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Trenwick Group Names Watson as Chartwell CEO
Apr 18 2001 // Bermuda-based Trenwick Group Ltd., an international underwriter in specialist insurance and reinsurance coverage, has named Michael C. Watson to head its London-based subsidiaries, Chartwell Managing Agents Limited and...
Fresh Allegations Surround Quackenbush, Lloyd’s Payment
Mar 12 2001 // A new round of controversy over actions taken by former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has been triggered by articles recently published in the Los Angeles Times. The strongest of the allegations...
Fresh Allegations Surround Quackenbush, Lloyd’s Payment
Feb 23 2001 // The Los Angeles Times recently published a report containing new allegations that the California Department of Insurance under former commissioner Chuck Quackenbush covered up a $400,000 payment made by Lloyd’s of...
After 300 Years, Lloyd’s Opens Its Doors to Brokers Worldwide
Jan 22 2001 // Confirming plans announced in a “Discussion Document” in October 1999, Lloyd’s officially opened its doors to brokers from outside the London community for the first time in its 300-year history....
After 300 Years, Lloyd’s Opens Its Doors to Brokers Worldwide
Jan 15 2001 // Confirming plans announced in a “Discussion Document” in October 1999, Lloyd’s officially opened its doors to brokers from outside the London community for the first time in its 300-year history....
eREINSURE.com Opens London Office
Dec 5 2000 // eREINSURE.com ™, a Salt Lake City based provider of e-commerce technology to the reinsurance industry announced that it was expanding its operations to Europe with the opening of a branch office in the Lloyd’s...
Lloyd’s/IUA Choose ‘Xchanging’ To Streamline London Insurance Market
Nov 27 2000 // On Oct. 24, Lloyd’s and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) announced that they had selected Xchanging, an Internet and information technology specialist, as a partner in a joint venture to develop and...
Lloyd’s, IUA, London Brokers Agree on Reforms
Nov 21 2000 // After a seven-month dialogue Lloyd’s, the International Underwriting Association and the Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers’ Committee have reached agreement on basic reforms of the way business is to be conducted...
Insurance Domain Names Will Hit the Auction Block in London
Nov 13 2000 // A domain (from Old French demesne) once meant owning a specific piece of ground—real dirt with a castle on it. Not anymore. Virtual properties are now as valuable as real ones. Need more proof? On Nov. 22, Colliers CRE,...
Lloyd’s-IUA Name Xchanging As Partner For Data Processing
Oct 24 2000 // Lloyd’s and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) jointly announced the selection of information technology specialist Xchanging as a partner in a joint venture which will develop and operate a unified...
S&P Affirms Chiyoda Ratings Following Withdrawal from London Re Market
Oct 6 2000 // Standard & Poor’s rating service affirmed its double ‘A’-minus, outlook negative counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings for The Chiyoda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (Europe)...
Report Lloyd’s/IUA Forming Joint Venture With Tech Firm
Sep 25 2000 // A report in the Times of London indicates that the joint Lloyd’s/ IUA (International Underwriting Association) Forum, set up last year to explore ways of harmonizing procedures between the two groups and making the...
Lime Street Meets Silicon Valley; New Initiatives Transform Lloyd’s
Sep 4 2000 // Lloyd’s is adapting to modern business methods and upgrading its business systems so rapidly that it promises to meet, if not surpass, the vision that Chairman Max Taylor first set out in “Priorities for...
S&P: Most New London Market Capacity Headed To Lloyd’s
Aug 10 2000 // A new report by Standard and Poor’s says the expansion of London-based insurance business is mostly taking place at Lloyd’s of London. The report, Insurance Market Profiles, says that, although the London...
Lloyd’s Chair to Resign, Position Goes Part-time
Aug 7 2000 // Max Taylor, the current chairman of Lloyd’s, will be leaving the position he has held for the past three years when his term is up in December 2000. The Council of Lloyd’s also announced that starting in 2001,...
Lloyd’s Chair to Resign, Position Goes Part-time
Aug 7 2000 // Max Taylor, the current chairman of Lloyd’s, will be leaving the position he has held for the past three years when his term is up in December 2000. The Council of Lloyd’s also announced that starting in 2001,...
San Diego Padres Sue Lloyd’s of London
Aug 3 2000 // The San Diego Padres filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Lloyd’s of London for the insurance consortium’s alleged refusal to pay on a policy the ball club took out on the contract of pitcher Randy...
Lloyd’s of London Sells Aviation Unit to Charles Taylor
Jul 19 2000 // Charles Taylor Group has acquired the business of Lloyd’s Aviation, the second largest of its kind in the London market with 30 percent of business volumes for $3.89 million. The deal is a further step in the...
London American Announces Acquisition of WSIB
Jul 18 2000 // Effective July 1, San Diego-based London American General Agency acquired WSIB, a wholesale brokerage that specializes in the motor sports and transportation area. The WSIB motor sports program offers coverage specifically...
Lloyd’s of London Presents Strong Case
Jun 5 2000 // For over two months, Lloyd’s of London has been presenting evidence in the Jaffray case before Mr. Justice Cresswell in London defending itself against allegations of fraud made by over 200 “Names”....
