adjustment to equity.
There are a number of methods emerging in the market for the approach to the
calculation of the risk adjustment. In addition, there is ongoing discussion
as to the acceptable confidence level. Whilst we have yet to finalise on our
reserving policy under IFRS 17, we are expecting that the allowable range of
risk adjustment under IFRS 17 will be lower than the current range of reserve
margin held under IFRS 4. As a result of this we have taken the decision to
hold our reserve margin at the lower end of our traditional 5-10% above
actuarial estimates at 5.9% for the 2022 half year. It is important to note
that the actuarial estimates used here already allow for the excess inflation
loadings described above.
Investments
Our investments returned a loss of $193.0m, or 2.5%, in the first half of 2022
(2021: $83.6m gain, 1.2%). This adverse outcome reflects very unusual market
conditions. Short-dated US Treasury yields rose by 2.25 percentage points in
this period, increasing at the fastest rate for more than forty years. This
movement generated significant mark to market losses on the fixed income
securities which form the largest element of our investments. Widening credit
spreads on our corporate debt holdings added to fixed income losses. Equities
also suffered and global indices had lost more than 20% of their value by the
end of this volatile period.
We made a number of adjustments to our portfolio to reduce losses during the
first half of 2022. Fixed income duration was maintained significantly below
usual levels for much of the period, inflation-protected fixed income holdings
were increased and equity exposures were reduced to be less than 1% of our
investments. Each of these actions helped to improve our return, while our
hedge fund portfolio has performed well in this difficult period. When we
consider the impact of these market conditions on a Solvency II capital
position, we see benefit from rising yields reducing the present value of
insurance liabilities. This aspect is not reflected in our financial
statements, although it will be from 2023, with the introduction of IFRS 17.
We continue to manage the duration of our fixed income investments, using
derivatives where appropriate. The following duration and yield information
incorporates the impact of our derivative instruments we are using to
temporarily adjust the duration of our portfolio. By the end of June we had
extended duration to 2.2 years, from 1 year at 31 March. This change has
helped to improve the yield of our fixed income portfolio, which was 3.6% at
30 June, up from 1.3% at 31 March. The higher yields now available are a good
indication of the improved investment returns which we anticipate going
forward. However, the uncertain background which created volatility in the
first half of 2022 remains: war in Ukraine has accelerated inflationary
pressures already in place following the pandemic, central banks are expected
to be robust in tightening monetary policy and recession is an increasingly
likely consequence.
Investment by asset type
30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June
2022 2022 2021 2021
$m % $m %
Cash and cash equivalents 629.0 7.9 451.3 6.4
Fixed and floating rate debt securities
- Government 4,344.2 54.8 3,374.5 48.1
- Corporate bonds
- Investment grade 1,811.2 22.8 1,960.8 27.9
- High yield 304.9 3.8 310.6 4.4
Syndicate loans 32.2 0.4 41.9 0.6
Derivative financial assets 20.0 0.3 1.2 0.1
Core portfolio 7,141.5 90.0 6,140.3 87.5
Equity funds 63.7 0.8 186.6 2.7
Hedge funds 482.6 6.0 455.6 6.5
Illiquid credit assets 250.8 3.2 230.2 3.3
Capital growth assets 797.1 10.0 872.4 12.5
Investment portfolio total 7,938.6 100.0 7,012.7 100.0
Investment performance
30 June 2022 30 June 2022 30 June 2021 30 June
annualised return 2021
$m % $m annualised return
%
Core portfolio (177.7) (5.1) 14.2 0.5
Capital growth assets (15.3) (3.5) 69.4 15.9
Overall return (193.0) (5.0) 83.6 2.4
Expenses
The expense ratio for the first half of 2022 stood at 33% (2021: 37%). In
times of significant growth, we aim to grow our expenses at a lower rate than
our premium. Whilst we expect to see an improvement year on year, the expense
ratio for the first half year is lower than we expect the full year expense
ratio to be. This is because we expect premium growth to moderate in the
second half of 2022, as well as some expense phasing being weighted towards
the second half of the year. We have also seen our GBP expense base
benefitting from the weakening sterling.
Capital
We remain well capitalised and strongly positioned to deploy our capital in
areas where we can make the most of market opportunities. We estimate our
capital surplus to be 28% at 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021: 27%). The
Lloyd's capital requirements shown are based on the initial view of the 2023
business plan, and thus already take into account the additional growth in the
mid-teens expected next year. The surplus capital ratio also takes into
account adjustments made under Solvency II. We continue to utilise $225m of
the $450m banking facility as a letter of credit to support our Funds at
Lloyd's (FAL). Our capital surplus is higher than our preferred range after
allowing for our initial view of the business plan for 2023, and the Board
will consider whether to declare a dividend payment at year end after taking
into account the 2022 results as a whole.
30 June 30 June
2022 2021
$m $m
Shareholders' funds 2,014.1 1,957.7
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2029) 298.5 298.3
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2026) 249.3 249.1
Utilisation of letter of credit 225.0 225.0
Total 2,786.9 2,730.1
The following table sets out the Group's capital requirements of our Lloyd's
and US businesses.
Projected 31 December
31 December 2021
2022 $m
$m
Lloyd's economic capital requirement (ECR) 2,639.4 2,225.3
Capital for US insurance company 258.7 247.8
Total 2,898.1 2,473.1
Outlook
As we reflect on the first half of 2022, no one can be in any doubt that we
are in the middle of an uncertain and complex risk environment, where
unpredictability is a dominant feature. In these circumstances it is our
responsibility to do the right thing, supporting our clients to navigate
through, offering them relevant insurance protection and capacity, matched by
first-rate risk management and loss prevention strategies. Beazley will
continue to deliver in line with our vision for the remainder of 2022 and
beyond and I look forward to reporting a successful set of full year results
to you in February 2023 where our current expectation is a combined ratio in
the high 80s assuming an average claims experience for the second half of the
year.
Adrian Cox
Chief Executive Officer
Condensed consolidated statement of profit or loss for the six months ended 30
June 2022
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Gross premiums written 2,554.9 2,035.3 4,618.9
Written premiums ceded to reinsurers (759.0) (593.2) (1,106.5)
Net premiums written 1,795.9 1,442.1 3,512.4
Change in gross provision for unearned premiums (207.5) (202.9) (545.0)
Reinsurer's share of change in the provision for unearned premiums 218.0 151.0 179.9
Change in net provision for unearned premiums 10.5 (51.9) (365.1)
Net earned premiums 1,806.4 1,390.2 3,147.3
Net investment (loss)/income (193.0) 83.6 116.4
Other income 22.4 10.9 28.2
Gain from sale of business - - 54.4
(170.6) 94.5 199.0
Revenue 1,635.8 1,484.7 3,346.3
Insurance claims 1,528.3 1,094.3 2,734.3
Insurance claims recovered from reinsurers (558.7) (297.3) (908.1)
Net insurance claims 969.6 797.0 1,826.2
Expenses for the acquisition of insurance contracts 454.8 376.8 821.8
Administrative expenses 149.6 132.2 283.0
Foreign exchange loss/(gain) 20.2 (9.6) 7.2
Operating expenses 624.6 499.4 1,112.0
Expenses 1,594.2 1,296.4 2,938.2
Results of operating activities 41.6 188.3 408.1
Finance costs (19.3) (21.0) (38.9)
Profit before income tax 22.3 167.3 369.2
Income tax expense (8.4) (27.8) (60.5)
Profit after income tax - all attributable to equity shareholders 13.9 139.5 308.7
Earnings per share (cents per share):
Basic 2.3 23.0 50.9
Diluted 2.3 22.8 50.3
Earnings per share (pence per share):
Basic 1.7 16.7 37.0
Diluted 1.7 16.6 36.5
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the six months
ended 30 June 2022
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Profit after income tax 13.9 139.5 308.7
Other comprehensive income
Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss:
(Loss)/gain on remeasurement of retirement benefit obligations (2.5) 8.5 13.0
Income tax credit/(charge) on defined benefit obligation 0.2 (1.7) (1.8)
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Foreign currency translation differences (13.1) 1.5 (5.9)
Total other comprehensive (expense)/income (15.4) 8.3 5.3
Total comprehensive (expense)/income recognised (1.5) 147.8 314.0
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the six months ended
30 June 2022
Foreign
Share Share currency Other Retained Total
capital premium translation reserves earnings $m
$m $m reserve $m $m
$m
Balance as at 1 January 2021 42.9 5.3 (91.3) (9.4) 1,862.0 1,809.5
Total comprehensive income recognised - - 1.5 - 146.3 147.8
Equity settled share-based payments - - - 4.2 - 4.2
Tax on share option vestings - - - - (3.9) (3.9)
Transfer of shares to employees - - - (1.9) 2.0 0.1
Balance as at 30 June 2021 42.9 5.3 (89.8) (7.1) 2,006.4 1,957.7
Total comprehensive income/(expense) recognised - - (7.4) - 173.6 166.2
Equity settled share-based payments - - - 6.8 - 6.8
Tax on share option vestings - - - (3.9) 3.9 -
Transfer of shares to employees - - - 0.2 (0.1) 0.1
Balance as at 31 December 2021 42.9 5.3 (97.2) (4.0) 2,183.8 2,130.8
Total comprehensive (expense)/income recognised - - (13.1) - 11.6 (1.5)
Dividends paid - - - - (103.0) (103.0)
Equity settled share-based payments - - - 5.3 - 5.3
Acquisition of own shares held in trust - - - (17.8) - (17.8)
Transfer of shares to employees 0.1 - - (4.1) 4.3 0.3
Balance as at 30 June 2022 43.0 5.3 (110.3) (20.6) 2,096.7 2,014.1
Condensed consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2022
30 June 30 June 31 December
2022 2021 2021
$m $m $m
Assets
Intangible assets 118.0 126.7 123.5
Plant and equipment 16.3 22.4 19.2
Right of use assets 65.5 83.6 75.5
Deferred tax asset 28.5 18.8 16.3
Investments in associates 0.4 0.3 0.6
Deferred acquisition costs 526.9 431.2 477.8
Reinsurance assets 2,911.7 2,033.4 2,386.4
Retirement benefit asset 14.4 15.4 18.1
Current income tax asset 3.7 19.1 11.9
Financial assets at fair value 7,309.6 6,561.4 7,283.5
Insurance receivables 1,910.5 1,587.2 1,696.1
Other receivables 155.7 131.8 106.7
Cash and cash equivalents 629.0 451.3 591.8
Total assets 13,690.2 11,482.6 12,807.4
Equity
Share capital 43.0 42.9 42.9
Share premium 5.3 5.3 5.3
Foreign currency translation reserve (110.3) (89.8) (97.2)
Other reserves (20.6) (7.1) (4.0)
Retained earnings 2,096.7 2,006.4 2,183.8
Total equity 2,014.1 1,957.7 2,130.8
Liabilities
Insurance liabilities 9,512.1 7,890.6 8,871.8
Financial liabilities 565.4 552.2 554.7
Lease liabilities 75.6 88.8 84.3
Current income tax liabilities 19.7 23.2 24.5
Other payables 1,503.3 970.1 1,141.3
Total liabilities 11,676.1 9,524.9 10,676.6
Total equity and liabilities 13,690.2 11,482.6 12,807.4
Condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended 30
June 2022
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Cash flow from operating activities
Profit before income tax 22.3 167.3 369.2
Adjustments for:
Amortisation of intangibles 6.9 9.9 20.5
Equity settled share based compensation 5.3 4.3 11.0
Net fair value loss/(gain) on financial investments 239.5 (45.8) (45.8)
Depreciation of plant and equipment 2.2 2.5 4.9
Depreciation of right of use assets 6.1 7.4 15.0
Impairment of reinsurance assets recognised/(written back) 2.6 4.3 (3.3)
Increase in insurance and other liabilities 1,002.3 748.4 1,900.8
Increase in insurance, reinsurance and other receivables (788.7) (517.7) (950.1)
Increase in deferred acquisition costs (49.1) (46.3) (92.9)
Financial income (41.6) (41.1) (76.5)
Finance expense 17.7 21.0 38.9
Income tax paid (18.1) (1.5) (22.2)
Net cash from operating activities 407.4 312.7 1,169.5
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchase of plant and equipment (0.3) (3.9) (4.5)
Expenditure on software development 4.2 (9.7) (17.7)
Purchase of investments (3,199.7) (4,731.0) (7,979.1)
Proceeds from sale of investments 2,922.3 4,555.3 7,037.1
Proceeds from sale of business - - 54.4
Interest and dividends received 38.3 41.1 70.6
Net cash used in investing activities (253.2) (148.2) (839.2)
Cash flow from financing activities
Acquisition of own shares in trust (17.8) - -
Finance costs (17.8) (19.2) (35.2)
Payment of lease liabilities (5.6) (6.7) (12.8)
Dividends paid (103.0) - -
Net cash (used in) financing activities (144.2) (25.9) (48.0)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 28.0 138.6 282.3
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 591.8 309.5 309.5
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 9.2 3.2 -
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 629.0 451.3 591.8
1 Statement of accounting policies
Beazley plc is a company incorporated in England and Wales and is resident for
tax purposes in the United Kingdom. The condensed consolidated interim
financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2022
comprise the parent company, its subsidiaries and the Group's interest in
associates.
The preparation of condensed consolidated interim financial statements
requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect
the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these
estimates. The significant judgements made by management in applying the
Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were
the same as those that applied to the consolidated financial statements as at,
and for the year ended, 31 December 2021.
The information in these interim condensed consolidated financial statements
is unaudited and does not constitute annual accounts within the meaning of
Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act).
The external auditor's report on the Group's Annual report and accounts for
the year ended 31 December 2021 was unqualified, did not include a reference
to any matters to which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without
qualifying their report and did not include a statement under s.498(2) or (3)
of the Companies Act 2006.
The 2021 annual financial statements of the Group were prepared in accordance
with UK adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). As
required by the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United
Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority, the condensed set of financial
statements have:
· aside from the change in reporting segments noted below, been
prepared applying the accounting policies and presentation that were applied
in the preparation of the company's published consolidated financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2021; and
· been prepared in accordance with UK adopted International
Accounting Standard 34, 'Interim Financial Reporting'.
During the period, the Group reassessed the composition of its reporting
segments in line with the requirements of IFRS 8. Further details are given in
note 2, Segmental analysis.
Changes to accounting standards
In the current year, the Group has applied amendments to IFRS issued by the
IASB and UKEB that are mandatorily effective for an accounting period that
begins on or after 1 January 2022. None of the amendments issued by the IASB
and UKEB have had a material impact to the Group.
Significant changes in accounting policy not yet effective
International Financial Reporting Standard 17, Insurance Contracts ("IFRS 17")
IFRS 17, Insurance Contracts, was issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board ("IASB") in May 2017 and was approved for adoption in the
United Kingdom by the UK Endorsement Board on 16 May 2022. IFRS 17 is
effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023.
The Group intends to make the following accounting policy choices when
applying IFRS 17. The Group will:
· measure all insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 using
the general measurement model;
· align its portfolios of (re)insurance contracts with its existing
product and distribution channel groupings. Portfolios of insurance contracts
are used in IFRS 17 to aggregate the measurement and presentation of similar
risks managed together;
· discount future cash flows using the "bottom-up" approach, based
on a risk-free discount rate that is then adjusted with an illiquidity
premium. Subsequent changes in discount rates on remeasurement will be
accounted for through the statement of profit or loss; and
· apply the fully retrospective transition approach on adoption,
with an adjustment to equity on the date of transition (1 January 2022). The
amount of this adjustment is being determined.
The Group is well progressed in its implementation of IFRS 17 and is on track
to be able to report IFRS 17 results for the first time in 2023.
Over the past six months, the Group's IFRS 17 programme has continued its work
on testing and stabilising systems and processes, as well as making progress
on deriving an opening balance sheet as at 1 January 2022. In the second half
of the year, the team will finalise the opening balance sheet position,
together with producing comparative results through a set of dry runs and
parallel runs.
The Group intends to provide further updates to investors and other
stakeholders in the second half of 2022 and in the Group's 2022 Annual report
and accounts.
International Financial Reporting Standard 9, Financial Instruments ("IFRS 9")
IFRS 9 was issued by the IASB in July 2014 and became effective for accounting
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The IASB issued amendment to
IFRS 4, Insurance Contracts in September 2016 and June 2020 which exempts
eligible entities from applying IFRS 9 for accounting periods beginning before
1 January 2023. As disclosed in the Group's 2021 Annual report and accounts,
the Group remains eligible to apply the exemption in IFRS 4 and thus will
begin to apply IFRS 9 for accounting periods beginning on 1 January 2023.
The Group expects the impact of IFRS 9 on the valuation of financial assets to
be immaterial at transition as these assets are already held at fair value
through profit or loss in accordance with IAS 39. This practice will continue
under IFRS 9 as the Group does not manage its investments using a "hold to
collect" or "hold to collect and sell" business model and therefore is
required to measure its investments at fair value through profit or loss.
Certain receivable balances will continue to be measured at amortised cost and
will have an expected credit loss applied on adoption of IFRS 9. The Group
will continue to measure borrowings at amortised cost. The Group is not
required to apply IFRS 9 retrospectively and the new standard will be applied
prospectively from 1 January 2023.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Group's principal risks and uncertainties are outlined on pages 66 to 68
in the risk management and compliance section of the Group's annual report and
accounts 2021 and have not changed since the last reporting date.
Additionally, further discussion of climate change risk, and how it interacts
with the principal risks and uncertainties is discussed in the Group's annual
report and accounts 2021, within the Task Force on Climate-related Financial
Disclosures section on pages 38 and 39. The principal risks are:
· Insurance risk;
· Strategic risk; and
· Other risks including Market, Operational, Credit, Regulatory and
Legal, Liquidity and Group Risks.
Going concern
The directors considered analysis on going concern and viability assessment
conducted for the Group's annual report and accounts 2021, which was
considered still to be relevant. This included, among other analysis, scenario
analysis covering the impact of Natural Catastrophe and Cyber loss events on
the Group's capital and liquidity positions. We have also considered reverse
stress testing scenarios designed to render the Group insolvent and the impact
of climate change on Group's viability. The testing identified that even under
stressed scenarios the Group had more than adequate liquidity and capital
headroom. It was also concluded that impact of climate change does not lead to
unviability.
The Interim going concern assessment performed at the as at 30 June 2022 did
not identify any factors that could change the conclusions made at the annual
assessment and concluded that therefore the Directors have a reasonable
expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for at least the next 12 months from the date of preparation of the
Interim Report. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in
preparing these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
2 Segmental analysis
Reporting Segments
Segment information is presented based on the Group's management and internal
reporting structures, which represent the level at which financial information
is reported, performance is analysed and resources are allocated by the
Group's Executive Committee, being the chief operating decision maker as
defined in IFRS 8.
In March 2022, the Group updated its underwriting team structure with the
creation of four underwriting divisions: Cyber Risks, Marine, Accident and
Political ("MAP") Risks, Property Risks and Specialty Risks.
From January 2022, the Group began separately reporting the performance of the
Digital division, following the creation of that team in 2021.
Accordingly the Group has determined that its reporting segments are now as
follows:
Cyber Risks
This segment underwrites cyber and technology risks.
Digital
This segment underwrites a variety of marine, contingency and SME liability
risks through digital channels such as e-trading platforms and broker portals.
MAP Risks
This segment underwrites marine, portfolio underwriting and political and
contingency business.
Property Risks
This segment underwrites first party property risks and reinsurance business.
Specialty Risks
This segment underwrites a wide range of liability classes, including
employment practices risks and directors and officers, as well as healthcare,
lawyers and international financial institutions.
Segment information
Segment results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to
a segment as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. Those
items that are allocated on a reasonable basis are split based on each
segment's capital requirements which is taken from the Group's most up to date
business plan. The reporting segments do not cross-sell business to each
other. Whilst the performance of individual business lines may be seasonal,
particularly with respect to exposure to insurance claims, the Group does not
consider its overall result to be impacted by seasonality.
Finance costs and taxation have not been allocated to operating segments as
these items are determined at a consolidated level and do not relate to
operating performance.
As a result of the changes in reporting segments, prior period comparative
information has been re-presented in accordance with the requirements of IFRS
8.
30 June 2022
Cyber MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Total
Risks Digital $m $m Risks $m
$m $m $m
Gross premiums written 472.7 98.0 547.2 478.0 959.0 2,554.9
Net premiums written 322.0 83.4 358.2 347.0 685.3 1,795.9
Net earned premiums 362.4 82.3 316.9 312.6 732.2 1,806.4
Net investment loss (33.2) (8.2) (21.8) (27.9) (101.9) (193.0)
Other income 5.7 0.9 1.8 4.3 9.7 22.4
Revenue 334.9 75.0 296.9 289.0 640.0 1,635.8
Net insurance claims 176.8 39.8 171.2 131.4 450.4 969.6
Expenses for the acquisition of insurance contracts 72.1 22.3 106.0 75.6 178.8 454.8
Administrative expenses 17.1 8.4 33.5 34.4 56.2 149.6
Foreign exchange loss 4.1 0.9 3.5 3.5 8.2 20.2
Expenses 270.1 71.4 314.2 244.9 693.6 1,594.2
Segment result 64.8 3.6 (17.3) 44.1 (53.6) 41.6
Finance costs (19.3)
Profit before income tax 22.3
Income tax expense (8.4)
Profit after income tax 13.9
Claims ratio 49% 48% 54% 42% 62% 54%
Expense ratio 25% 37% 44% 35% 32% 33%
Combined ratio 74% 85% 98% 77% 94% 87%
Segment assets and liabilities
Segment assets 2,541.4 462.2 2,169.6 2,184.4 6,332.6 13,690.2
Segment liabilities (1,966.7) (358.8) (1,933.4) (1,820.8) (5,596.4) (11,676.1)
Net assets 574.7 103.4 236.2 363.6 736.2 2,014.1
30 June 2021
(re-presented)
Cyber MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Total
Risks Digital $m $m Risks $m
$m $m $m
Gross premiums written 267.1 84.1 437.7 438.1 808.3 2,035.3
Net premiums written 187.9 72.4 312.8 246.1 622.9 1,442.1
Net earned premiums 204.5 66.4 282.2 216.6 620.5 1,390.2
Net investment income 11.0 2.0 13.1 17.6 39.9 83.6
Other income 1.7 0.6 0.9 2.6 5.1 10.9
Revenue 217.2 69.0 296.2 236.8 665.5 1,484.7
Net insurance claims 136.9 25.9 111.4 117.7 405.1 797.0
Expenses for the acquisition of insurance contracts 44.7 19.1 102.8 70.1 140.1 376.8
Administrative expenses 14.7 7.3 27.9 30.2 52.1 132.2
Foreign exchange gain (1.2) (0.5) (1.5) (2.0) (4.4) (9.6)
Expenses 195.1 51.8 240.6 216.0 592.9 1,296.4
Segment result 22.1 17.2 55.6 20.8 72.6 188.3
Finance costs (21.0)
Profit before income tax 167.3
Income tax expense (27.8)
Profit after income tax 139.5
Claims ratio 67% 39% 40% 55% 65% 57%
Expense ratio 29% 40% 46% 46% 31% 37%
Combined ratio 96% 79% 86% 101% 96% 94%
Segment assets and liabilities
Segment assets 1,939.9 388.2 1,720.2 2,075.2 5,359.1 11,482.6
Segment liabilities (1,432.9) (287.7) (1,495.1) (1,675.8) (4,633.4) (9,524.9)
Net assets 507.0 100.5 225.1 399.4 725.7 1,957.7
31 December 2021
(re-presented)
Cyber MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Total
Risks Digital $m $m Risks $m
$m $m $m
Gross premiums written 814.3 190.8 897.5 812.6 1,903.7 4,618.9
Net premiums written 624.8 166.2 671.5 573.1 1,476.8 3,512.4
Net earned premiums 499.7 149.3 613.3 521.7 1,363.3 3,147.3
Net investment income 14.5 3.6 17.0 22.6 58.7 116.4
Other income 4.6 1.9 2.7 7.5 11.5 28.2
Gain from sale of business(1) - - 54.4 - - 54.4
Revenue 518.8 154.8 687.4 551.8 1,433.5 3,346.3
Net insurance claims 326.9 56.1 252.5 335.4 855.3 1,826.2
Expenses for the acquisition of insurance contracts 100.7 42.2 206.8 149.4 322.7 821.8
Administrative expenses 29.0 15.6 59.2 66.9 112.3 283.0
Foreign exchange loss 1.2 0.3 1.4 1.3 3.0 7.2
Expenses 457.8 114.2 519.9 553.0 1,292.3 2,938.2
Segment result 61.0 40.6 167.5 (1.2) 140.2 408.1
Finance costs (38.9)
Profit before income tax 369.2
Income tax expense (60.5)
Profit after income tax 308.7
Claims ratio 65% 38% 41% 64% 63% 58%
Expense ratio 26% 39% 43% 42% 32% 35%
Combined ratio 91% 77% 84% 106% 95% 93%
Segment assets and liabilities
Segment assets 2,289.7 432.1 1,844.6 2,244.5 5,996.5 12,807.4
Segment liabilities (1,737.8) (322.7) (1,599.6) (1,809.8) (5,206.7) (10,676.6)
Net assets 551.9 109.4 245.0 434.7 789.8 2,130.8
1 The gain from sale of business relates to the sale of the Beazley Benefits
business in the second half of 2021. Further details can be found in Note 5b
of Beazley's 2021 Annual report and accounts.
3 Net Investment (loss)/income
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Interest and dividends on financial investments at fair value through profit 41.6 41.1 76.5
or loss
Net realised gains on financial investments at fair value through profit or 8.3 60.9 79.8
loss
Net unrealised fair value (losses) on financial investments at fair value (239.5) (15.0) (34.0)
through profit or loss
Investment (loss)/income from financial investments (189.6) 87.0 122.3
Investment management expenses (3.4) (3.4) (5.9)
(193.0) 83.6 116.4
4 Other income
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Commission income 15.5 7.9 19.4
Profit commissions 4.8 1.1 3.8
Agency fees 2.1 1.9 3.9
Other income - - 1.1
22.4 10.9 28.2
5 Finance costs
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Interest expense on financial liabilities 17.7 19.1 35.2
Interest expense on lease liabilities 1.6 1.9 3.7
19.3 21.0 38.9
6 Earnings per share
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Basic (cents) 2.3 23.0 50.9
Diluted (cents) 2.3 22.8 50.3
Basic (pence) 1.7 16.7 37.0
Diluted (pence) 1.7 16.6 36.5
Basic
Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing profit after income tax of
$13.9m (30 June 2021: profit of $139.5m; 31 December 2021: profit of $308.7m)
by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the six months of
604.7m (30 June 2021: 606.0m; 31 December 2021: 606.0m). The shares held in
the Employee Share Options Plan (ESOP) of 5.0m (30 June 2021: 3.2 m; 31
December 2020: 3.2m) have been excluded from the calculation until such time
as they vest unconditionally with the employees.
Diluted
Diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing profit after income tax
of $13.9m (30 June 2021: profit of $139.5m; 31 December 2021: profit of
$308.7m) by the adjusted weighted average number of shares of 613.5m (30 June
2021: 611.1m; 31 December 2021: 614.3m). The adjusted weighted average number
of shares assumes conversion of dilutive potential ordinary shares, being
shares from the SAYE (Save As You Earn), retention and deferred share schemes.
The shares held in the ESOP of 5.0m (30 June 2021: 3.2m; 31 December 2021:
3.2m) have been excluded from the calculation until such time as they vest
unconditionally with the employees.
7 Dividends
As disclosed in the Group's 2021 Annual report and accounts, the Group will
assess whether to declare and pay a dividend at the time of the Group's full
year results. Accordingly no dividend has been declared in respect of the 6
months ended 30 June 2022 (2021: nil).
An interim dividend of 12.9p per ordinary share was paid to eligible
shareholders on 30 March 2022 in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021.
8 Income tax expense
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Current tax expense
Current year 23.1 25.9 64.0
Prior year adjustments (2.6) 0.1 (7.5)
20.5 26.0 56.5
Deferred tax expense
Origination and reversal of temporary differences (13.5) 4.2 4.4
Impact of change in UK tax rates - (1.3) (0.6)
Prior year adjustments 1.4 (1.1) 0.2
(12.1) 1.8 4.0
Income tax expense 8.4 27.8 60.5
Reconciliation of tax expense
The weighted average of statutory tax rates applied to the profits/(losses)
earned in each country in which the Group operates is 37.4% (30 June 2021:
17.0%), whereas the tax charged for the period ending 30 June 2022 as a
percentage of profit/(loss) before tax is 37.8% (30 June 2021: 16.6%). The
change in the applicable tax rate reflects the change in the geographic
composition of the profit before tax and the impact of state and other local
taxes. The higher than usual weighted average of statutory tax rates is due to
the impact of investment losses in the first six months, which we expect to
not recur in the remained of the year. The reasons for the difference are
explained below:
6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months Year to Year to
ended ended ended ended 31 December 31 December
30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 2021 2021
2022 2022 2021 2021 $m %
$m % $m %
Profit before tax 22.3 167.3 369.2
Tax calculated at the weighted average 8.3 37.4 28.4 17.0 63.3 17.2
of statutory tax rates
Effects of:
Non-deductible expenses - - 1.8 1.0 3.5 1.0
Tax relief on remuneration (0.6) (2.9) (0.1) (0.1) 1.6 0.4
Over provided in prior years (1.3) (5.5) (1.0) (0.6) (7.3) (2.0)
Change in UK tax rates (1) 2.0 8.8 (1.3) (0.7) (0.6) (0.2)
Charge for the period 8.4 37.8 27.8 16.6 60.5 16.4
1 The Finance Act 2021, which provides for an increase in the UK corporation
tax rate from 19% to 25% effective from 1 April 2023 received Royal Assent on
10 June 2021. This tax rate change to 25% will increase the Group's future
current tax charge. It has also been reflected in the calculation of the
deferred tax balances as at 30 June 2021 for temporary differences expected to
reverse on or after 1 April 2023.
The Tax Act (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) was signed into law in the US in
December 2017. The Tax Act includes base erosion anti-avoidance tax provisions
(the "BEAT"). We have performed an assessment for our intra-group transactions
potentially in scope of BEAT. The application of this new BEAT legislation is
still uncertain for some types of transaction and we are keeping developments
under review. With support from external advisors, we believe that the BEAT
impact on the Group is not significant. As at 30 June 2022, and in line with
the prior period, no amount was provided in the Group accounts for BEAT
liabilities. The ultimate outcome may differ and if any additional amounts did
fall within the scope of the BEAT, incremental tax at 10% might arise on some
or all of those amounts.
Amounts recognised directly in equity
Aggregate current and deferred tax arising in the reporting period and not
recognised in net profits or loss or other comprehensive income but directly
debited or credited to equity:
30 June 30 June
2022 2021 31 December
$m $m 2021
$m
Current tax: share based payments - - -
Deferred tax: share based payments - 3.9 3.9
- 3.9 3.9
9 Financial assets and liabilities
30 June 30 June
2022 2021 31 December
$m $m 2021
$m
Financial assets at fair value
Government issued 4,344.2 3,374.5 4,008.1
Corporate bonds
- Investment grade 1,811.2 1,960.8 1,861.9
- High yield 304.9 310.6 402.3
Syndicate loans 32.2 41.9 37.9
Total fixed and floating rate debt securities and syndicate loans 6,492.5 5,687.8 6,310.2
Equity funds 63.7 186.6 209.6
Hedge funds 482.6 455.6 478.2
Illiquid credit assets 250.8 230.2 277.9
Total capital growth assets 797.1 872.4 965.7
Total financial investments at fair value through statement of profit or loss 7,289.6 6,560.2 7,275.9
Derivative financial assets 20.0 1.2 7.6
Total financial assets at fair value 7,309.6 6,561.4 7,283.5
Investment grade corporate bonds are rated BBB-/Baa3 or higher by at least one
major rating agency, while high yield corporate bonds have lower credit
ratings. Hedge funds are investment vehicles pursuing alternative investment
strategies, structured to have minimal correlation to traditional asset
classes. Equity funds are investment vehicles which invest in equity
securities and provide diversified exposure to global equity markets. Illiquid
credit assets are investment vehicles that predominantly target private
lending opportunities, often with longer investment horizons. The fair value
of these assets at 30 June 2022 excludes an unfunded commitment of $40.3m (30
June 2021: $46.6m). Syndicate loans have been introduced and collected by
Lloyd's of London to support underwriting at Lloyd's Brussels on the 2019 and
2020 years of account.
The amount expected to mature before and after one year are: 30 June 30 June
2022 2021 31 December
$m $m 2021
$m
Within one year 1,443.1 1,244.3 1,409.4
After one year 5,069.4 4,444.7 4,908.4
Total 6,512.5 5,689.0 6,317.8
Our capital growth assets have no defined maturity dates and have thus been
excluded from the above maturity table. However, $63.7m (30 June 2021:
$186.6m) of equity funds could be liquidated within two weeks, $380.8m (30
June 2021: $356.6m) of hedge fund assets within six months and the remaining
$101.8m (30 June 2021: $99.0m) of hedge fund assets within 18 months, in
normal market conditions. Illiquid credit assets are not readily realisable
and principal will be returned over the life of these assets, which may be up
to 12 years.
Financial liabilities 30 June 30 June
2022 2021 31 December
$m $m 2021
$m
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2029) 298.5 298.3 298.4
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2026) 249.3 249.1 249.2
Derivative financial liabilities 17.6 4.8 7.1
Total financial liabilities 565.4 552.2 554.7
The amounts expected to mature before and after one year are: 30 June 30 June
2022 2021 31 December
$m $m 2021
$m
Within one year 17.6 4.8 7.1
After one year 547.8 547.4 547.6
Total 565.4 552.2 554.7
Valuation hierarchy
The Group determines the estimated fair value of each individual security
utilising the highest-level inputs available. Prices for the Group's
investment portfolio are provided via a third-party pricing vendor whose
pricing processes and the controls thereon are subject to an annual audit on
both the operation and the effectiveness of those controls. Various recognised
reputable pricing transparency fields are used including pricing vendors and
broker-dealers. The pricing sources use directly observable prices where
available, otherwise indicative prices are quoted based on observable market
trade data.
If the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability could
be categorised in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, then the fair
value measurement is categorised in its entirety in the same level of the fair
value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire
measurement.
The Group has an established control framework and valuation policy with
respect to the measurement of fair values.
The fair value of securities in the Group's investment portfolio is estimated
using the following techniques:
Level 1 - Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical
instruments. An active market is a market in which transactions for the
instrument occur with sufficient frequency and volume on an ongoing basis such
that quoted prices reflect prices at which an orderly transaction would take
place between market participants at the measurement date.
Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active, or
based on pricing models for which significant inputs can be corroborated by
observable market data (e.g. interest rates and exchange rates).
(i) Debt securities
For the Group's level 2 debt securities our fund administrator obtains the
prices used in the valuation from independent pricing vendors. The independent
pricing vendors derive an evaluated price from observable market inputs. These
inputs are verified in their pricing engines and calibrated with the pricing
models to calculate spread to benchmarks, as well as other pricing assumptions
such as weighted average life, discount margins, default rates, and recovery
and prepayments assumptions for mortgage securities.
(ii) Hedge funds
For our hedge funds, the pricing and valuation of each fund is undertaken by
administrators in accordance with each underlying fund's valuation policy.
Individual fund prices are communicated by the administrators to all investors
via the monthly investor statements. The fair value of the hedge fund
portfolios are calculated by reference to the underlying net asset values of
each of the individual funds.
Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable or for which there
is limited market activity against which to measure fair value.
The availability of financial data can vary for different financial assets and
is affected by a wide variety of factors, including the type of financial
instrument, whether it is new and not yet established in the marketplace, and
other characteristics specific to each transaction. To the extent that
valuation is based on models or inputs that are unobservable in the market,
the determination of fair value requires more judgement. Accordingly the
degree of judgement exercised by management in determining fair value is
greatest for instruments classified in level 3. The Group uses prices and
inputs that are current as of the measurement date for valuation of these
instruments.
(i) Illiquid credit assets
Within the Group's level 3 investments we have a diversified portfolio of
illiquid credit fund investments managed by third party managers (generally
closed ended limited partnerships or open ended funds). While the funds
provide full transparency on their underlying investments, the investments
themselves are predominantly in private and unquoted instruments and are
therefore classified as level 3 investments. Closed-ended funds that are still
in their investment period continue to draw down capital, whilst funds that
are in their harvest period distribute capital as the underlying investments
are realised.
The valuation techniques used by the fund managers to establish the fair value
of the underlying private/unquoted investments may incorporate discounted cash
flow models or a more market based approach, whilst the main inputs might
include discount rates, fundamental pricing multiples, recent transaction
prices, or comparable market information to create a benchmark multiple.
(ii) Syndicate loans
These are loans provided by our Group syndicates to the Central Fund at
Lloyd's in respect of the 2019 and 2020 underwriting years. These instruments
are not tradeable and their fair value is determined using discounted cash
flow models, designed to appropriately reflect the credit and illiquidity risk
of the instruments. The syndicate loans have been classified as Level 3
investments because the valuation approach includes significant unobservable
inputs and an element of subjectivity in determining appropriate credit and
illiquidity spreads.
The following table shows the fair values of financial assets and financial
liabilities, including their levels in the fair value hierarchy.
30 June 2022 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
$m $m $m $m
Financial assets carried at fair value
Government issued 3,498.4 845.8 - 4,344.2
Corporate bonds
- Investment grade 1,288.7 522.5 - 1,811.2
- High yield 34.2 270.7 - 304.9
Syndicate loans - - 32.2 32.2
Equity funds 63.7 - - 63.7
Hedge funds - 482.6 - 482.6
Illiquid credit assets - - 250.8 250.8
Derivative financial assets 20.0 - - 20.0
Total financial assets carried at fair value 4,905.0 2,121.6 283.0 7,309.6
Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial liabilities (17.6) - - (17.6)
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2029) - 281.3 - 281.3
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2026) - 247.6 - 247.6
Total financial liabilities not carried at fair value - 528.9 - 528.9
30 June 2021 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
$m $m $m $m
Financial assets carried at fair value
Government issued 2,652.4 722.1 - 3,374.5
Corporate bonds
- Investment grade 1,436.1 524.7 - 1,960.8
- High yield 119.7 190.9 - 310.6
Syndicate loans - - 41.9 41.9
Equity funds 186.6 - - 186.6
Hedge funds - 455.6 - 455.6
Illiquid credit assets - - 230.2 230.2
Derivative financial assets 1.2 - - 1.2
Total financial assets carried at fair value 4,396.0 1,893.3 272.1 6,561.4
Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial liabilities 4.8 - - 4.8
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2029) - 331.9 - 331.9
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2026) - 278.1 - 278.1
Total financial liabilities not carried at fair value - 610.0 - 610.0
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
$m $m $m $m
31 December 2021
Financial assets carried at fair value
Government issued 3,513.2 494.9 - 4,008.1
Corporate bonds
- Investment grade 802.8 1,059.1 - 1,861.9
- High yield 82.1 320.2 - 402.3
Syndicate loans - - 37.9 37.9
Equity funds 209.6 - - 209.6
Hedge funds - 478.2 - 478.2
Illiquid credit assets - - 277.9 277.9
Derivative financial assets 7.6 - - 7.6
Total financial assets carried at fair value 4,615.3 2,352.4 315.8 7,283.5
Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial liabilities 7.1 - - 7.1
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2029) - 334.6 - 334.6
Tier 2 subordinated debt (2026) - 279.0 - 279.0
Total financial liabilities not carried at fair value - 613.6 - 613.6
The table above does not include financial assets and liabilities that are, in
accordance with the Group's accounting policies, recorded at amortised cost,
if the carrying amount of these financial assets and liabilities approximates
their fair values at the reporting date. Cash and cash equivalents have not
been included in the table above; however, the full amount of cash and cash
equivalents would be classified under level 2 in both the current and prior
year.
Transfers
The Group determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the
fair value hierarchy by assessing categorisation at the end of the reporting
period.
The following transfers between levels 1 & 2 for the period ended 30 June
2022 reflect the level of trading activities including frequency and volume
derived from market data obtained from an independent external valuation tool:
30 June 2022 vs 31 December 2021 transfer from level 1 to level 2 Level 1 Level 2
$m $m
- Investment grade (126.9) 126.9
- Government issued (237.9) 237.9
30 June 2021 vs 30 June 2020 transfer from level 2 to level 1 Level 1 Level 2
$m $m
- Investment grade 467.0 (467.0)
The values shown in the transfer tables above are translated at foreign
exchange rate as at 30 June 2022.
Level 3 investment reconciliations
The table below shows a reconciliation from the opening balances to the
closing balances of level 3 fair values. The total net unrealised losses
recognised in profit or loss of $2.4m (30 June 2021: income of $13.2 m) is
included in the net investment loss total of $193.0m (30 June 2021: income of
$83.6m) shown in the condensed consolidated statement of profit or loss.
30 June 30 June 31 December
2022 2021 2021
$m $m $m
As at 1 January 315.8 268.5 268.5
Purchases 3.7 21.3 87.1
Sales (34.0) (30.9) (60.2)
Total net unrealised (losses)/gains recognised in profit or loss (2.4) 13.2 20.4
As at period end 283.0 272.1 315.8
Unconsolidated structured entities
A structured entity is defined as an entity that has been designed so that
voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding who controls
the entity, such as when any voting rights relate to administrative tasks
only, or when the relevant activities are directed by means of contractual
arrangements. As part of its standard investment activities the Group holds
investments in high yield bond funds, equity funds, hedge funds and illiquid
credit assets which in accordance with IFRS 12 are classified as
unconsolidated structured entities. The Group does not sponsor any of the
unconsolidated structured entities. The assets classified as unconsolidated
structured entities are held at fair value on the statement of financial
position.
The investments comprising the Group's unconsolidated structured entities are
as follows:
30 June 30 June 31 December
2022 2021 2021
$m $m $m
High yield 304.9 310.6 402.3
Equity funds 63.7 186.6 209.6
Hedge funds 482.6 455.6 478.2
Illiquid credit assets 250.8 230.2 277.9
Investments through unconsolidated structured entities 1,102.0 1,183.0 1,368.0
Currency exposures
The currency exposures of our financial assets held at fair value are detailed
below:
30 June 2022 UK £ CAD $ EURO € Subtotal US $ Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Financial assets at fair value
Fixed and floating rate debt securities 510.3 400.1 - 910.4 5,549.9 6,460.3
Syndicate loans 32.2 - - 32.2 - 32.2
Equity funds - - - - 63.7 63.7
Hedge funds - - - - 482.6 482.6
Illiquid credit assets 0.1 - 38.1 38.2 212.6 250.8
Derivative financial assets - - - - 20.0 20.0
Total 542.6 400.1 38.1 980.8 6,328.8 7,309.6
30 June 2021 UK £ CAD $ EURO € Subtotal US $ Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Financial assets at fair value
Fixed and floating rate debt securities 434.4 321.0 - 755.4 4,890.5 5,645.9
Syndicate loans 41.9 - - 41.9 - 41.9
Equity funds - - - - 186.6 186.6
Hedge funds - - - - 455.6 455.6
Illiquid credit assets 1.8 - 37.3 39.1 191.1 230.2
Derivative financial assets - - - - 1.2 1.2
Total 478.1 321.0 37.3 836.4 5,725.0 6,561.4
31 December 2021 UK £ CAD $ EURO € Subtotal US $ Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Financial assets at fair value
Fixed and floating rate debt securities 465.0 341.4 - 806.4 5,465.9 6,272.3
Syndicate loans 37.9 - - 37.9 - 37.9
Equity funds - - - - 209.6 209.6
Hedge funds - - - - 478.2 478.2
Illiquid credit assets 0.5 - 39.8 40.3 237.6 277.9
Derivative financial assets - - - - 7.6 7.6
Total 503.4 341.4 39.8 884.6 6,398.9 7,283.5
The above qualitative and quantitative disclosures along with the risk
management disclosure included in note 2 of the annual report for the year
ending 31 December 2021, enables more comprehensive evaluation of Beazley's
exposure to risks arising from financial instruments.
10 Cash and cash equivalents
30 June 30 June 31 December
2022 2021 2021
$m $m $m
Cash at bank and in hand 629.0 451.3 591.8
629.0 451.3 591.8
Total cash and cash equivalents include $59.6m (30 June 2021: $26.6m, 31
December 2021: $35.6m) held in Lloyd's Singapore trust accounts. These funds
are only available for use by the Group to meet local claim and expense
obligations.
11 Insurance claims
The processes undertaken by management in estimating insurance liabilities are
consistent with the processes applied for the year ended 31 December 2021 and
further detail is available in note 24 of the Group's 2021 annual Report and
Accounts. These processes include performing liability adequacy tests at each
reporting date.
Gross insurance liabilities as at 30 June 2022 of $9,512.1m (30 June 2021:
$7,890.6m; 31 December 2021: $8,871.8m) did not include an unexpired risk
reserve (30 June 2021: $12.8m; 31 December 2021: $nil). Reinsurance assets as
at 30 June 2022 of $2,911.7m (30 June 2021: $2,033.4m; 31 December 2021:
$2,386.4m) also did not include reinsurers' shares of the unexpired risk
reserve (30 June 2021: $1.6m; 31 December 2021: $nil).
The loss development tables below provide information about historical claims
development by the five segments - Cyber Risks, Digital, MAP Risks, Property
Risks and Specialty Risks. The loss ratios on prior years have been
re-presented to align with the Group's revised operating segments.
While the information in the tables provide a historical perspective on the
adequacy of the claims liabilities established in previous years, users of
these financial statements are cautioned against extrapolating past
redundancies or deficiencies on current claims liabilities. The Group believes
that the estimates of total claims liabilities as at 30 June 2022 are
adequate. However, due to inherent uncertainties in the reserving process, it
cannot be assured that such balances will ultimately prove to be adequate.
Gross ultimate claims 2012ae 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
% % % % % % % % % %
Cyber Risks
12 months 67.8 62.9 60.7 57.5 55.1 56.7 57.7 79.9 65.6
24 months 68.3 61.9 60.8 58.0 55.2 57.7 74.6 91.2
36 months 69.5 55.6 52.8 52.8 45.8 53.0 79.0
48 months 74.3 60.3 44.4 48.3 42.0 54.8
60 months 74.1 68.4 42.4 47.8 42.5
72 months 71.7 64.9 41.2 45.7
84 months 69.0 65.3 41.0
96 months 71.5 64.9
108 months 71.8
Position at 30 June 2022 67.8 66.5 39.8 43.8 40.8 51.4 79.4 100.7 60.3
Digital
12 months 71.5 64.9 64.1 60.1 55.2 62.0 61.6 65.9 64.6
24 months 72.2 59.4 64.2 59.8 56.3 60.8 70.4 70.6
36 months 48.8 36.7 26.9 32.5 41.5 50.5 50.6
48 months 24.7 28.7 24.2 21.5 31.2 40.6
60 months 23.2 25.4 22.3 20.9 27.1
72 months 20.3 25.4 21.8 19.8
84 months 18.0 23.1 21.6
96 months 17.5 23.2
108 months 17.5
Position at 30 June 2022 17.5 23.2 21.5 19.7 27.3 44.2 45.7 66.8 63.1
MAP Risks
12 months 57.7 58.5 58.4 60.7 63.9 61.0 60.0 81.0 58.9
24 months 51.5 49.0 56.8 63.5 56.9 62.8 93.0 80.1
36 months 44.8 47.6 52.6 58.4 55.1 76.0 87.7
48 months 43.3 48.4 51.9 56.9 54.2 76.6
60 months 43.5 54.0 49.0 55.2 51.5
72 months 42.9 52.4 48.2 53.8
84 months 42.1 52.2 48.0
96 months 41.3 52.6
108 months 41.1
Position at 41.1 52.1 48.0 53.9 51.6 77.3 90.9 88.1 82.0
30 June 2022
Property Risks
12 months 55.8 56.0 58.5 62.3 92.6 75.3 70.4 72.0 72.6
24 months 47.1 42.7 43.5 58.8 100.1 84.2 64.6 75.7
36 months 44.0 37.6 38.7 60.2 106.0 84.5 58.3
48 months 43.6 35.9 37.9 61.0 106.7 81.9
60 months 42.5 35.2 37.1 60.7 106.1
72 months 43.5 35.4 38.5 60.3
84 months 42.8 35.1 38.1
96 months 43.0 35.3
108 months 43.1
Position at 30 June 2022 43.1 35.0 38.0 60.5 106.2 81.6 55.5 74.8 71.0
Specialty Risks
12 months 74.7 70.0 69.6 68.7 67.3 69.4 68.2 68.0 66.8
24 months 74.3 70.6 70.1 68.5 69.1 70.3 69.1 68.6
36 months 74.7 69.6 71.1 69.7 71.6 70.2 64.2
48 months 70.0 66.5 70.8 71.7 71.1 69.0
60 months 64.8 64.4 74.7 70.2 73.9
72 months 62.0 63.0 83.1 70.7
84 months 62.5 62.2 87.5
96 months 61.0 63.3
108 months 59.6
Position at 59.1 63.3 87.8 71.2 75.6 70.1 63.5 68.6 66.0
30 June 2022
Total
12 months 63.6 62.1 62.6 63.3 70.4 66.8 65.1 73.2 66.1
24 months 59.3 55.9 58.5 63.0 71.5 69.7 74.1 75.7
36 months 56.4 52.7 54.5 60.8 71.4 71.1 69.7
48 months 54.4 51.7 52.7 60.2 70.1 70.0
60 months 52.4 53.2 52.8 59.2 70.4
72 months 51.4 51.9 55.6 58.6
84 months 50.8 51.5 56.8
96 months 50.4 52.0
108 months 50.0
Position at 49.5 52.0 56.8 58.6 70.7 70.1 69.3 78.3 68.8
30 June 2022
Estimated total ultimate 8,576.4 890.1 978.7 1,128.9 1,237.9 1,700.6 1,848.6 2,116.7 2,812.2 3,114.3 3,193.7 27,598.1
losses ($m)
Less paid (8,335.4) (827.8) (923.4) (957.3) (1,040.9) (1,306.6) (1,285.1) (1,101.9) (976.5) (294.7) (7.0) (17,056.6)
claims ($m)
Less unearned portion of ultimate losses ($m) - - - - - - - - (120.5) (622.7) (2,954.1) (3,697.3)
Gross claims liabilities 241.0 62.3 55.3 171.6 197.0 394.0 563.5 1,014.8 1,715.2 2,196.9 232.6 6,844.2
($m)
Net ultimate claims 2012ae 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
% % % % % % % % % %
Cyber Risks
12 months 63.6 60.4 56.9 54.8 53.7 53.5 55.6 80.2 64.6
24 months 64.1 59.4 57.1 55.5 53.1 55.6 71.3 79.0
36 months 61.7 53.6 50.3 51.0 44.0 54.0 72.7
48 months 65.8 56.0 41.7 46.6 41.1 53.3
60 months 64.5 62.4 38.7 42.9 40.1
72 months 62.6 58.5 34.2 41.3
84 months 59.7 59.3 33.6
96 months 61.6 58.3
108 months 61.8
Position at 57.3 61.0 32.6 39.6 37.9 47.3 73.1 78.5 58.5
30 June 2022
Digital
12 months 65.7 62.9 60.5 57.8 54.1 59.7 60.8 65.2 63.0
24 months 66.8 56.9 60.8 57.7 54.9 59.9 68.8 69.0
36 months 47.2 36.8 25.0 31.7 40.8 49.5 49.1
48 months 22.8 28.9 22.4 21.6 30.9 38.7
60 months 21.4 25.0 20.5 20.7 27.0
72 months 18.9 24.9 20.0 19.6
84 months 16.6 22.6 19.9
96 months 16.1 22.7
108 months 16.0
Position at 16.0 22.7 19.7 19.6 27.1 41.9 43.8 65.0 61.6
30 June 2022
MAP Risks
12 months 57.2 56.9 57.5 58.7 57.5 58.2 55.3 67.6 51.5
24 months 52.8 49.4 54.7 59.1 56.2 60.8 78.3 63.7
36 months 47.6 46.5 51.5 56.6 54.6 72.5 73.1
48 months 45.6 47.6 51.0 55.5 53.5 73.6
60 months 45.3 48.4 48.9 54.0 51.4
72 months 44.9 47.6 48.4 52.8
84 months 43.6 47.4 47.5
96 months 43.5 47.1
108 months 43.2
Position at 43.2 46.6 47.8 52.4 51.1 73.6 71.5 65.1 58.4
30 June 2022
Property Risks
12 months 56.0 56.0 57.0 58.9 86.6 71.1 65.6 73.2 64.2
24 months 54.4 47.5 45.9 60.7 94.8 76.2 67.0 79.9
36 months 50.6 41.4 40.4 61.8 99.5 76.3 61.3
48 months 48.9 39.5 38.9 62.1 98.8 73.6
60 months 47.5 38.8 38.8 61.8 99.6
72 months 48.6 39.4 40.1 61.5
84 months 48.4 39.0 38.8
96 months 48.6 38.8
108 months 48.2
Position at 48.3 38.6 38.7 62.0 100.2 73.5 57.6 78.0 62.9
30 June 2022
Specialty Risks
12 months 70.8 67.4 65.7 66.4 65.3 67.2 66.3 65.0 64.9
24 months 70.3 68.2 66.2 66.3 66.7 68.9 65.2 63.4
36 months 71.1 68.4 67.0 66.1 69.8 69.5 60.9
48 months 65.3 63.8 63.1 65.7 68.1 67.8
60 months 60.5 62.4 65.6 62.7 69.1
72 months 58.4 62.1 69.3 62.6
84 months 59.0 61.1 73.7
96 months 57.5 62.6
108 months 56.3
Position at 55.8 62.4 73.4 63.3 70.5 65.2 60.0 62.3 63.9
30 June 2022
Net ultimate claims
12 months 62.0 60.7 60.1 60.8 66.2 63.7 62.1 69.5 62.1
24 months 60.2 56.4 56.9 61.3 68.1 66.4 69.3 69.1
36 months 57.4 53.1 53.0 59.1 68.1 68.1 64.7
48 months 54.4 51.4 50.0 57.8 66.1 66.6
60 months 52.2 51.6 49.9 55.7 65.7
72 months 51.5 51.0 50.7 55.0
84 months 50.9 50.5 51.7
96 months 50.6 50.8
108 months 50.1
Position at 49.5 50.9 51.5 55.0 65.9 64.6 63.1 68.2 61.6
30 June 2022
Estimated total ultimate losses ($m) 6,384.2 757.7 821.1 861.0 978.5 1,332.4 1,435.2 1,643.1 1,960.2 2,170.3 2,101.9 20,445.6
Less paid claims ($m) (6,174.2) (707.9) (775.0) (780.2) (859.6) (1,050.5) (1,035.7) (873.5) (724.9) (236.3) (1.4) (13,219.2)
Less unearned portion of ultimate losses ($m) - - - - - - - - (82.4) (462.4) (1,981.4) (2,526.2)
Net claims liabilities 210.0 49.8 46.1 80.8 118.9 281.9 399.5 769.6 1,152.9 1,471.6 119.1 4,700.2
($m)
Analysis of movements in loss development tables
We have updated our loss development tables to show the interim ultimate loss
ratios as at 30 June 2022 for each underwriting year. As such, care should be
taken when comparing these half year movements to the full year movements
shown within the body of the table.
Cyber Risks
The 2020 underwriting year has strengthened gross of reinsurance in response
to adverse claims development on existing claims. The impact is reduced net
of reinsurance as this year is recovering under aggregate excess of loss
reinsurance programmes. Favourable developments have been recognised on the
2018 and 2021 underwriting years.
Digital
The deterioration on the 2018 underwriting year arises from adverse claims
experience on the tech & media private enterprise class. Favourable
attritional claims development, together with the expiry of risk, has led to
releases on recent underwriting years.
MAP Risks
The 2019 to 2021 underwriting years have been impacted by the recent Russian
invasion of Ukraine. The impact is lower net of reinsurance as a result of the
excess of loss reinsurance programmes in place.
Property Risks
Favourable developments on attritional claims and established catastrophe
events have led to releases on the recent underwriting years.
Specialty Risks
The 2017 and 2018 underwriting years have seen claims development gross of
reinsurance in excess of expectations predominantly driven by the healthcare
book. Both these years are recovering under aggregate excess of loss
reinsurance programmes, so the impact is lower net of reinsurance. Recent
underwriting years continue to improve as the risk expires.
Claims releases
The table below analyses our net insurance claims between current year claims
and adjustments to prior year net claims reserves. These have been broken down
by segment and period.
Reserve releases for the six months up to 30 June totalled $92.6m (2021:
$95.7m), with releases seen across all of our divisions. Our 2019 and earlier
underwriting years are representing a large release of $50.9m, driven by Cyber
Risks releasing $32.2m following positive claims development across the Tech
& Media (TMB) and Errors & Omissions (E&O) books. We also saw a
significant release on the 2020 underwriting year as a result of favourable
attritional claims experience and expiry of risk, with a relatively equal
split between MAP risks, Property Risks and Specialty Risks at $10.3m, $11.4m
and $10.1m respectively. On the 2021 Underwriting year we have seen an overall
release of $4.7m with a release of $9.0m on MAP risks, being offset by
strengthening on Cyber Risks, Digital and Property Risks of $1.9m, $0.9m and
$4.2m respectively. Favourable attritional movements in Aviation and an
improved claims environment in the US Accident & Health class have
contributed to the $9.0m MAP risks release.
Historically our reserves have been within the range of 5-10% above our
actuarial estimates, which themselves include some margin for uncertainty. The
margin held above actuarial estimate was 5.9% at 30 June 2022 (30 June 2021:
6.6%). Further discussion on our reserving strategy can be found within the
reserving section of the interim management statement within this
announcement.
The movements shown on 2019 and earlier are absolute claim movements and are
not impacted by any current year movements on premium on those underwriting
years.
6 months ended 30 June 2022 Cyber Risks Digital MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Risks Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Current year 207.3 46.0 198.9 156.4 453.6 1,062.2
Prior year
- 2019 and earlier (32.2) (2.1) (8.4) (17.8) 9.6 (50.9)
- 2020 underwriting year (0.2) (5.0) (10.3) (11.4) (10.1) (37.0)
- 2021 underwriting year 1.9 0.9 (9.0) 4.2 (2.7) (4.7)
(30.5) (6.2) (27.7) (25.0) (3.2) (92.6)
Net insurance claims 176.8 39.8 171.2 131.4 450.4 969.6
6 months ended 30 June 2021(re-presented) Cyber Risks Digital MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Risks Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Current year 157.0 44.4 140.4 140.7 410.2 892.7
Prior year
- 2018 and earlier (13.5) (12.4) (7.2) (8.6) 8.3 (33.4)
- 2019 underwriting year (3.0) (6.6) (21.7) (13.2) (9.1) (53.6)
- 2020 underwriting year (3.6) 0.5 (0.1) (1.2) (4.3) (8.7)
(20.1) (18.5) (29.0) (23.0) (5.1) (95.7)
Net insurance claims 136.9 25.9 111.4 117.7 405.1 797.0
Year to 31 December 2021 (re-presented) Cyber Risks Digital MAP Risks Property Risks Specialty Risks Total
$m $m $m $m $m $m
Current year 353.1 95.8 315.4 394.6 877.1 2,036.0
Prior year
- 2018 and earlier (38.3) (21.2) (15.6) (19.5) 11.0 (83.6)
- 2019 underwriting year 20.2 (19.5) (36.6) (31.1) (30.6) (97.6)
- 2020 underwriting year (8.2) 1.0 (10.8) (8.5) (2.1) (28.6)
(26.3) (39.7) (63.0) (59.1) (21.7) (209.8)
Net insurance claims 326.8 56.1 252.4 335.5 855.4 1,826.2
12 Related party transactions
The related party transactions of the Group are consistent in nature and scope
with those disclosed in note 30 of the Group's consolidated financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2021.
On 1 January 2022, syndicate 4321 at Lloyd's began underwriting in a follow
capacity as part of an ESG consortium led by syndicates 623 and 2623 at
Lloyd's. Syndicate 4321 is managed by the Group's Lloyd's managing agent,
Beazley Furlonge Limited, and 10% of the syndicate's capacity is provided by
the Group's wholly owned subsidiary, Beazley Corporate Member (No. 3) Limited.
Remaining capacity is provided by third parties.
13 Foreign exchange rates
The Group used the following exchange rates to translate foreign currency
assets, liabilities, income and expenses into US dollars, being the Group's
presentation currency:
6 months 6 months Year to
ended ended 31 December
30 June 30 June 2021
2022 2021 $m
$m $m
Average
Pound sterling 0.76 0.73 0.73
Canadian dollar 1.27 1.23 1.25
Euro 0.90 0.83 0.84
Spot
Pound sterling 0.82 0.71 0.76
Canadian dollar 1.29 1.22 1.27
Euro 0.96 0.82 0.88
14 Subsequent events
There have been no events that have occurred since the reporting date which
require adjustment to or disclosure in these Interim Financial Statements.
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