Zurich completes Beazley deal: Zurich Insurance Group stock costs EUR 615.90 versus EUR 613.20

Published on 10/07/2026 at 10:37 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Beazley deal targets USD 1.0 billion annual revenue growth by 2029. Zurich Insurance Group stock was EUR 615.90 on October 7, 2026 after EUR 613.20.

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Zurich Insurance Group (CH0011075394) stock was trading at EUR 615.90 at Lang & Schwarz on October 7, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. CEST, versus the prior close of EUR 613.20. Zurich Insurance announced on October 2, 2026 that it had completed the Beazley acquisition.

Beazley expands specialty insurance

The transaction brings Beazley into Zurich's Global Specialty business and gives the Swiss insurer its first entry into Lloyd's of London. Zurich said the combined business is the world's largest specialty insurance business, with Kristof Terryn appointed CEO of Beazley and Zurich Global Specialty subject to regulatory approval.

The financial targets are material. Zurich expects the integration to generate over USD 1.0 billion of incremental annual revenue growth by 2029, at least USD 150.0 million of annual cost savings and at least USD 1.0 billion of one-off capital extraction within the first two years.

Profit growth supports the strategy

The acquisition adds scale to a group that entered the second half of 2026 with strong operating momentum. In the first half of 2026, business operating profit increased 13.00 percent to USD 4.8 billion and core earnings per share grew 11.50 percent, according to Yahoo Finance in its August 6, 2026 transcript.

Property and casualty gross written premiums rose 7.00 percent to USD 30.0 billion in the same period, while operating profit in that business reached USD 2.8 billion, up 16.00 percent year over year. The combined ratio was 92.70 percent, making underwriting discipline the key counterweight to the integration ambitions.

Zurich stock stays near its Swiss range

Zurich's primary listing is on the SIX Swiss Exchange, where the finance quote showed CHF 574.00 on October 7, 2026 at 10:20 a.m. CEST, against a 52-week range of CHF 521.00 to CHF 626.00. The corresponding market capitalization was CHF 85.7 billion. The euro quotation from Lang & Schwarz was higher in nominal terms because it is a separate currency quotation, while the underlying share reference remained the SIX listing.

At Lang & Schwarz, Zurich Insurance Group stock was trading at EUR 615.90 on October 7, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. CEST, up EUR 2.70 or plus 0.44 percent versus the prior close of EUR 613.20. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Zurich Insurance Group stock.