All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 2 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that Darren Lednor, formerly the active underwriter of Ariel Syndicate 1910 and 6117, has joined as chief underwriting officer.Lednor has been working in the...
Mar 1 2016 // ANV Global Services Ltd., the managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of specialty insurance group ANV Holdings, announced an increase in its Lloyd’s underwriting capacity for mergers and acquisitions...
Feb 26 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it no longer will write general liability business.This decision forms part of a broader strategic review of the business, which included an assessment of...
Feb 11 2016 // A UK exit from the European Union will create a “rarely experienced” level of uncertainty for Lloyd’s, the London market as well as the UK and other European economies, according to Sean McGovern,...
Feb 10 2016 // Brit Ltd., the London-based specialty insurer, has opened an office in Singapore, which will begin operations on March 1 via the Lloyd’s Singapore platform.Brit has received approval to begin underwriting from both...
Feb 9 2016 // Lloyd’s have confirmed the election of three new members to the Council of Lloyd’s. Julian James and Neil Maidment were elected following a vote of working members of the Society of Lloyd’s and will serve...
Feb 8 2016 // Aon plc has launched Lloyd’s Lead Excess Aon Facility (Lloyd’s LEAF), a program that increases placement options for Aon’s U.S. clients facing global casualty risks while delivering greater contract...
Feb 2 2016 // Shariah compliant managing general agent Cobalt Underwriting has launched a new political violence product backed by Chaucer.Cobalt, the London market’s only Shariah compliant underwriting agency, will offer the...
Feb 1 2016 // Lloyd’s has started holding open trading sessions at its Singapore hub, which are designed to speed up insurance placements.The sessions enable brokers to see multiple markets at one time and provide faster...
Jan 29 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform, which operates Syndicate 2468 at Lloyd’s, announced that Roberto Murru joined the company as an underwriter in its growing financial lines team led by Ian West.Fluent...
Jan 28 2016 // London-based Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), which is part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has joined the Lloyd’s China platform.LSM’s Underwriting Division of Lloyd’s Insurance Company (China) Ltd....
Jan 21 2016 // Specialist (re)insurer, Lloyd’s, has appointed Enya He as regional director for its newly-established South Central United States region. She will be based in Dallas and be responsible for market development...
Jan 19 2016 // Lloyd’s of London announced that a set of common core data requirements for cyber risks has been agreed by collaborating with modeling firms AIR Worldwide and RMS, along with RMS’ partner, the Cambridge Centre...
Jan 14 2016 // Ironshore International announced its subsidiary, Pembroke Managing Agency, will establish an office in Shanghai in January 2016 as part of the Lloyd’s China platform.Pembroke Managing Agency will underwrite...
Jan 12 2016 // Everest Re Group Ltd. announced that Paul Kneafsey will be joining the company as the active underwriter of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786. Kneafsey is expected to assume his new role effective May 1, 2016.He will join...
Jan 11 2016 // Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd’s operations of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Adrian Daws has been appointed to the position of...
Jan 8 2016 // Neil Maidment, Beazley’s chief underwriting officer, has been elected to the Council of Lloyd’s for a three year term, beginning on Feb. 1. Maidment has worked in the Lloyd’s market for 31 years,...
Dec 16 2015 // Lloyd’s of London has announced that it “plans to launch its own insurance based index in mid-2016. This would be the first index for diversified risk, showing loss ratios and focused on insurance...
Dec 14 2015 // Ironshore Inc. announced that its Pembroke Managing Agency Limited and Mexico reinsurance company, Patria Re, have received Lloyd’s approval to establish a Special Purpose Syndicate (SPS).“Patria Re will join...
Dec 3 2015 // Lloyd’s of London announced its director of performance management, Tom Bolt, has decided to leave the corporation in mid-2016, after almost seven years of front line service.Bolt was appointed in September 2009, and...