Latest London Headlines
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Danell Joins Baldwin Resource Group
May 23 2006 // Carol L. Danell has joined Baldwin Resource Group, Bellevue, Wash., as supervisor of commercial accounts managers. Danell has worked in the insurance industry for 30 years. She has worked as a vice president of Magill...
Harnessing technology in the London insurance market
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes. “I think 2006...
London Insurance Market
May 22 2006 // House of Lords asbestos decision limits damage liability The U.K.’s House of Lords handed down judgments on May 3 in three major cases involving employers and their insurers’ liability for damages to workers...
Harnessing technology in the London insurance market
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes. “I think 2006...
American Association of Managing General Agents Gains Exclusive License for London Market Insurance Test
May 9 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents announced that it has an exclusive license with the Chartered Insurance Institute to offer the Lloyd’s of London Market Insurance Test. Passing the test is required...
Guy Carpenter Launches London Market Electronic Claims File Process
May 3 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced that it is formally launching its Electronic Claims File (ECF) initiative for reinsurers in...
ACE European Names French, Hayward to London Underwriting Posts
Apr 18 2006 // ACE European Markets has made two appointments at its London branch office. Stephen French has been appointed to chief underwriting officer. This is a new role will focus on core businesses of property, excess liability...
JLT Expands Lloyd’s Security/Privacy; Adds U.S. E&O Tech Coverage
Apr 4 2006 // JLT Risk Solutions Ltd;, part of London-based global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced a significantly expanded insurance program within the Lloyd’s of London market “to provide security and...
Burton Named as Integro’s Compliance Officer for London Office
Apr 4 2006 // Integro Insurance Brokers, Ltd., The U.K.-based subsidiary of global broker Integro, announced that Peter Burton has accepted the position of Compliance Officer in London. Burton has 32 years of experience in the...
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...
International
Apr 3 2006 // The London insurance market: The City and the regulators For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally....
Lloyd’s Remains Major Energy Sector Coverage Specialist
Mar 30 2006 // In his keynote address to the delegates at Aon’s 9th Energy Insurance Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Rolf Tolle, Lloyd’s Franchise Performance Director, told his audience that the Lloyd’s market is...
Lloyd’s and Markel’s Italian Road Show
Mar 28 2006 // Lloyd’s and Markel International have joined forces to tell Italian businesses what the London market can offer. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes: “A road show was held in Rome and...
Best Affirms Steamship Mutual Underwriting (U.K.) ‘A-‘ Ratings
Mar 24 2006 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a-” to the U.K.-based Steamship Mutual Underwriting...
FSA Cites U.K. Market Progress; Won’t Propose Regulations
Mar 21 2006 // The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced that it has “put on hold its work to develop rules to bring about contract certainty in the insurance market.” The U.K.’s insurance community...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Lloyd’s of London has selected an insurance outsider, Richard Ward, former head of the London-based International Petroleum Exchange, as its new chief executive officer. He spent six years as CEO of IPE, which has...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president. The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Cathleen C. Beavers was named general manager of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association. Previously, Beavers was residual market business advisor for USAA in San Antonio where she managed the auto residual market...
Not all Oil & Gas programs are created equal
Mar 20 2006 // What do Dodge Neon, Mazda Miata and Lexus 430 have in common? Simple–they are all the same form of transportation. Each will allow you to control your travel from Point A to Point B but each has its own unique...
