All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 5 2011 // Travelers announced that it has added increased underwriting expertise to its UK, Ireland and Lloyd’s businesses with the appointment of two new Chief Underwriting Officers (CUO’s). The new CUO’s...
Jun 22 2011 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Ltd (CGSC) announced the appointment of Shaun Hooper as CEO of Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, the Group’s Lloyd’s and London market broker. He has been serving as interim CEO of the...
Jun 15 2011 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that one of Zurich’s non-core subsidiaries in the UK, Zurich Specialties London Ltd, will transfer its run off insurance business to Swiss Re at book value.Zurich said the...
Jun 14 2011 // AEGIS London, the UK- based subsidiary of mutual insurer AEGIS (Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited) has announced the approval of $1 million in premium credits which will be returned to members...
Jun 13 2011 // IMS/London American announced that Jody L. Travis has joined the firm as a senior commercial underwriter. Travis has more than 20 years of insurance experience in the Houston area marketplace. Most recently he was the...
Jun 10 2011 // UK-based Cooper Gay has hired two divisional directors to its London downstream energy team, with the intention of driving international growth in the sector.Neil Jurd joins from Alesco Risk Management Services where he...
Jun 6 2011 // Acentria, Jim HarrisDestin, Florida-based insurance agency Acentria has acquired Jim Harris & Associates, Inc., with offices in Mary Esther and Crestview. The office in Mary Esther will remain open until August and...
Jun 6 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin at a...
Jun 1 2011 // Ironshore Europe Limited, domiciled in Dubin, Ireland, has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, to open a branch office in London. Paul Betts, has been named the London Branch Manager and will lead the...
May 23 2011 // White Mountains Re Ltd. reports that its Sirius International Insurance Corp. affiliate has received approval in principle from the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to establish Lloyd’s Syndicate 1945.Syndicate 1945...
May 20 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin this week...
May 18 2011 // London-based broker Miller announced that it has created a new international platform for its binding authority business with the formation of a specialist binding authority team.“The team will be based in London and...
May 16 2011 // Aon announced that it has selected The Leadenhall Building as its future London headquarters. The office tower is currently under construction, directly across Leadenhall Street from Lloyd’s.When completed it will be...
May 13 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), has completed the purchase of HLG Holdings Ltd (the Heath Lambert Group), for a net purchase price of £97 million ($158 million). Heath Lambert is headquartered in London and has 16...
May 2 2011 // The University of California (UC) has redefined the rules of cyber liability insurance, using an approach that the university’s Chief Risk Officer Grace Crickette calls “reverse underwriting.”...
Apr 28 2011 // Willis Group Holdings announced that, effective immediately, Gianmarco Tosti has been appointed CEO, Willis Facultative London, a newly created post. He will lead a team of 50 Associates responsible for the placement of...
Apr 22 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A- ‘(Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a-” for Wilton...
Apr 22 2011 // Lockton has announced the launch of a package of risk management solutions called “Enterprise Disruption Contingency Insurance designed to help companies cope with previously ‘uninsurable’...
Apr 19 2011 // Lockton is launching a package of risk management solutions called Enterprise Disruption Contingency Insurance designed to help companies cope with previously “uninsurable” risks.Lockton’s Enterprise...
Apr 18 2011 // The Travelers Companies announced that Sean Genden has been named CEO of Travelers Europe, charged with supporting its “strategic and growth initiatives in the European property and casualty market.”He...