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Beazley

This FTSE 100 underwriter manages seven Lloyd’s of London syndicates specialising in areas such as property, cybercrime and political risk. Gross premiums rose by 12% on the year in the first quarter due to price hikes and robust demand from the property and cybercrime divisions. Disasters such as last September’s Hurricane Ian haven’t unduly hurt the bottom line. On “barely seven times forecast earnings” and yielding 2.4%, the shares

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