By Rupert Hargreaves Lloyd’s of London insurer Beazley has reported a strong start to the year today, as it has continued to benefit from the hard market in insurance. Like its peers, the company has benefitted from the hard market—rising premiums and tighter policy wordings—in recent years, and the trend doesn’t look likely to end anytime soon. For the three months to the end of March, the company reported a seven per cent increase in insurance premiums written to $1.48bn (£1.2bn) while net insurance premiums written rose 11 per cent to $1.24bn (£1bn). The company saw a one per cent increase …