All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2007 // Lloyd’s announced plans to “return to the debt markets with a benchmark issue of Tier 1 perpetual subordinated debt.”The bulletin said the “issue will give greater flexibility and liquidity to...
Jun 7 2007 // Novae Plc has put together a team of specialist property underwriters to handle its new venture into the UK property market. Mike Platt and his team of Darrian Kempster, Barrie Roper and Tim Simpson-Lee have joined the...
May 31 2007 // Sue Langley, previously Chief Operating Officer at Hiscox, is leaving the Bermuda-based/UK insurer to take up a new position as Lloyd’s Director, Market Operations and North America. She is expected to formally join...
May 25 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” of Atrium Underwriting plc, the non-operating holding company of Atrium Underwriters Limited (AUL). Best also revised the outlook to positive...
May 22 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of ACE Insurance Limited (Australia) and ACE Insurance Limited (New Zealand)...
May 21 2007 // In 1968 when the Maurice “Hank” Greenberg took over what was to become American International Group (AIG), it was an insurance agency selling other insurers’ policies around the globe. Within years, AIG...
May 21 2007 // Lloyd’s and Economist Intelligence Unit report warns of threats from political violenceGlobal business leaders report they are increasingly concerned about risk; prevents some from investing overseas A new report...
May 15 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) on Advent Underwriting – Syndicate 0780 to “2” from “2-” with a positive...
May 14 2007 // It’s somehow comforting to learn that for all of its recent commitments to “underwriting discipline,” “the bottom line” and electronic trading, Lloyd’s still takes on the odd – not...
May 10 2007 // A new report from Lloyd’s and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found that global businesses are becoming increasingly concerned about risks from political violence. However, too little has been done to...
May 7 2007 // Biron AgencyJane Biron Siviski has reactivated her former exclusive bond-only agency in Newington, Conn. Biron Siviski, owner of The J. Biron Agency Inc., announced that her company has separated from Sinclair Insurance...
May 7 2007 // Engle Martin, LMSEngle Martin & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta-based multi-line insurance claims administration and adjusting company, has acquired the specialty fraternal and not-for-profit services of Litigation...
May 4 2007 // If you build a better insurance trading platform, the world will beat a path to your door. Well, maybe not the world, but a group of sophisticated investors from “the City” (London’s financial heart) came...
May 1 2007 // In its search for ways to “make it easier for underwriters and brokers to ensure that insurance contracts are right first time,” Lloyd’s has begun testing a new system that will check insurance slips...
Apr 27 2007 // New Jersey based Dowell Insurance Agency, Inc., and Integrated Assurance Solutions (Dowell / IAS) announce a new marketing alliance whereby Dowell /IAS will be a Lloyd’s Coverholder for the Jewelry and Fine Arts and...
Apr 26 2007 // Steven Haasz, Lloyd’s Director of market infrastructure & program management, will be leaving in July to join Prudential UK as Managing Director- Wholesale for the UK. He joins a small, but select group of...
Apr 24 2007 // Not so long ago it was beginning to look like “A” ratings were an endangered species. However, after a lot of belt tightening (and a benign year for nat cats in 2006), the rating agencies have been raising,...
Apr 23 2007 // What a difference a year makes. On March 29, Lloyd’s announced pretax profits for 2006 of $7.2 billion compared to the $202 million loss it posted in 2005.Lloyd’s also achieved an extremely good combined ratio...
Apr 23 2007 // Lloyd’s posts more than $7 billion in record pre-tax profitWhat a difference a year makes. On March 29, Lloyd’s announced pretax profits for 2006 of $7.2 billion compared to the $202 million loss it posted in...
Apr 20 2007 // A.M. Best Co. announced that Roger Sellek will be joining the rating agency as Managing Director – Global Financial Services for A.M. Best Europe in early May.He will work from Best’s London offices and will...