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Lloyd’s Re/Insurance Broker RFIB Launches Singapore Operation

Oct 30 2017 // RFIB Group Ltd., the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the launch of RFIB (Singapore) Pte Ltd.The new operation will serve as a hub for the continued development of RFIB’s presence across...

Toa Re, Barbican Get ‘in Principle’ Approval from Lloyd’s to Form SPA

Oct 27 2017 // The Toa Reinsurance Co. and Barbican Insurance Group announced they have received “in principle” approval from the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to establish Toa Re Special Purpose Arrangement (SPA 6132) to be...

Mass. SJC Reverses Lower Court’s Decision in Legal Malpractice Suit

Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit.The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...

Risk Cooperative Becomes Lloyd’s Coverholder for Cyber Insurance Facility

Oct 18 2017 // Risk Cooperative, a specialized insurance and risk advisory firm, has been approved as a Lloyd’s coverholder giving it the ability to provide up to $10 million in stand-alone cyber insurance coverage.Risk Cooperative...

Q3 Catastrophe Losses Will Bring Rate Hikes by London Market Insurers: Fitch

Oct 16 2017 // Catastrophe losses from the recent U.S. hurricanes and Mexican earthquakes will lead to price rises on London market insurers’ loss-affected lines and could also affect wider market pricing trends, according to Fitch...

Lloyd’s Broker AFL Creates Property Practice, Led by Crouch from Lockton

Oct 16 2017 // Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd (AFL) announced the appointment of Neil Crouch to lead its new wholesale property practice.Previously head of broking at Lockton, Crouch will pioneer the company’s...

Lloyd’s Outlook Is Negative on Hurricane Losses; Ratings Affirmed: S&P

Oct 13 2017 // S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook on the Society of Lloyd’s to negative from stable, while reaffirming the market’s ‘A+’ insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit...

Insurers, Reinsurers Tally Maria, Irma, Harvey and Other Disaster Losses

Oct 10 2017 // Losses from Hurricane Maria and other recent natural disasters, including hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the Mexico City earthquake and other events, have led global insurers and reinsurers to issue profi warnings.tBelow are...

Lloyd’s Signs Deal with Artificial Intelligence Specialist, Expert System

Oct 9 2017 // Lloyd’s of London wants to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the daily business it does with its customers.The world’s largest insurance market signed a global deal with Expert System that...

Growing List of Re/Insurers Make Decisions on Post-Brexit EU Headquarters

Oct 3 2017 // Everest Re Group Ltd. has said its Dublin-based unit has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to become a non-life insurer, joining a growing list of insurers setting up regulated EU operations in case...

UPDATE 2: Global Re/Insurers Estimate Price Tag of Q3 Hurricanes & Quakes

Oct 3 2017 // Losses from Hurricane Maria and other recent 2017 natural catastrophes, including Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the Mexico City earthquakes and other events, have led global insurers and reinsurers to issue profit...

Lloyd’s Expects $4.5 Billion Hit from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma

Sep 28 2017 // Lloyd’s of London expects net losses of $4.5 billion from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which analysts said would eat into the insurer’s capital and hit its profitability.Although losses from natural catastrophes...

Update: Lloyd’s of London Reports 16% Drop in H1 2017 Profit to $1.6B

Sep 28 2017 // Lloyd’s of London expects net losses of $4.5 billion from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which analysts said would eat into the insurer’s capital and hit its profitability.Although losses from natural catastrophes...

Pioneer Underwriters & Lloyd’s MGA Asta Get Initial Nod to Set Up Lloyd’s Syndicate

Sep 26 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters and Asta, the third party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced they have received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to establish a syndicate.Pioneer commenced underwriting in...

Lloyd’s Appoints SCOR’s Mitchell-Wallace as Head of Risk Aggregation

Sep 26 2017 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced Dr. Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace has been appointed as the head of Risk Aggregation.The role reports to Jon Hancock, the director of Performance...

Lloyd’s Broker AFL Creates Energy Practice Led by Quick & Pearce from Tysers

Sep 25 2017 // AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. (AFL) has created an energy practice headed by London market broking professionals Dominic Quick and Simon Pearce.AFL’s energy practice will serve both AFL’s clients and customers...

MGA Agora Receives ‘in Principle’ Approval to Set Up Lloyd’s Syndicate

Sep 22 2017 // Asta, a third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced it has received “in principle” approval from the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to establish and manage Agora Syndicate 3268.In 2015, Asta and...

Japan’s Sompo Holdings to Sell Sompo Canopius for $952M to Centerbridge

Sep 1 2017 // Japan’s Sompo Holdings Inc. announced it has agreed to sell Lloyd’s re/insurer Sompo Canopius AG to a private equity consortium led by Centerbridge Partners for $952 million.On completion of the purchase,...

Lloyd’s Insurers’ Stocks Fall on Possible Claims from Hurricane Harvey

Aug 29 2017 // Lloyd’s of London insurers dropped amid speculation that they will suffer losses from Tropical Storm Harvey that’s battering Houston, the epicenter of the U.S. oil industry.The storm, which which made landfall...

AXIS Sweetens Offer for Lloyd’s Specialty Carrier Novae to $611.5M

Aug 25 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has substantially sweetened its offer for Novae Group plc, a Lloyd’s of London specialty insurer and reinsurer.AXIS, a Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, said it will now pay...