Latest London Headlines
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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...
Navigators Group Launches Global Transport Practice
Jul 18 2005 // The Navigators Group Inc. has affirmed its ongoing commitment to the insurance of transport-related business by announcing the creation of a Global Transport Practice, extending to its offices in the United States, the...
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,...
International Newsbriefs
Jul 18 2005 // XL Hit with $183M Reserve Increase: Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. announced that its second quarter results will be adversely impacted by an increase in net reserves in its North American reinsurance operations of $191...
The London Bombings: We Won’t Be ‘Terrorized by Terror,’ Says Blair
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 Lon-don killed at least 49...
Anytime, Anywhere
Jul 18 2005 // The bombings of London’s transportation system on July 7 were a reminder once again that a sad fact of the world we live in is that those with a mind for destruction are not only capable of, but are more than willing...
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 52 people,...
U.K.’s Pool Re Covers Blast Losses
Jul 8 2005 // Yesterday’s devastating bomb blasts in London, which killed at least 37 people and injured over 700, also caused substantial damage to London’s transport system as well as related property damage. Questions...
ABI Bulletin on London Bombings; Insurer Reactions
Jul 8 2005 // As rescue workers continue to search for the dead and missing, and London begins the long slow process of recovery from yesterday’s devastating bomb blasts that killed at least 37 people and injured over 700, the...
London Death Toll Tops 50; Search on for Bodies, Answers
Jul 8 2005 // One day after four bombs struck at the heart of London’s morning rush hour, authorities were still finding bodies and searching for clues as the death toll has reportedly topped 50 people. Al Qaeda is still the main...
UPDATE: 37 Dead, More than 700 Injured in London Attacks; Al-Qaeda Suspected in Bombings
Jul 7 2005 // London’s transport services remain closed following this morning’s series of bomb explosions. Latest reports indicate that 4, and not 7, closely timed explosions have killed at least 37 persons and injured more...
Blair Reacts to London Bombings; Says Countries United to Fight Terrorism
Jul 7 2005 // British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke about this morning’s explosions on buses and tubes in the capital. Speaking from the G8 summit in Gleneagles, he said his thoughts were with the victims and families of those...
Munich Re Discusses Risk Model at London Investors’ Day Conference
Jun 28 2005 // Munich Re held an investors’ day conference in London yesterday, June 27. In conjunction with the event it published detailed information on its internal risk model, which shows that “the Group’s...
