September 5, 2005
Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both tradition and innovation. Tradition–as expressed not only in …
September 5, 2005
No less than five airline accidents occurred in the month of August, the most in three years. Two of the crashes killed all those on board. On Aug. 14, a Boeing 737, operated by charter airline Helios Airways, crashed outside …
July 18, 2005
September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 49 people, sent more than 700 …
July 18, 2005
To paraphrase an old adage: “Nothing concentrates the overall mind of the property/casualty insurance community as much as the approaching certainty of large loss events.” So, it’s no wonder that many prestigious industry names are in the vanguard of efforts …
July 18, 2005
September 11, March 11, July 7 –dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in Lon-don killed at least 49 people, sent over 700 …
July 18, 2005
September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more than 700 …
July 18, 2005
Sept. 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more than 700 …
June 17, 2005
One would have thought that the crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed EU Constitution, might have caused a bit of soul-searching and reassessment on the part of Europe’s leaders. One would be …
June 6, 2005
For Mid-Sized and Smaller Risks, Lloyd’s is Just Across the Street, Not Far Across the Atlantic Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s …
May 30, 2005
Seventy percent of the eligible voters in France expressed their opinion on Sunday, May 29 – a turnout not seen in any recent election. Fifty-five percent of them voted a resounding ‘NO’ to the proposed European Union Constitution – an …