Latest London Headlines
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Burton Named as Integro’s Compliance Officer for London Office
Apr 4 2006 // Integro Insurance Brokers, Ltd., The U.K.-based subsidiary of global broker Integro, announced that Peter Burton has accepted the position of Compliance Officer in London. Burton has 32 years of experience in the...
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...
The London insurance market: The City and the regulators
Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...
International
Apr 3 2006 // The London insurance market: The City and the regulators For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally....
Lloyd’s Remains Major Energy Sector Coverage Specialist
Mar 30 2006 // In his keynote address to the delegates at Aon’s 9th Energy Insurance Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Rolf Tolle, Lloyd’s Franchise Performance Director, told his audience that the Lloyd’s market is...
Lloyd’s and Markel’s Italian Road Show
Mar 28 2006 // Lloyd’s and Markel International have joined forces to tell Italian businesses what the London market can offer. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes: “A road show was held in Rome and...
Best Affirms Steamship Mutual Underwriting (U.K.) ‘A-‘ Ratings
Mar 24 2006 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a-” to the U.K.-based Steamship Mutual Underwriting...
FSA Cites U.K. Market Progress; Won’t Propose Regulations
Mar 21 2006 // The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced that it has “put on hold its work to develop rules to bring about contract certainty in the insurance market.” The U.K.’s insurance community...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Lloyd’s of London has selected an insurance outsider, Richard Ward, former head of the London-based International Petroleum Exchange, as its new chief executive officer. He spent six years as CEO of IPE, which has...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president. The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Cathleen C. Beavers was named general manager of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association. Previously, Beavers was residual market business advisor for USAA in San Antonio where she managed the auto residual market...
Not all Oil & Gas programs are created equal
Mar 20 2006 // What do Dodge Neon, Mazda Miata and Lexus 430 have in common? Simple–they are all the same form of transportation. Each will allow you to control your travel from Point A to Point B but each has its own unique...
Lloyd’s Market
Mar 19 2006 // Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene with newly-appointed Chief Executive Richard Ward. New chief charged with improving market efficiency, moving the market to the next level By Charles E. Boyle In an announcement that...
By W. Randolph Zator
Mar 19 2006 // Not all Oil & Gas programs are created equal The American market has expanded in numbers from AIG Oil Rig, principally alone 30 years ago, to perhaps 10 domestic energy markets. Other foreign carriers in Bermuda and...
London Asia Capital Unveils Mongolian Joint Venture
Mar 7 2006 // London Asia Capital PLC, a U.K.-based investment and merchant banking group focusing on “Greater China,” announced creation of London Asia Capital Mongolia Ltd., a 60/40 joint venture with Capitron Bank of...
Insurers’ Photography Tells Story of ’06 San Francisco Quake
Mar 7 2006 // Finding old photographs to mark the centennial of California’s 1906 “Great Quake” and fire was the easy part of Corey Keller’s job as an assistant curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern...
XL Insurance Notes New Developments in Global Aerospace Operations
Mar 6 2006 // David Duclos, COO for XL Capital Ltd’s (“XL”) insurance operations (“XL Insurance”), reported changes within XL Insurance’s global aerospace business. London-based Peter Bilsby has been...
People & Places
Feb 20 2006 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has hired Michael K. Britt as its new executive vice president of insurance operations. The newly-created position includes oversight of the business...
Litigating Claims Against the London Market Noted by Research and Markets
Feb 15 2006 // Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32764) reported the addition of Insurance Coverage Dispute to their offering. The authors explain all aspects of litigating insurance coverage disputes in...
XL Insurance Names New Country Manager, Deputy for UK and Ireland
Feb 8 2006 // Clive Tobin, chief executive responsible for XL Capital Ltd’s insurance operations, reported further organizational changes within XL’s UK office. Donal Kelly, who has been with the XL group for six years, has...
