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US Brokers’ Employees Attend London’s Beazley Broker Academy at Lloyd’s

Sep 17 2012 // A bulletin from Lloyd’s notes that “high potential employees from US broking firms will spend the coming week in London, standing in the shoes of the Lloyd’s underwriter and gaining a detailed...

Best Affirms Catlin Group and Subs ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Stable

Sep 14 2012 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of the Bermuda-based Catlin Insurance Company...

Mitsui Sumitomo Promotes Wood to Class Underwriter-Professional Indemnity

Sep 6 2012 // Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Stuart Wood to Class Underwriter for Professional Indemnity (PI) within its Professional Lines operation. Wood joined Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s in 2009. He...

Lloyd’s Names Vandendael – Director, Int’l. Markets; Van Saun to Franchise Board

Sep 4 2012 // Lloyd’s has announced two top level executive appointments. Vincent Vandendael will take over as Director – International Markets, and Bruce Van Saun has been appointed as an independent non-executive director...

Guy Carpenter Report Finds Lloyd’s Seeking to Improve ‘Competitiveness’

Aug 29 2012 // A new report on the Lloyd’s insurance market by Guy Carpenter & Co. finds that “Lloyd’s is looking to improve its global competitiveness despite mounting challenges including low investment returns,...

Ashland Gun Club Insurance Dispute with Lloyd’s

Aug 28 2012 // Lloyd’s of London says the liability insurance it provides for the Ashland Gun Club in Oregon covers bodily injury and property damage, but it won’t pay any damages related to lead contamination from...

Stenzhorn, Bateman Join Lloyd’s Broker Howden’s Energy Division

Aug 24 2012 // UK-based Howden Insurance Brokers announced the second phase in the development of its Energy division with the appointments of Greg Stenzhorn and Richard Bateman. Stenzhorn will join Howden from Aon Benfield on the 15th...

Flagstone Re Completes the Sale of Lloyd’s Operation to ANV

Aug 21 2012 // Luxembourg-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. announced that it has completed the planned sale of its Lloyd’s segment to a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANV Holdings BV for approximately $49.7 million in...

Declarations – South Central

Aug 6 2012 // Painful Spending “Nobody likes to have to spend $104 million. … It’s pretty painful, but it won’t put us out of business.” —Richard Robertson, CEO of Louisiana Citizens Property Property...

Declarations – Midwest

Aug 6 2012 // Amateur Hour “A lot of firms … have been dabbling in employee benefits and have put no money in the infrastructure, and have no real advisory expertise. … Amateur hour is about over now, and that’s why...

Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation and More Regulation

Aug 6 2012 // Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 — and then more global uncertainty in 2012 — the world and the insurance industry have a few things to look forward to in the next year. They also...

Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation, and More Regulation

Jul 26 2012 // Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 – and then more global uncertainty in 2012 – the world and the insurance industry have a few things to look forward to in the next year. They also...

Best Affirms Lloyd’s UK, China ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Stable

Jul 26 2012 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s and Lloyd’s Insurance...

Former Lloyd’s Head Lord Levene Named Starr International Vice Chairman

Jul 18 2012 // Lord Peter Levene, former chairman of Lloyd’s of London, has been appointed a director and vice chairman of the global insurance firm Starr International Co. Inc., Starr Chairman and Managing Director Maurice R....

Oklahoma Governor, Insurance Commissioner Visit Lloyd’s of London

Jul 17 2012 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and insurance industry executives, have met with insurance market representatives at Lloyd’s of London to discuss the state’s $15 billion insurance...

Lloyd’s Marks First Anniversary of ‘Claims Transformation Program’

Jul 13 2012 // “Insurance is, arguably, only as effective as the way it pays claims,” says a bulletin from Lloyd’s of London, marking the first anniversary of its Claims Transformation Program, which, it noted, is...

Fitch Affirms Lloyd’s ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable

Jul 11 2012 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lloyd’s of London’s Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating at ‘A+’, and the Society of Lloyd’s Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ as well as...

Florida Governor to Visit Lloyd’s of London

Jul 9 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is jetting off for foreign soil again — this time to the United Kingdom. Scott and his entourage left Saturday on a five-day trip that will include a visit to the world’s leading market for...

Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s Names Burke CRO

Jul 5 2012 // Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has appointed Martin Burke as Chief Risk Officer. He has worked within the Lloyd’s and company markets for 15 years, most recently serving as Finance Risk Manager within the...

O’Neill Appointed as Marketform’s CEO

Jun 28 2012 // Lloyd’s insurer Marketform Managing Agency Ltd announced that Interim CEO John O’Neill has been appointed CEO with immediate effect. Marketform’s Chairman John Mumford noted that the “board,...