All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2001 // Lloyd’s confirmed earlier reports (See IJ Website Oct. 26) that it has reached an agreement with the New York State Insurance Department which provides for the funding of the reinsurance trust that the NYSID...
Oct 29 2001 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most visible insurer, has set about dealing with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Two weeks after the event, it released its projected net loss...
Oct 29 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year this time would have been “Steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve qui...
Oct 26 2001 // Lloyd’s and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have reportedly reached a compromise on the deposit Lloyd’s must make to the reinsurance trust fund to guarantee payments of its estimated claims...
Oct 25 2001 // On Tuesday The National Association of Insurance Commissioners reversed its previous decision to permit Lloyd’s to deposit 60 percent, rather than 100 percent, of the amount normally required into its U.S....
Oct 24 2001 // Lloyd’s confirmed an earlier report from Standard & Poor’s that gross losses from the events of September 11 will be around £5.4 billion ($7.7 billion). The net loss estimate of £1.3 billion...
Oct 24 2001 // State Farm made another big investment in the reinsurance market, when it agreed to provide an additional £100 Million ($142.5 million) in capital to Lloyd’s Amlin syndicate in which it is a major...
Oct 18 2001 // Lloyd’s Names were warned that they would receive cash calls in the next few days from the syndicates in which they participate asking for additional deposits averaging between £42,000 and £50,000...
Oct 16 2001 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners intends to conduct an in depth audit of Lloyd’s financial condition following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The investigation will focus on Lloyd’s...
Oct 11 2001 // Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the performance rating of Alleghany Underwriting Ltd.’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 376 form “B-Average” to “C+-Below Average” and kept it under review...
Oct 9 2001 // 220 of the “Names” involved in litigation against Lloyd’s, known generally as the “Jaffray Case,” were given leave to appeal last November’s lower court judgment by Mr. Justice Cresswell...
Oct 8 2001 // Wellington Underwriting, a leading operator of a number of Lloyd’s Syndicates, announced that its losses from the September 11 attacks on the U.S. would be around £50 million ($73.5 million), substantially more...
Oct 8 2001 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most visible insurer, finally released its projected loss figures from the disastrous events of Sept. 11. According to the calculations from over 100 syndicates, net...
Oct 8 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year at this time would have been “steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve...
Oct 3 2001 // Lloyd’s has received a barrage of questions on its total exposures and its liquidity following the release of its projected net loss figure of $1.94 billion as a result of the attacks on the U.S. (See IJ Website...
Oct 1 2001 // Lloyd’s announced Friday that, in order to build up its Central Fund, it was increasing the monthly levy paid by all 108 syndicates to the Corporation of Lloyd’s from 1.1 percent to 2 percent of monthly...
Oct 1 2001 // Alleghany Insurance Holding LLC’s parent company announced that it estimated its subsidiary would have losses of around $112 million net of reinsurance from the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. AIH, previously known as...
Sep 27 2001 // Lloyd’s of London said Tuesday that it had completed a review of the potential loss liabilities from more than 100 of its 108 active underwriting syndicates and estimated that its overall net exposure from the...
Sep 26 2001 // Fitch completed the initial phase of its ratings review of insurance and reinsurance companies exposed to losses from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 in the United States.Findings have been issued on 16 insurance...
Sep 25 2001 // A.M. Best announced a series of rating decisions affecting companies in the U.S., Europe and Canada. On a positive note it affirmed the A+ (Superior) rating of the Swiss Group Winterthur and the A-(Excellent ) ratings for...