Latest Lloyd's Headlines
All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s “Chest Hair” Policy Makes News
Jun 17 2004 // Nearly every news service in the world has picked up on the story about Lloyd’s underwriter Jonathan Thomas, who created a policy covering the loss of an unnamed male model’s chest hair. Thomas, who underwrites...
Lloyd’s Reports Progress on Implementing LMP Slips
Jun 10 2004 // Lloyd’s has released its first report on slip quality since mandating the use of the LMP (London Market Principles) slip at the start of the year. The study analyzes overall market performance, using a balanced...
Lloyd’s Issues 2003 Annual Report
May 21 2004 // Lloyd’s has issued its 2003 Annual Report, giving details of the year’s results, and describing the London market’s general financial condition and future prospects. The introduction described 2003 as a...
Lloyd’s to Donate $300,000 to NAPSLO Education Fund
May 18 2004 // Lloyd’s announced that it will donate $300,000 to the Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation, Ltd. to encourage the educational development of students and professionals interested in the excess and surplus lines...
Lloyd’s Appoints Battmann Representative in Spain
May 13 2004 // As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its presence in the European insurance market, Lloyd’s announced that it has appointed David Battman as a full-time representative, as part of its strategy to expand in...
Lloyd’s Authorized to Conduct Business in 8 New EU Member Countries
May 10 2004 // Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene announced that the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has given Lloyd’s authorization to write direct business in eight of the new European Union accession...
PECORARO PLEADS GUILTY:
May 3 2004 // Nofio Pecoraro Jr. ran a pub in England while on the lam from Louisiana’s 1990s insurance scandals. Now back in New Orleans, he has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to commit mail fraud and...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
May 3 2004 // International News • March 30 “These parties obviously want to bring a reparations test case. I think the courts will continue to resist cases in which principals are deceased. All of our descendants were abused by...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
May 3 2004 // International News • March 30 “These parties obviously want to bring a reparations test case. I think the courts will continue to resist cases in which principals are deceased. All of our descendants were abused by...
XL’s London Market CEO to Leave Post
May 3 2004 // XL Capital Ltd. announced that Nicholas J. Metcalf, Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Lloyd’s operation, XL London Market Ltd., has decided to leave the Company to pursue other business interests. Clive...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
May 3 2004 // International News • March 30 “These parties obviously want to bring a reparations test case. I think the courts will continue to resist cases in which principals are deceased. All of our descendants were abused by...
Judge Tells WTC Jurors They Can Render Separate Decisions on Four Lloyd’s Insurers
Apr 27 2004 // In what reports have characterized as a minor victory for Silverstein Properties in the WTC insurance recovery case, Judge Michael Mukasey told the jury, which ended five days of deliberations yesterday, that they could...
Pecoraro Pleads Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy
Apr 26 2004 // A man who ran a pub in England while on the lam from Louisiana’s 1990s insurance scandals pleaded guilty to a federal charge and faces up to five years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Nofio Pecoraro Jr.,...
Bay Area Man Arrested on East Coast in $4 Million Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 23 2004 // Richard W. Peterson, 63, of San Francisco, a former insurance broker/agent, was arrested April 19th at Miami International Airport on federal fraud charges for allegedly selling approximately $4 million of fake insurance...
Lloyd’s Chairman Warns on “New Era of Risk”
Apr 22 2004 // Speaking to business leaders in San Francisco at the World Affairs Council, Lloyd’s Chairman Peter Levene warned that new global risks increasingly threaten corporations, and need to be addressed at the boardroom...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
Apr 19 2004 // Ten present-day descendants of slaves who were transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries have filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
Apr 19 2004 // Ten present day descendants of slaves, transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, have filed a law suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the...
RMS Risk Management Tools Assist Lloyd’s Syndicates
Apr 15 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management, has issued a set of instructions and tools to assist Lloyd’s syndicates in completing the 2004 Lloyd’s...
S&P Sees No Change in Lloyd’s Ratings
Apr 8 2004 // Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ‘A’ insurer financial strength rating on Lloyd’s will not be affected by the company’s 2003 pro forma annual accounting result (See IJ...
Best Affirms Catlin, Syndicate 2003 ‘A’ Ratings
Apr 8 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of Bermuda-based Catlin Insurance Company Ltd. (CICL) (Bermuda) and its Syndicate Rating of Lloyd’s Syndicate...
