February 22, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and the London market’s electronic trading platform, PPL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Goosen as Head of Professional Services, London Global Broking Centre Insurance broker …
November 5, 2020
Lloyd’s of London has dropped ambitious plans to set up its own electronic exchanges and will work with other existing platforms to speed up the underwriting process and cut costs, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Lloyd’s said last …
January 28, 2019
The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., announced a platform update. PPL said the new release includes: An enhancement so the broker can now select multiple stamps for facilities. The underwriter response is identical to open market functionality; underwriters …
January 14, 2019
Marsh announced it placed more than 10,000 risks in 2018 through Placing Platform Ltd. (PPL), the electronic insurance placement platform used by Lloyd’s, London market insurers, and brokers. Marsh has now bound more than 15,000 risks in total on the …
November 20, 2018
The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., exceeded targets during the third quarter as more and more syndicates and companies accepted risks via the platform. Beazley Syndicate 3623 topped the league table of those Lloyd’s syndicates that have embraced …
October 15, 2018
The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., announced that the treaty reinsurance class of business went live on the platform today, completing its roll out of products. PPL said its focus will now be on continuous improvement of the …
July 26, 2018
Brexit is the greatest structural challenge facing the London company market, said the chairman of the International Underwriting Association, Malcolm Newman. The UK’s break from the EU is affecting insurers, brokers and clients in varying ways, but none felt as …
June 11, 2018
The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., announced that aviation classes of business went live on the platform on June 11. “With only reinsurance and verticalized placements left to go, this latest release means that underwriters and brokers are …
January 30, 2018
The London market’s electronic placing platform was used to close the Aon Client Treaty facility for 2018, marking a milestone in the platform’s evolution. This is probably the largest and most complex transaction in the Lloyd’s market, said the board …
November 6, 2017
PPL, the London market’s electronic placing platform, announced that property/casualty risks now can be bound on the platform. The PPL platform first began trading in July 2016 with stand-alone terrorism risks. It now also writes political violence, financial and professional …