Latest London Headlines
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Lloyd’s of London Names Smith Southeast Director
Feb 2 2011 // Lloyd’s of London has appointed Rodney Smith to serve as the regional director for Lloyd’s newly established Southeast region. Smith will be based in Atlanta, Georgia and be responsible for market development...
Cooper Gay Launches European Markets Integrated Trading Unit
Feb 2 2011 // London-based Cooper Gay, an independent global wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker, has launched Cooper Gay European Markets, which it describes as an “integrated trading unit to provide...
Lloyd’s Ribeiro Beats a Path to the World’s Insurance Door
Jan 18 2011 // As director of international markets for Lloyd’s of London, Jose Ribeiro has a lot of responsibilities. He took a brief time out, as he prepared for a trip to China, to tell the Insurance Journal a little bit about...
Europe Weather Ruins Christmas for Airlines, Retailers
Dec 21 2010 // Snow and freezing temperatures grounded flights across northern Europe on Tuesday, while retailers fretted they would struggle to make up sales lost due to bad weather with just four shopping days to...
Snow, Ice Disrupt pre-Christmas Travel in Europe; Many Flights Cancelled
Dec 20 2010 // Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London’s Heathrow, the...
Milton Joins Cooper Gay to Develop Financial Institutions Sector
Dec 17 2010 // London-based broker Cooper Gay announced the appointment of “professional indemnity specialist Frank Milton to develop business opportunities within the financial institutions sector.” He will be based in...
ACE Opens Larger Office In England
Dec 14 2010 // ACE has opened larger premises in Watford, England to meet the growing demands and needs of local brokers. The availability of its suite of specialist multi-line products such as ACE Hotel, ACE Retail and ACE Evolve for...
Kofi-Sikah to Join TER as Sr. Financial Lines Underwriter
Dec 9 2010 // London-based underwriting agency Torus Executive Risks (TER), the joint venture between global specialty insurer Torus and Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd., has appointed Michael Kofi-Sikah as Senior Financial Lines...
Lloyd’s New Director of North America, McGovern, Navigates Turbulent Waters
Nov 14 2010 // Addressing Changes in EU and U.S. Regulations; North American Lloyd’s Reorganization Sean McGovern, Lloyd’s general counsel and, since February 2010, the director of Lloyd’s North America, may still have...
Catlin’s Interim Statement Highlights Premium Gains
Nov 12 2010 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited’s interim management statement highlighted some significant premium increases in certain lines. The bulletin said: “Group-wide net premiums earned increased by 13 percent...
Willis’ FINEX Appoints D&O, Professional Liability Lawyer as Director
Nov 10 2010 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it has appointed Francis Kean, “one of the UK’s leading directors & officers and professional liability lawyers, as an Executive Director in FINEX Global, the insurance...
Cooper Gay Targets U.S. Casualty Business with London Appointment
Nov 8 2010 // Cooper Gay is moving ahead with plans for U.S. expansion following its recent amalgamation with Swett & Crawford. The broker announced the appointment of Galen Brislane, a U.S. casualty specialist, to focus on...
Lloyd’s Royal British Legion Branch Hopes for $242,000 on ‘Poppy Day’
Nov 3 2010 // The Lloyd’s of London Branch of The Royal British Legion is hoping to raise £150,000 [app. $242,000] for this year’s Poppy Appeal on London Poppy Day, Thursday the 4th of November, “London Poppy Day...
Rogers to Lead Marsh ProBroker; Reid is Commercial Underwriting Mgr.
Nov 2 2010 // Marsh’s London office announced the appointment of Mike Rogers as head of Marsh ProBroker, its UK community of independent brokers. He joins Marsh from Towergate’s Broker Network where he was Head of Business...
London Broker Oxygen Strengthens Construction Specialty Team
Oct 29 2010 // London-based Oxygen Insurance Brokers announced that it has “further strengthened its broking and risk management services to architects, engineers and surveyors with the appointment of two new senior brokers, part...
Lockton: Commercial Lines Capacity ‘Remains Plentiful’
Oct 29 2010 // Underwriting capacity remains plentiful across most lines of commercial insurance and there are no significant insurance coverage restrictions, despite major losses associated with the Deepwater Horizon spill and the...
AmWins Names Exec Appointments to Colemont Global Group
Oct 26 2010 // Skip Cooper, president of AmWINS, has been appointed as CEO of Colemont Global Group Limited (CGGL) and Colemont Insurance Brokers Limited (CIBL), announced the AmWins Group Inc. Jeremy Underwood, currently non-executive...
Best’s London Briefing Highlights Challenges for Europe’s Insurers
Oct 20 2010 // “2011 will be another challenging year,” said Roger Sellek, the CEO of A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited, at the rating agency’s annual review of the state of Europe’s insurance...
Lloyd’s McGovern Works to Expand No. American Business; Part II
Oct 18 2010 // Sean McGovern now heads Lloyd’s operations in the U.S. and Canada – the first and third largest sources of business for its underwriters. Lloyd’s not only wants to hold on to that business, but also to...
Business Moves
Oct 18 2010 // IMS, London American Risk Specialists IMS Insurance Market Solutions acquired Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. effective Sept. 1, 2010. The combined entity will become IMS/London American and will be one...
