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Barrett Joins Miller’s London Office

Sep 4 2007 // Miller Insurance Services Limited announced that Victoria Barrett has joined the company as a broker and Associate Director of its Professional Risks business unit. She will be based in Miller’s London office. Her...

Lloyd’s to Unveil New Marine Policy Contract Wordings

Aug 22 2007 // Lloyd’s announced that “experts from across the Lloyd’s and London markets are set to unveil a suite of new contract wordings for the marine market in the coming weeks and months.” Spurred by the...

Guy Carpenter Names Bedford Broking Head – UK Facultative

Aug 7 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has appointed Rupert Bedford as Head of Broking for the UK operations of GCFac™, the firm’s dedicated...

Endurance Names Guenther Chief Re Underwriting Officer for London

Aug 2 2007 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Hans-Joachim Guenther would join Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited in London as Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance and Head of Reinsurance for Europe. He has 19...

Guy Carpenter Readies Revised London Flood Model

Jul 23 2007 // Guy Carpenter Developing New London Flood Model for Insurers Model Will Provide the Most Accurate Solution Available To Insurers for London Flooding Global insurance and risk specialist Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC,...

People and Places

Jul 2 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, is leaving the company. Bolger will remain with Aon until the search for his...

People

Jul 2 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, is leaving the company. Bolger will remain with Aon until the search for his...

Lloyd’s Profiles FBI’s ‘Man in London’

Jun 26 2007 // Although it’s fairly well known that the U.S. maintains a number of law enforcement offices and personnel around the world, it’s rare to get a close-up interview with an actual agent. Lloyd’s has managed...

RI3K Receives 5 ACORD Awards

Jun 19 2007 // London-based RI3K, which provides electronic trading services to insurers and reinsurers, received five awards at the recent 2007 ACORD Awards ceremony in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. RI3K won in the following...

UK Committee Adopts Contract Certainty Code of Practice

Jun 14 2007 // Under the latest phase of the UK’s drive to embed contract certainty into the day-to-day processes of its insurance industry, the Contract Certainty Steering Committee (CCSC) has published a code of practice designed...

Guy Carp Names Fry Global COO

May 24 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced that Charlie Fry, 35, has been appointed as Global Chief Operating Officer, effective June 4....

Fire Heavily Damages Clipper Ship ‘Cutty Sark’

May 22 2007 // A fire caused heavy damages to the clipper ship Cutty Sark on Monday, leaving one of London’s proudest maritime relics a blackened hulk. Firefighters responded to an alarm at 4:45 a.m. local time at the 19th-century...

People and Places

May 21 2007 // Patricia Smith has joined InsurBanc, a financial services provider for independent insurance agencies, as vice president of sales and business development. Smith will focus on the needs of independent agencies and develop...

May 21 2007 // People Patricia Smith has joined InsurBanc, a financial services provider for independent insurance agencies, as vice president of sales and business development. Smith will focus on the needs of independent agencies and...

Dr. Simic to Head AIR’s London Office

May 15 2007 // AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that Dr. Milan Simic has been appointed managing director of AIR Worldwide Ltd., the Group’s London office. He will be responsible for managing strategic operations in London,...

Thinking outside of the box

May 7 2007 // No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive without them, says Scott Anderson, current president of the American Association...

Thinking outside of the box

May 7 2007 // MGAs deliver more than just specialty packages as they prepare for changing market No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive...

Brit Sells Majority Stake in RI3K to London Investors

May 4 2007 // If you build a better insurance trading platform, the world will beat a path to your door. Well, maybe not the world, but a group of sophisticated investors from “the City” (London’s financial heart) came...

Catlin Names King and Newman to London Posts

May 1 2007 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that Chris King and Matthew Newman have been appointed as business group leaders for Catlin s underwriting operations in London. King will lead Catlin s War and Political...

Earthquake Hits Southeast England

Apr 30 2007 // A moderate earthquake rattled parts of southeast England Saturday morning, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power after the quake in the county...