Latest London Headlines
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Declarations
Sep 24 2007 // Alabama ceiling “It’s horrible. Rates have gone through the ceiling.” — Fort Morgan, Ala., builder Greg Miller who said he paid $22,000 in coverage on four condo units before Katrina and now pays...
Declarations
Sep 24 2007 // Declarations Alabama ceiling “It’s horrible. Rates have gone through the ceiling.” — Fort Morgan, Ala., builder Greg Miller who said he paid $22,000 in coverage on four condo units before Katrina...
Guy Carpenter finds Lloyd’s market at its ‘healthiest in 300 years’
Sep 24 2007 // Findings boast stellar results for London market with Lloyd’s leading the way Guy Carpenter & Co., Marsh’s reinsurance broker and risk management division, has released “The Lloyd’s Market in...
People
Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...
Aon Expands RI3K ‘Paperless’ Trading
Sep 21 2007 // London-based “paperless” trading service RI3K announced that Aon has now been expanded the use of the program to include the specialty and direct divisions as well as treaty reinsurance. The move assures that a...
Munich Re Centralizes London Units
Sep 21 2007 // The Munich Re Group has moved three of its London market P/C core business units to one location at Plantation Place in Fenchurch Street. The goal is to “to maximize broker and client access to its insurance and...
RI3K Launches New London Market E-Message Service
Sep 12 2007 // London-based service provider RI3K announced the completion of its new message service for the insurance and reinsurance industry, following extensive trials to assure that “it is scalable, secure and fit for...
Lloyd’s Dinner Features Lord Levene, NATO Head on Global Concerns
Sep 7 2007 // Lloyd’s held its fifth “Annual City Dinner” on Wednesday night, Sept. 5. A cross section of business and government leaders in attendance heard from Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene and the Secretary...
Fla. CFO to Visit U.K. to Discuss Climate Effects on Insurance
Sep 7 2007 // Keith Allan, Her Majesty’s Consul General of Miami, invited Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink to meet with British leaders in London in early November. Sink will meet with experts at the London School of...
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....
