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IFSL Report Notes 15% Decline in London Market Premiums in 2004

Nov 17 2005 // A report from International Financial Services, London (IFSL) notes that gross premiums on the London Market fell 15 percent in 2004 to £21.7 billion ($37.3 billion) According to a new edition of IFSL’s Insurance...

Burns & Wilcox Names Bates to Special Risk Division

Nov 16 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, a national specialty insurance managing general agency, has promoted Wayne Bates to director of the company’s Special Risk Division (SRD), International, as well as elevated him to associate vice...

Best Rates London General ‘B++’

Nov 14 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) of the U.K.’s London General Insurance Company Limited (LGI), which is ultimately owned by Aon Corp., with a...

RI3K to Expand Service Platform to Commercial Lines

Nov 9 2005 // London-based RI3K has announced that by the end of this month it will expand its electronic trading platform services to certain commercial lines. The company said it will initially handle International Property, North...

Duane Morris and Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft Law Firms to Merge

Oct 31 2005 // Duane Morris LLP and Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP have entered into a definitive agreement to merge under the name of Duane Morris. The merger will be effective Jan. 1, 2006. Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft is...

Prettejohn Stresses Underwriting Discipline, Reforms in Keynote Speech to ACORD Forum

Oct 21 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, in what may be his last major address as Lloyd’s CEO (See IJ Web site Oct. 17 and 18), told those assembled for the ACORD Forum in London that underwriting discipline continues to...

London American Risk Specialists, Inc. Announces Formation of Social Services Underwriting Department

Oct 21 2005 // Houston, TX – London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas is pleased to announce the formation of a Social Services Underwriting department based out of the Dallas, Texas office. Mike...

Mullens to Head Social Service Team at London American

Oct 18 2005 // Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. announced that Mike Mullens joined the company as departmental manager of its social service facility team. With 18 years’ of experience in the industry, Mullens most...

Sep 19 2005 // Saylor & Hill has announced that three senior associates of the firm have been promoted to principal. Tim Sweeney, Kevin Mirsky and Chris Williams, each of whom has worked for the firm for more than a decade, will...

XL Adds 5 Experts to London Fine Art & Specie Team

Sep 16 2005 // XL London Market Ltd. [XLLM], a unit of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd., has announced the appointment of Michael Moss, David Scully, Clare Pardy, Susie Collier and Mark Bosshard to its London-based Fine Art & Specie...

Sep 5 2005 // Linda Slaughter has been promoted from senior vice president of claims to COO at Concord, Calif.-based Athens Administrators, part of the Jenkins Athens Group. Slaughter joined Athens in its founding days and has been with...

Sep 5 2005 // Barbara Zimmerman has joined IBA West as membership benefits vice president. She will be responsible for the research, development and management of IBA West Service Corporation programs and management of Membership...

Lloyd’s of London Finds its 21st Century Form

Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...

Lloyd’s of London Finds its 21st Century Form

Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...

More Bombs on London Transportation System

Jul 21 2005 // Small bombs exploded in three London underground stations and a double-decker bus at mid-day July 21, two weeks after major suicide bombing attacks on the city’s transportation system. According to press reports, the...

Evans to Head ASU International’s London Unit

Jul 20 2005 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that David J. Evans has joined its underwriting agency subsidiary ASU International Inc. as managing director of their London-based operations. ASU is headquartered in Wakefield,...

PIA’s Donnelly to Head New Hiscox U.S. Office; Ward, Chavez Also Join

Jul 19 2005 // Hiscox plc has announced a number of appointments to expand its presence and distribution in the U.S. market. Ed Donnelly joins Hiscox with immediate effect in the newly-created position of president of Hiscox USA. He will...

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

Jul 18 2005 // Sept. 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent...

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

Jul 18 2005 // September 11, March 11, July 7-dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 49 people, sent...

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

Jul 18 2005 // Sept. 11, March 11, July 7-dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more...