All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has announced its acquisition of Stonehouse Conseillers Ltd., “a London based specialist insurance broker servicing the needs of commercial film...
Aug 1 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Allied World Europe has expanded its professional liability team with the addition of two new vice presidents, Alec Goodair as Vice President, European Financial...
Jul 22 2014 // Wholesale insurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has launched an underwriting management agency specializing in the healthcare industry. The new venture, Pro-Praxis Insurance, will be led by Robert Allen...
Jul 11 2014 // Bermuda-based Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (BTG Pactual) and Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited announced that they have signed an agreement whereby BTG Pactual will acquire Ariel Re, Global Atlantic’s Bermuda-based...
Jul 10 2014 // Allianz SE said a lack of political support prevents investors from contributing more money to infrastructure projects such as roads or power and gas grids.“Politicians are still convinced infrastructure has to be...
Jul 9 2014 // Foster Farms and its London insurers are facing off over the definition of “product recall” as the poultry producer seeks payment of $14.2 million in claims arising from a government-mandated shutdown of one of...
Jul 8 2014 // Hiscox London Market announced plans to build its “on-the-ground presence in Brazil” with the appointment of Simon Zelenoy to develop its London Market business in Brazil.Hiscox said he “will be...
Jul 2 2014 // Markel Corp. is now underwriting trade credit insurance in its New York office. Policies will be underwritten on an admitted basis, utilizing two Markel insurance companies, Markel American Insurance Co. and Markel...
Jun 26 2014 // Cooper Gay & Co. Ltd. ,a London-based insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Alan Main as director of Reinsurance, effective immediately. Previously an executive director of Towers Watson UK, Main brings 40...
Jun 23 2014 // The International Insurance Society (IIS) has come a long way since its first meeting in a conference room in Austin, Texas. The 50th edition of its annual conclave opened this morning in London at the Park Plaza...
Jun 17 2014 // Chicago, IL – 6/17/14 – Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) announces the formation of RSGUM Healthcare, a new healthcare and life science underwriting facility, in partnership with some of the strongest and most...
Jun 16 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) has formed RSGUM Healthcare, a new healthcare and life science underwriting facility, in partnership with the healthcare and life science underwriters at Lloyd’s of London....
Jun 6 2014 // They have been the kings of the British capital’s roads for over a century but now the often opinionated drivers of London’s iconic black taxi cabs are battling a high-technology rival that threatens their...
May 20 2014 // London-based broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd has announced the appointment of Charles Gibbs as Managing Director, Marine, within the Marine and Aerospace Division, effective immediately.He will have overall responsibility...
May 15 2014 // Cooper Gay in London has appointed Charles Gibbs as managing director of marine, within the firm’s marine and aerospace division. Gibbs will have overall responsibility for the company’s marine hull business,...
May 14 2014 // Tim Mullis has joined Miller Insurance Services in London to produce accident and health treaty reinsurance business. Mullis has 30 years’ insurance market experience, almost exclusively in production and broking. He...
May 7 2014 // Lloyd’s Old Library was the setting yesterday for the launch of inhance, a new product designed to close gaps in existing models that continue to expose re/insurers – and companies – to unexpected catastrophe...
Apr 30 2014 // Saga Plc, which provides insurance and holidays to Britain’s over-50s, confirmed earlier reports that it will sell shares in an initial public offering as its private equity owners cut their stakes.The company...
Apr 29 2014 // If the UK exits the European Union, it could wreck London’s position as the only financial center to rival New York and isolate the country’s economy, research ordered by a lobby group for banks and money...
Apr 24 2014 // British over-50s insurer Saga is planning to announce its intention to float next week in a London stock market debut that could value the company at £3 billion ($5.1 billion), two sources familiar with the matter said on...