Latest London Headlines
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London Market Reform Group Unveils 2007 Business Process Plan
Jan 15 2007 // The Market Reform Group (MRG) has produced its plan for continuing to modernize London market processes throughout 2007 and beyond. “Following full consultation with market firms, the plan sets out the group’s...
Catlin Updates Progress on Wellington Acquisition/Integration
Jan 12 2007 // Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced further details on progress relating to the acquisition and integration of Wellington Underwriting plc (See IJ web site Oct. 30, Dec. 19, 2006 and related articles). To...
Tony Markel Comments on Lloyd’s
Jan 10 2007 // Tony Markel, president and COO of Markel Corporation, has expressed his satisfaction at the progress Lloyd’s has made and the London market’s current strong financial condition. In a comment on the...
Marsh Names Bagnall Sales and Development Leader of London FINPRO Office
Jan 9 2007 // Marsh has appointed David Bagnall as new sales and business development leader in the London office of its Financial and Professional Services Practice (FINPRO), the broker’s worldwide professional services division....
New Markets
Jan 8 2007 // Commercial Property Managers Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has expanded its real estate insurance program to offer property and liability coverage to commercial property owners and...
New Markets
Jan 7 2007 // Commercial Property Managers Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has expanded its real estate insurance program to offer property and liability coverage to commercial property owners and...
HRH Completes Glencairn Purchase
Jan 3 2007 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the stock of the London-based Glencairn Group Limited, effective January 1. (See IJ web site Dec; 21, 2006). Terms of the...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
New Markets
Dec 25 2006 // Accident Site and Public Response Nuts & Bolts: AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, announced the addition of Accident Site Advisor and PublicResponse to its...
New Markets
Dec 24 2006 // Accident Site and Public Response Nuts & Bolts: AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, announced the addition of Accident Site Advisor and PublicResponse to its...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
HRH Buying UK’s Glencairn Group
Dec 21 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the stock of Glencairn Group Limited, an independent Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker group headquartered in London. HRH said the purchase...
Catlin Opens New Underwriting Floor
Dec 20 2006 // Catlin Group Limited announced the opening of its new Underwriting Floor in London.The new facility, located on the Upper Ground Floor of the London Underwriting Centre (also Catlin’s London headquarters), covers...
London American Announces Launch of Apartment Property Program
Dec 8 2006 // HOUSTON, TEXAS– London American Risk Specialists, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate launch of an Apartment Property Program endorsed by the National Apartment Association. This program is available in the...
Tornado Hits London
Dec 8 2006 // A freak tornado struck a section of northwest London on Thursday morning, Dec. 7, tearing the roofs off and causing other damage to as many as 150 homes, wrecking a number of cars and leaving six people injured....
London American Professional Liability introduces a new Real Estate Agents & Brokers E&O Program
Dec 1 2006 // Fort Lee, New Jersey – London American Professional Liability, LLC (LAPL), a Program Administrator and MGA, introduces a new program for Real Estate Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions. The program is being...
ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London
Dec 1 2006 // ICAT Holdings LLC announced the creation of a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London
Nov 30 2006 // Boulder, Colo.-based ICAT Holdings LLC has created a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
Lloyd’s Claims Specialists Heed CEO’s Call for Electronic Processing
Nov 22 2006 // A number of Lloyd’s leading claims experts have come out in support of CEO Richard Ward’s call for the London market to start processing claims electronically as soon as possible. An article on the...
Guy Carp/Amlin Announce First Full Paperless Electronic Claims Settlement
Nov 17 2006 // Guy Carpenter, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, and Amlin, a leading Lloyd’s insurer, announced that they have successfully implemented their Electronic Claims File...
