All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 33, which is managed by Hiscox Syndicates Ltd (HSL)....
Oct 29 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010. At the same time Best affirmed the ICR of...
Oct 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned its Best’s Syndicate Ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a+” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 3623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 3622, with stable...
Oct 26 2009 // An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site (www.lloyds.com) discusses the success of an “innovative solution” which can make funding available to governments in the aftermath of a natural...
Oct 22 2009 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. announced today that it has gained approval to write direct and facultative property business on behalf of its Pembroke Lloyd’s Syndicate effective October 1, 2009. The Pembroke team will...
Oct 22 2009 // The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Adam Mullan as Chief Executive Officer of Max at Lloyd’s Ltd., the Lloyd’s managing agent for Syndicates 1400, 2525 and 2526.The appointment...
Oct 13 2009 // Financier Allen Stanford and other executives who face charges related to an alleged $7 billion fraud may file claims for defense funds under a directors’ and officers’ insurance policy, a federal judge said...
Oct 5 2009 // The bond between the United States and the U.K. has been the subject of a significant amount of media comment in recent weeks on both sides of the Atlantic. Our long held “special” relationship seems to have...
Oct 5 2009 // Lloyd’s of London has told a federal judge he should not allocate the proceeds of a directors and officers insurance policy for accused swindler Allen Stanford and other executives because they have no guarantee of...
Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...
Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...
Sep 24 2009 // Lloyd’s conservative management, combined with a notable lack of major natural catastrophes, has resulted in a £1.32 billion ($2.18 billion) pretax profit for the first half of 2009, compared to £949...
Sep 24 2009 // Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited announced that a team lead by Nick Jones has joined its Lloyd’s underwriting operation, Marlborough Underwriting Agency Ltd., to create a worldwide property...
Sep 23 2009 // A financial service worker in South Carolina was sentenced today to two years in prison for using a scheme to dupe mortgage companies and homeowners in Eastern Kentucky.David C. Thomas, of Greenville, S.C. admitted he...
Sep 22 2009 // Lloyd’s has welcomed its newest group of graduate students. The latest batch of successful applicants to work in at One Lime Street “will start an 18-month rotation that will see them working in three six-month...
Sep 21 2009 // Lloyd’s announced that it has opened its first representative office in Scandinavia in Sweden, which will act as the hub for all of its Nordic operations.The office, in Stockholm, will be run by Lloyd’s Nordic...
Sep 18 2009 // Lloyd’s of London Chairman, Lord Peter Levene, strongly defended the important role financial services play in the UK’s economy in general and in the City of London in particular. Levene chastised policymakers,...
Sep 17 2009 // The specialist Lloyd’s insurer Jubilee Managing Agency Limited announced the launch of a new brand across its operations, which it said reflects “the company’s strategic plans to expand and grow its...
Sep 15 2009 // Lloyd’s of London said a federal judge should not allocate the proceeds of a directors and officers insurance policy for accused swindler Allen Stanford and other executives because they have no guarantee of...
Aug 27 2009 // Politico-social trends are rarely static; they evolve over time. Terrorism is no exception. An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that “today’s extremists are just as intent...