All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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 29 2009 // Joseph Cassano has come home to face the music.The former AIG executive closely associated with one of the most sensational collapses in corporate history, recently slipped back into the United States. Under intensifying...
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 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 // London American Risk Specialists Inc. is expanding its Dallas, Texas, underwriting division and has created an underwriting/binding authority department in the Dallas office. The department will offer in-house quoting and...
Sep 8 2009 // Dorothy Martinez has joined London American Risk Specialists Inc. as a senior broker in London American’s newly created binding authority division in Dallas, Texas. Martinez has extensive underwriting experience, and...
Sep 7 2009 // Texas-based Specialty Insurance Managers Inc. appointed several new vice presidents.Karen Ashton was named vice president of the Arlington, Texas, branch. Bonnie Stalkfleet is now vice president of the Granbury branch....
Aug 24 2009 // Houston-based insurance wholesaler London American Risk Specialists Inc. has promoted Chris Chiodetti to multi-lines manager. She will be responsible for all multi-lines/middle market operations, underwriting and servicing...
Aug 5 2009 // Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. reported that Robert L. (Rob) Arnold, has joined the firm as president and partner. Arnold will be responsible for all MGA operations and the strategic direction of the...
Jul 28 2009 // A U.S. health care advisory group and a London-based risk technology research firm share something in common with American International Group’s (AIG) new brand Chartis Insurance: a name.But it’s doubtful they...
Jul 21 2009 // Torus Insurance Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Tim Mardon as President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Torus Re with immediate effect. He will report directly to Clive Tobin, Chief Executive of Torus.Prior...
Jul 9 2009 // Catlin Group Limited has strengthened its already significant London aviation underwriting team with the addition of Richard Power and Mark Stanley.Power will join Catlin on August first as a senior underwriter and head of...
Jul 6 2009 // Michael Jackson’s untimely death, barely two weeks before he was to begin a long awaited series of 50 concerts, stretching over 8 months, continues to be headline news. It’s also news of another sort in the...
Jul 6 2009 // Michael Jackson’s untimely death, barely two weeks before he was to begin a long awaited series of 50 concerts stretching over eight months, has been the world’s top story. It’s also a story in London,...
Jul 2 2009 // Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering a new market for hazardous waste transporters/haulers for hire or transporting own product between commercial locations (no residential...
Jun 29 2009 // It was to be the comeback of the young century: Michael Jackson using the “This is It” tour to retake his throne as King of Pop, lord of the dance and darling of the masses. What grander stage than London for...
Jun 8 2009 // Bermuda’s Catlin Group Limited has promoted Simon Shrimpton to senior marine hull underwriter in its London office. He will head Catlin’s six-person team, underwriting hull business on behalf of the Catlin...
May 20 2009 // With its acquisition in early 2009 of the international business of GAB Robins (excluding its UK operations) and the U.S. forensic engineering firm, EFI Global, Cunningham Lindsey became the second largest property...
May 15 2009 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital, has announced the hiring of three additional underwriters for its London-based aviation business.“The London team will be headed by Simon Murray as...
May 8 2009 // Jeff Ward, a director of London Market reform technology specialists TriSystems, has been working in the field of technology, information processing and insurance for more than 20 years. But even he admits that it’s...