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Floodgate Pumps Still Vibrating in New Orleans, But Some Are Usable
Sep 13 2006 // All 34 pump motors that Army Corps of Engineers contractors installed in New Orleans’ 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals have been rebuilt, but retesting over the weekend showed that many of them...
RI3K’s New ‘V3’ Trading System Promises Revolution in Processing
Sep 11 2006 // London-based RI3K announced a new innovative processing system for Lloyd’s and the London market that could revolutionize the way policies are produced. The new “V3” system replaces RI3K’s current...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new professional liability program for insurance agencies. The program is designed for...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
Washbourn Named New Head of London Market’s JWC
Aug 30 2006 // The London Market’s Joint War Committee, which represents the interests of London underwriters who insure ships sailing into dangerous waters, has appointed Clive Washbourn as its new chairman. He is currently head...
London American Risk Specialists Announces CareSurance™ Liability Program
Aug 24 2006 // Houston, Texas – London American Risk Specialists, Inc is pleased to offer CareSurance™ , a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of Skilled, Assisted and Independent Long Term Care (LTC)...
New Lloyd’s Syndicate to Provide Amateur Sports Coverage
Aug 16 2006 // The old saying about necessity being “the mother of invention” also seems to hold true for the insurance industry. With the number of sports related injuries on the increase in the U.K. – there are an...
London’s Web Connectivity Appoints Willison New Managing Director
Aug 15 2006 // London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance...
Aon Outsources London Market Processing Operations to Xchanging
Aug 14 2006 // In a major step towards bringing electronic processing to the London market, Aon Limited (also known as Aon U.K.), the British division of Aon Corp., and Xchanging, the London-based business processing services company,...
Airlines Tighten Security, Cancel Flights Following Terror Plot
Aug 11 2006 // Passengers in the United States coped with heightened security at airports Thursday after authorities in London uncovered a terror plot aimed at airlines traveling from Britain to the U.S. American Airlines canceled six...
Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the...
Business Moves
Aug 7 2006 // Cooper Gay & Cashman, Cooper Gay Intermediaries Independent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in...
Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the...
London American Introduces Agents’ E&O Program
Aug 3 2006 // London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and managing general agency, has introduced a new program for independent property/casualty insurance agents’ errors and omissions. The program will...
Guy Carpenter Beefs Up London Trade Credit/Political Risk Team
Aug 1 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has beefed up its London-based Political Risk and Trade Credit practice with the addition of six...
Baldwin to Retire from Allied World’s UK Operations
Jul 28 2006 // Michael Baldwin, managing director of Allied World Assurance Company’s London branch, is retiring from the company effective Monday, July 31, 2006. Baldwin was one of four founding members of Allied World during its...
London American Professional Liability, LLC introduces a new Errors and Omissions Program
Jul 26 2006 // Fort Lee, New Jersey – London American Professional Liability, LLC (LAPL) a Program Administrator and MGA, introduces a new program for Independent Property & Casualty Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions. The...
Epstein Named CEO at ResourcePro
Jul 24 2006 // ReSource Pro has named Dan Epstein chief executive officer. Epstein, formerly ReSource Pro’s vice president of business development, takes over the CEO position from David Watkins, who will become chairman of...
Willis: D&O Buyer’s Market Continues
Jul 24 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London D&O market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking this sector. The Index for the second...
