All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 24 2017 // StarStone, the global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Enstar Group Ltd., announced a joint venture partnership with Malakite Underwriting Partners Ltd., a managing general agent in Dubai, subject to regulatory...
Jan 20 2017 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced plans to open a reinsurance branch in India, in time for the April major reinsurance renewals, following final regulatory approval from the...
Jan 18 2017 // Lloyd’s of London will make an announcement on its new European subsidiary by the middle of April at the latest, its Chairman John Nelson said on Tuesday, as it prepares for Britain’s exit from the European...
Jan 6 2017 // Lloyd’s announced that Richard Pryce, CEO for QBE European Operations, has been appointed by the Council of Lloyd’s as a non-executive director of the Franchise Board, the body which is responsible for the...
Jan 3 2017 // For just the second time in its history, the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has reinsurance to help it weather major storms.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which manages...
Dec 21 2016 // Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and sometimes from emerging markets. As always, the keys to success are market knowledge and...
Dec 19 2016 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced its London office will be among the first commercial tenants in “The Scalpel,” a 36-story tower located at 52 Lime Street, adjacent to Lloyd’s of...
Dec 13 2016 // Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London lost money in 2016, driving the 90-plus syndicates in the insurance market to be more selective in the risks they take on and forcing Lloyd’s to cut its subscription rates.To...
Dec 5 2016 // Lloyd’s announced details of its new Corporation Operating Model (COM) that it said will enable it to deliver its Vision 2025* more effectively and efficiently.Effective Jan. 1, 2017, COM will enable Lloyd’s to...
Dec 1 2016 // Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s platform of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that the managing agency has received approval from Lloyd’s to increase its gross written premium for...
Nov 17 2016 // Lloyd’s has appointed Angela Kelly as Lloyd’s country manager, Singapore, and CEO of Lloyd’s of London (Asia) Pte. Ltd.Kelly joins Lloyd’s from Swiss Re where she was chief executive officer of...
Nov 16 2016 // Lloyd’s announced that Paolo Vagnone has been appointed to the newly created role of Strategy & Change director.Vagnone will lead the teams responsible for the development of Lloyd’s strategy as well as the...
Nov 8 2016 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of ANV Holdings B.V. and its affiliates from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for approximately $203 million in cash.During the last 12 months...
Nov 7 2016 // Lloyd’s of London has secured approval from the Indian regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), to provide onshore reinsurance services in India.The decision means that the...
Nov 3 2016 // Lloyd’s of London recently announced the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards. Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln each picked up awards for innovative products or new ways of working.Aon won most...
Oct 27 2016 // Hiscox announced it has formed a new US$1 billion fine art consortium, the result of a collaboration with Ascot Underwriting.The $1 billion capacity consortium has been constructed specifically to streamline the process of...
Oct 27 2016 // Coastal wetlands provide important natural protection during hurricanes. How much? Natural habitats reduced property damage by about $625 million in the Northeast during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a new study supported by...
Oct 24 2016 // Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters have finally settled a four-month-old lawsuit aimed at collecting on insurance claims related to a series of canceled concerts during the band’s 2015 world tour.A court filing signed...
Oct 24 2016 // Panelists at a New York event hosted by Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance market, and the American Security Project, a nonpartisan national security think-tank, urged the insurance industry to plan...
Oct 20 2016 // Asta, the third party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced it has received “in principle” approval from the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to establish and manage Verto Quota Share Syndicate...