Latest Lloyd's Headlines
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Best Affirms Markel International’s Ratings; Syndicate 3000; Outlook Stable
Sep 8 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of ‘a+’ of UK-based Markel International Insurance Company...
Best Affirms Ratings of Lloyd’s Syndicate 958 (Omega); Outlook Stable
Sep 7 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Ltd. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of ‘a+’ of Lloyd’s Syndicate 958, which is managed...
English Football (Soccer) Season Kicks Off with Help from Insurance Industry
Sep 1 2011 // English football (soccer) matches resumed at the beginning of August with Manchester United, last season’s Premier League champions, favored to repeat this season. Like its counterparts in the U.S. – major...
Travelers Promotes Lloyd’s Syndicate 5000 Underwriters
Aug 30 2011 // Travelers announced a series of promotions within Travelers Syndicate Management Ltd. (Syndicate 5000), the company’s Lloyd’s operation, “to support long-term development in this important...
Business Risk Partners Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Miscellaneous E&O Form
Aug 19 2011 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) now offers a new standard professional liability (E&O) policy form for hundreds of service professions. Policies will be underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, the company’s partner...
Lloyd’s Marks 100th Anniversary of 1911 Act
Aug 19 2011 // The Lloyd’s web site notes that August 18th was the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Lloyd’s Act, which was instrumental in transforming the market from a primarily marine insurer, to the specialized global risk...
Lloyd’s Levene, Marsh’s Duperreault Assess Insurance Industry
Aug 18 2011 // Two industry heavyweights, Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene and Brian Duperreault, President & CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, got together at the annual Lloyd’s New York City Dinner at the St...
Lloyd’s Moving to Des Moines
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Mitsui Sumitomo Appoints McDermott Syndicate 3210 Active Underwriter
Aug 12 2011 // Non-life insurer Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has appointed Peter McDermott as active underwriter of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 3210 with immediate effect. He reports to, Eamon Brown, and will lead a team that...
Lloyd’s: Drought Caused Subsidence Costliest Natural Hazard in Parts of Europe
Aug 9 2011 // An article on the Lloyd’s web site notes that “news reports on climate change have focused on dire predictions of more hurricanes and increasing flooding due to rising sea levels. But subsidence caused by...
Guiry to Succeed Doubtfire as Marketform CFO
Aug 8 2011 // London-based specialist Lloyd’s insurer Marketform has announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Paul Guiry, who replaces long standing CFO, Roger Doubtfire, who is retiring. Group CEO Simon Turner...
Lloyd’s Innovation to be Profiled at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium
Aug 2 2011 // Hank Watkins, President of Lloyd’s America, will outline Lloyd’s new initiatives DALLAS, August 2, 2011 – Hank Watkins, President of Lloyd’s America, will deliver a keynote presentation to over 400...
Lloyd’s Appoints Steel New Open Form Appeal Arbitrator
Jul 29 2011 // Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Sir David Steel as the next Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) appeal arbitrator to hear salvage cases arising under the Lloyd’s Form of Salvage Agreement. He will succeed Mr....
Lloyd’s Receives Approval for Reduced Collateral from New York
Jul 29 2011 // Lloyd’s announced that it has received approval from the New York Insurance Department to post reduced collateral on reinsurance contracts. Lloyd’s said it has been approved as a “Secure-3 reinsurer,...
Lloyd’s Receives Reduced Collateral Approval in New York
Jul 29 2011 // Lloyd’s received approval from the New York Insurance Department to post reduced collateral on reinsurance contracts. Lloyd’s is approved as a Secure-3 reinsurer, meaning its collateral requirements will be...
Lloyd’s America President Watkins Campaigns for Broader Appeal
Jul 27 2011 // Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd’s America Inc., smiles like he has a big secret he wants to spill. The history of Lloyd’s of London is no secret: originated in Edward Lloyd’s coffee shop in London;...
Americans at Lloyd’s
Jul 18 2011 // A group of 30 brokers from across the United States and Canada visited Lloyd’s recently as part of an annually organized broker program. The brokers went to London for five days to learn about the Corporation of...
London’s Calling
Jul 18 2011 // Lloyd’s America President Hank Watkins Campaigns for Broader Appeal Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd’s America Inc., smiles like he has a big secret he wants to spill. The history of Lloyd’s of London is...
Best Affirms Lloyd’s of London’s ‘A’ Ratings
Jul 14 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s of London and Lloyd’s...
Lloyd’s Market Association Marks 10 Year Anniversary
Jul 14 2011 // Speaking on the tenth anniversary of the incorporation of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), its Chairman, Barnabas Hurst-Bannister, thanked managing agents for their support and pledged that the LMA will not...
