All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2004 // Roy Perry, a British Conservative member of the European Parliament, has called for an investigation by the European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, of the accusations against Lloyd’s and the U.K....
Jan 30 2004 // Aviva Plc appears to have successfully headhunted Andrew Moss, currently the top financial officer at Lloyd’s. The U.K.’s largest insurer announced yesterday that Moss, 45, is expected to join Aviva as its new...
Jan 29 2004 // “East London Bobbies will be experiencing the world of brief cases and pin-striped suits as part of a new mentoring scheme,” said a bulletin from Lloyd’s.Senior police officers from Tower Hamlets will...
Jan 29 2004 // Lloyd’s run-off vehicle, Equitas and Halliburton Company announced that they have reached a comprehensive agreement to settle Halliburton’s insurance claims against certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s for...
Jan 29 2004 // Lloyd’s has renewed its licensing agreement with Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), which reportedly significantly expands the range of underwriting and claims products and services it can use in the U.S....
Jan 27 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has withdrawn the Best’s Syndicate Rating of “A-” (Excellent) of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1400, which is managed by Danish Re Syndicates Ltd., and assigned it an NR-4...
Jan 26 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance held a public hearing Jan. 7, 2004 to consider a proposal that would cap the amount by which insurance companies could increase or decrease rates in personal lines insurance because of an...
Jan 26 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance submitted its 128th Annual Report to the Texas Governor and Legislature in November 2003.The information provided in the tables below are taken from that report. The first shows premium...
Jan 26 2004 // A.M. Best Co. assigned a Best’s Syndicate Rating of “A” (excellent) to Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, which is managed by Amlin Underwriting Ltd. The outlook is stable. The rating reflects the...
Jan 23 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has signaled its determination to assist the London Market in its efforts to improve standards, by adding a bank of sector specific questions to its insurance ASSESS...
Jan 21 2004 // Lloyd’s announced the election of five members to its governing council, the body that has ultimate responsibility for directing and controlling the Lloyd’s market. All the appointments are for a term of three...
Jan 20 2004 // Lloyd’s announced that Ashok Gupta, the current CEO of Kinnect, Lloyd’s IT interface solution to transfer data from systems used by brokers to those used by underwriters, is to leave the Lloyd’s...
Jan 16 2004 // Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Steven Burns, currently Chief Executive Officer of the Limit Group, as a non-executive member to its Franchise Board. He replaces Andrew Kendrick, who has moved to an overseas...
Jan 15 2004 // Speaking at a joint meeting of the Downtown Association and the Insurance Brokers Association of New York (IBANY)* yesterday, Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Peter Levene, reminded his audience of the longstanding special...
Jan 6 2004 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn announced that the market will have the capacity to underwrite £14.9 billion ($26.91 billion*) of business in 2004, equal to Lloyd’s year-end 2003 capacity figure.He said the 2004...
Dec 19 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the ‘A-‘ (Excellent) rating of Lloyd’s Syndicate 570 and the ‘A’ (Excellent) ratings of Syndicates 609 and 382.Syndicate 570 is managed by Atrium...
Dec 18 2003 // British insurer Amlin Plc announced that regulatory underwriting capacity at its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001 next year would remain the same as this year at £1billion ($1.75 billion). The insurer indicated the capacity...
Dec 17 2003 // Lloyd’s announced that Kinnect, its new electronic risk placement system, is up and running, as international broker Willis passed the first risk through it yesterday.The Kinnect platform, originally called the...
Dec 15 2003 // While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s...
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...