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Lloyd’s Comments on ‘Quiet’ 2006 Hurricane Season

Dec 29 2006 // Munich Re isn’t the only major insurance organization to express the industry’s collective sigh of relief as the year 2006 expires with relatively few major catastrophe losses (See related article above)....

Lloyd’s ECF System Moves Forward

Dec 28 2006 // Lloyd’s has announced that all of its “managing agents writing subscription business who would use the new Electronic Claims File [ECF] initiative have agreed to the rules governing the...

Lloyd’s Sues Former R.I. Gov. Sundlun, Who Denies Owing Funds

Dec 27 2006 // The London insurance market Lloyd’s has sued former Rhode Island Gov. Bruce Sundlun, accusing him of failing to pay about $300,000 in principal and interest. But Sundlun says he doesn’t owe Lloyd’s any...

Best Affirms Lloyd’s Adriatico ‘A+’ Ratings

Dec 26 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of “aa-” of Italy’s Lloyd Adriatico S.p.A., a subsidiary of Allianz SE (See related...

Changing Reinsurance Rules

Dec 25 2006 // In March, Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene finally got the attention of U.S. regulators. At a meeting in Florida, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners agreed to set up a task force, chaired by...

Climate change, reinsurance and Lloyd’s made worldwide headlines in 2006

Dec 25 2006 // Climate change or global warming is the 800-pound gorilla in the insurance industry. More reports this year added to the growing body of evidence that the planet is heating up, and potential disasters on a global scale are...

Lloyd’s Insurers Boost U.S. Presence

Dec 25 2006 // They’ve long had the expertise. Now they have the money and the technology to go with it. A number of U.K. insurers, who started at Lloyd’s, continued to expand their U.S. presence in 2006, mainly in the...

4. Lloyd’s Insurers Boost U.S. Presence

Dec 24 2006 // They’ve long had the expertise. Now they have the money and the technology to go with it. A number of U.K. insurers, who started at Lloyd’s, continued to expand their U.S. presence in 2006, mainly in the...

2006:a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes

Dec 24 2006 // JANUARY Hallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark underwrites...

Climate change, reinsurance and Lloyd’s

Dec 24 2006 // N1 36 Poizner poised to lead Insurers hope for friendlier climate 40 Electronically stored information Agents must heed new rules 10 Calif.’s uninsured motorists

Top Stories of the Year – International

Dec 24 2006 // 2. Changing Reinsurance Rules In March, Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene finally got the attention of U.S. regulators. At a meeting in Florida, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners agreed to set up a...

Best Affirms Amlin’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001 ‘A’, ‘a+’ Ratings

Dec 22 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Rating of “A” (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, which is managed by Amlin Underwriting Limited (AUL). Best...

Lloyd’s Insures Famous Santa’s Beard

Dec 20 2006 // Lloyd’s may have become a lot more focused on technology, underwriting discipline and the bottom line in recent years, but that doesn’t mean it’s been neglecting its tradition of writing innovative and...

Lloyd’s Stresses Commitment to Goals of Three-year Plan

Dec 15 2006 // In his introduction to the latest progress report on Lloyd’s three-year plan, CEO Richard Ward noted that the current version “builds on the 2006-2008 plan issued in January. It includes our vision and...

New Report from Benfield Sees Lloyd’s ‘Venturing Forward’

Dec 12 2006 // A report from international broker Benfield’s Industry Analysis and Research team entitled “Venturing Forward,” notes that Lloyd’s focus “has turned firmly forward” following the...

Best Affirms Beazley’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623 & 623 Ratings

Dec 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Ratings of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 623, managed by the...

ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London

Dec 1 2006 // ICAT Holdings LLC announced the creation of a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...

ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London

Nov 30 2006 // Boulder, Colo.-based ICAT Holdings LLC has created a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...

Lloyd’s Claims Specialists Heed CEO’s Call for Electronic Processing

Nov 22 2006 // A number of Lloyd’s leading claims experts have come out in support of CEO Richard Ward’s call for the London market to start processing claims electronically as soon as possible. An article on the...

Lloyd’s Names Barred from Action Against U.K. Government

Nov 13 2006 // A decision by Justice Langley, of the High Court in London, has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by Lloyd’s “Names”, individual investors, against the British government for the financial losses...