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Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the...
Business Moves
Aug 7 2006 // Cooper Gay & Cashman, Cooper Gay Intermediaries Independent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in...
Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the...
London American Introduces Agents’ E&O Program
Aug 3 2006 // London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and managing general agency, has introduced a new program for independent property/casualty insurance agents’ errors and omissions. The program will...
Guy Carpenter Beefs Up London Trade Credit/Political Risk Team
Aug 1 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has beefed up its London-based Political Risk and Trade Credit practice with the addition of six...
Baldwin to Retire from Allied World’s UK Operations
Jul 28 2006 // Michael Baldwin, managing director of Allied World Assurance Company’s London branch, is retiring from the company effective Monday, July 31, 2006. Baldwin was one of four founding members of Allied World during its...
London American Professional Liability, LLC introduces a new Errors and Omissions Program
Jul 26 2006 // Fort Lee, New Jersey – London American Professional Liability, LLC (LAPL) a Program Administrator and MGA, introduces a new program for Independent Property & Casualty Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions. The...
Epstein Named CEO at ResourcePro
Jul 24 2006 // ReSource Pro has named Dan Epstein chief executive officer. Epstein, formerly ReSource Pro’s vice president of business development, takes over the CEO position from David Watkins, who will become chairman of...
Willis: D&O Buyer’s Market Continues
Jul 24 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London D&O market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking this sector. The Index for the second...
London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Park Group Announces Promotions in Bermuda, London
Jul 13 2006 // The Park Group recently announced internal appointments and changes to its management structure. According to the Group’s written statement, “these changes bring our best talent to the forefront of our...
Catlin Launches Recall, K&R Coverage
Jun 26 2006 // International P/C insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited, has formed a crisis management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap and ransom (K&R) coverages, effective 1 July...
Aon U.K. Commits to Full Electronic Trading in Specialty, Reinsurance
Jun 23 2006 // In a breakthrough move, Aon U.K., announced that it “will move to a full electronic trading capability during 2006 for its specialist insurance and reinsurance businesses.” Aon’s London-based operation...
Lord Levene Sets Lloyd’s and London’s Priorities for Fellow Peers
Jun 9 2006 // In a speech to the House of Lords, given as part of a discussion on “London as a World Financial Center,” Lord Peter Levene stressed the financial health and leading position of both London and the...
Willis Outlines Growth Strategy
Jun 9 2006 // At its first-ever investor conference in New York City, global broker Willis Group Holdings outlined plans to drive the next phase of the company’s growth. Willis reiterated that for the full year 2006, the company...
London American Risk Launches Professional Liability Unit
Jun 7 2006 // London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced the formation of London American Professional Liability LLC, based in Fort Lee, N.J. LAPL is a program administrator and MGA specializing...
London American Risk Specialists, Inc Announces the Formation of London American Professional Liability, LLC
Jun 7 2006 // Houston, TX – London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX. is pleased to announce the formation of London American Professional Liability, LLC based out of Fort Lee, New Jersey. LAPL is a...
Moore Joins Benfield’s Offshore Construction Team
Jun 6 2006 // Benfield Corporate Risk has appointed Marina Moore, an offshore construction risk expert, to its growing Energy Team. “Marina brings a wealth of experience of upstream construction risks with her background as a...
RI3K, Xchanging Launch London Market Electronic Insurance Exchange
May 30 2006 // The U.K.’s insurance community is poised to fully enter the electronic age with the announcement from RI3K and Xchanging of the “London Market Electronic Insurance Exchange” (FELIX). The new system is...
AIA’s Snyder Tells London Audience GATS Outlook ‘Very Dark’
May 23 2006 // “It’s very dark right now,” said David F. Snyder, the American Insurance Association’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. He wasn’t speaking about the weather. He was referring to...
