Latest London Headlines
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New Markets
Dec 24 2006 // Accident Site and Public Response Nuts & Bolts: AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, announced the addition of Accident Site Advisor and PublicResponse to its...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
HRH Buying UK’s Glencairn Group
Dec 21 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the stock of Glencairn Group Limited, an independent Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker group headquartered in London. HRH said the purchase...
Catlin Opens New Underwriting Floor
Dec 20 2006 // Catlin Group Limited announced the opening of its new Underwriting Floor in London.The new facility, located on the Upper Ground Floor of the London Underwriting Centre (also Catlin’s London headquarters), covers...
London American Announces Launch of Apartment Property Program
Dec 8 2006 // HOUSTON, TEXAS– London American Risk Specialists, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate launch of an Apartment Property Program endorsed by the National Apartment Association. This program is available in the...
Tornado Hits London
Dec 8 2006 // A freak tornado struck a section of northwest London on Thursday morning, Dec. 7, tearing the roofs off and causing other damage to as many as 150 homes, wrecking a number of cars and leaving six people injured....
London American Professional Liability introduces a new Real Estate Agents & Brokers E&O Program
Dec 1 2006 // Fort Lee, New Jersey – London American Professional Liability, LLC (LAPL), a Program Administrator and MGA, introduces a new program for Real Estate Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions. The program is being...
ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London
Dec 1 2006 // ICAT Holdings LLC announced the creation of a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London
Nov 30 2006 // Boulder, Colo.-based ICAT Holdings LLC has created a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
Lloyd’s Claims Specialists Heed CEO’s Call for Electronic Processing
Nov 22 2006 // A number of Lloyd’s leading claims experts have come out in support of CEO Richard Ward’s call for the London market to start processing claims electronically as soon as possible. An article on the...
Guy Carp/Amlin Announce First Full Paperless Electronic Claims Settlement
Nov 17 2006 // Guy Carpenter, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, and Amlin, a leading Lloyd’s insurer, announced that they have successfully implemented their Electronic Claims File...
Best Upgrades London General to ‘A-‘
Nov 7 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to “A-” (Excellent) from “B++” (Very Good) of the U.K.-based London General Insurance Company Limited (LGI) and Combined Life Assurance...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 6 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/ engineers. Lawyers, in...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 6 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/engineers. While...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 6 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/ engineers. Lawyers, in...
U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight
Nov 6 2006 // European PLUS conference explores an emerging international D&O market Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers,...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 5 2006 // Lawyers’ professional liability is a bit different from other professional liability risks, and there appears to be interest in providing coverage for the risk. Back in the 1970s, lawyers professional liability used...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 5 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/engineers. While...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 5 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/ engineers. Lawyers, in...
Submitting, underwriting and placing lawyers professional liability
Nov 5 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/ engineers. Lawyers, in...
