Beazley sees FY profits at upper end of expectations
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Specialist insurer Beazley said full year pre-tax profits for the year ended 31 December 2017 would be ahead of current market expectations.
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It added that it expected to report a combined ratio of 99% and an investment return of 2.9% for the year on average invested assets of $4.8bn.
Beazley said the US tax cuts recently passed would reduce the value of its US deferred tax asset by around $5m.