Latest London Headlines
All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
New Markets
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, liability insurance for skilled, assisted and independent long term care facilities. The...
New Markets
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a liability insurance program for skilled, assisted and independent long term care...
New Markets
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
Lloyd’s Implements Xchanging Claims Handling System
Sep 20 2006 // In what it called “a good step towards eradicating paper in the market,” Lloyd’s announced the implementation of “an electronic filing cabinet,” which has been launched “for handling...
Willis Sells London HQ
Sep 19 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, Ltd. has sold its present London headquarters at Ten Trinity Square in the heart of EC3, London’s financial center, to the American retail, hotel and leisure development firm Thomas...
London American Risk Specialists, Inc. Introduces Utility District Program
Sep 18 2006 // Houston, Texas – London American Risk Specialist, Inc. is pleased to introduce a utility district program offered by an A.M. Best Rated A+XV admitted carrier. This program is designed for populations 75,000 and under...
Swiss Re May Sell ‘Gherkin’
Sep 18 2006 // In a brief announcement on Friday Swiss Re confirmed that it “is in the process of evaluating the sale of an interest in 30 St Mary Axe, its London based office building, in an attractive market...
Xchanging Completes Heath Lambert Data Processing System
Sep 13 2006 // After years of trying to integrate modern electronic processing, the London market seems to have finally turned the corner. Following the announcement from RI3K on Monday abouts its new V3 system (see IJ Website Sept. 11),...
Floodgate Pumps Still Vibrating in New Orleans, But Some Are Usable
Sep 13 2006 // All 34 pump motors that Army Corps of Engineers contractors installed in New Orleans’ 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals have been rebuilt, but retesting over the weekend showed that many of them...
RI3K’s New ‘V3’ Trading System Promises Revolution in Processing
Sep 11 2006 // London-based RI3K announced a new innovative processing system for Lloyd’s and the London market that could revolutionize the way policies are produced. The new “V3” system replaces RI3K’s current...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new professional liability program for insurance agencies. The program is designed for...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
Washbourn Named New Head of London Market’s JWC
Aug 30 2006 // The London Market’s Joint War Committee, which represents the interests of London underwriters who insure ships sailing into dangerous waters, has appointed Clive Washbourn as its new chairman. He is currently head...
London American Risk Specialists Announces CareSurance™ Liability Program
Aug 24 2006 // Houston, Texas – London American Risk Specialists, Inc is pleased to offer CareSurance™ , a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of Skilled, Assisted and Independent Long Term Care (LTC)...
New Lloyd’s Syndicate to Provide Amateur Sports Coverage
Aug 16 2006 // The old saying about necessity being “the mother of invention” also seems to hold true for the insurance industry. With the number of sports related injuries on the increase in the U.K. – there are an...
London’s Web Connectivity Appoints Willison New Managing Director
Aug 15 2006 // London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance...
Aon Outsources London Market Processing Operations to Xchanging
Aug 14 2006 // In a major step towards bringing electronic processing to the London market, Aon Limited (also known as Aon U.K.), the British division of Aon Corp., and Xchanging, the London-based business processing services company,...
Airlines Tighten Security, Cancel Flights Following Terror Plot
Aug 11 2006 // Passengers in the United States coped with heightened security at airports Thursday after authorities in London uncovered a terror plot aimed at airlines traveling from Britain to the U.S. American Airlines canceled six...
