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Allstate Investment Unit Opens First Overseas Office in London

Oct 5 2007 // Allstate Investment Management Limited — an indirect wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of The Allstate Corp. — has crossed over borders with the opening of Allstate Investment’s first overseas...

People and Places

Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...

Declarations

Sep 24 2007 // Alabama ceiling “It’s horrible. Rates have gone through the ceiling.” — Fort Morgan, Ala., builder Greg Miller who said he paid $22,000 in coverage on four condo units before Katrina and now pays...

Declarations

Sep 24 2007 // Declarations Alabama ceiling “It’s horrible. Rates have gone through the ceiling.” — Fort Morgan, Ala., builder Greg Miller who said he paid $22,000 in coverage on four condo units before Katrina...

Guy Carpenter finds Lloyd’s market at its ‘healthiest in 300 years’

Sep 24 2007 // Findings boast stellar results for London market with Lloyd’s leading the way Guy Carpenter & Co., Marsh’s reinsurance broker and risk management division, has released “The Lloyd’s Market in...

People

Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...

Aon Expands RI3K ‘Paperless’ Trading

Sep 21 2007 // London-based “paperless” trading service RI3K announced that Aon has now been expanded the use of the program to include the specialty and direct divisions as well as treaty reinsurance. The move assures that a...

Munich Re Centralizes London Units

Sep 21 2007 // The Munich Re Group has moved three of its London market P/C core business units to one location at Plantation Place in Fenchurch Street. The goal is to “to maximize broker and client access to its insurance and...

RI3K Launches New London Market E-Message Service

Sep 12 2007 // London-based service provider RI3K announced the completion of its new message service for the insurance and reinsurance industry, following extensive trials to assure that “it is scalable, secure and fit for...

Lloyd’s Dinner Features Lord Levene, NATO Head on Global Concerns

Sep 7 2007 // Lloyd’s held its fifth “Annual City Dinner” on Wednesday night, Sept. 5. A cross section of business and government leaders in attendance heard from Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene and the Secretary...

Fla. CFO to Visit U.K. to Discuss Climate Effects on Insurance

Sep 7 2007 // Keith Allan, Her Majesty’s Consul General of Miami, invited Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink to meet with British leaders in London in early November. Sink will meet with experts at the London School of...

Barrett Joins Miller’s London Office

Sep 4 2007 // Miller Insurance Services Limited announced that Victoria Barrett has joined the company as a broker and Associate Director of its Professional Risks business unit. She will be based in Miller’s London office. Her...

Lloyd’s to Unveil New Marine Policy Contract Wordings

Aug 22 2007 // Lloyd’s announced that “experts from across the Lloyd’s and London markets are set to unveil a suite of new contract wordings for the marine market in the coming weeks and months.” Spurred by the...

Guy Carpenter Names Bedford Broking Head – UK Facultative

Aug 7 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has appointed Rupert Bedford as Head of Broking for the UK operations of GCFac™, the firm’s dedicated...

Endurance Names Guenther Chief Re Underwriting Officer for London

Aug 2 2007 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Hans-Joachim Guenther would join Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited in London as Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance and Head of Reinsurance for Europe. He has 19...

Guy Carpenter Readies Revised London Flood Model

Jul 23 2007 // Guy Carpenter Developing New London Flood Model for Insurers Model Will Provide the Most Accurate Solution Available To Insurers for London Flooding Global insurance and risk specialist Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC,...

People and Places

Jul 2 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, is leaving the company. Bolger will remain with Aon until the search for his...

People

Jul 2 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, is leaving the company. Bolger will remain with Aon until the search for his...

Lloyd’s Profiles FBI’s ‘Man in London’

Jun 26 2007 // Although it’s fairly well known that the U.S. maintains a number of law enforcement offices and personnel around the world, it’s rare to get a close-up interview with an actual agent. Lloyd’s has managed...

RI3K Receives 5 ACORD Awards

Jun 19 2007 // London-based RI3K, which provides electronic trading services to insurers and reinsurers, received five awards at the recent 2007 ACORD Awards ceremony in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. RI3K won in the following...