Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) was upgraded by equities researchers at Numis Securities Ltd to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Market Beat.com reports.

Shares of Beazley PLC (LON:BEZ) opened at 367.8000 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 380.19 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 357.47. Beazley PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 273.80 and a 52 week high of GBX 402.08. The company’s market cap is GBX 1.87 billion.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on BEZ. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Beazley PLC in a report on Thursday, November 12th. Westhouse Securities upgraded Beazley PLC to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, November 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 340 ($4.84) target price on shares of Beazley PLC in a report on Tuesday, January 5th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 300 ($4.27) target price on shares of Beazley PLC in a report on Thursday, November 12th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity raised Beazley PLC to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 18th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Beazley PLC presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 329.33 ($4.69).

Beazley plc is a holding company for the Beazley group, a global specialist risk insurance and reinsurance business. The Company’s segments include Life, accident & health segment, which underwrites life, health, personal accident, sports and income protection risks; Marine segment, which underwrites a broad spectrum of marine classes including hull, energy, cargo and specie, piracy, aviation, kidnap & ransom and war risks; Political risks & contingency segment, which underwrites terrorism, political violence, expropriation and credit risks, as well as contingency and risks associated with contract frustration; Property segment, which underwrites commercial, homeowners’, and construction and engineering property insurance; Reinsurance segment, specializes in writing property catastrophe, property per risk, casualty clash, aggregate excess of loss and pro-rata business, and Specialty lines segment underwrites professional liability, management liability and environmental liability.

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