All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 21 2008 // The Willis Building, a landmark new London headquarters for global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, will be officially opened today, July 21, by His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, otherwise known as Prince...
Jul 15 2008 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist met with Lord Levene, the chairman of Lloyd’s of London, to discuss reinsurance issues in Florida, as well as Lloyd’s climate change initiatives.The meeting took place during the Team...
Jun 18 2008 // Aon Risk Services has appointed Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen as managing director, head of broking excellence for Aon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with immediate effect.The bulletin from Aon’s London office...
Jun 5 2008 // Sarah E. Barton has joined London American Risk Specialists Inc.’s Houston office as senior property and casualty broker. She brings with her 15 years of insurance experience on both the company and retail side. As a...
Jun 2 2008 // After five weeks of high level discussions, Australia’s QBE Group withdrew its offer to acquire Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG), following the decision of IAG’s board to recommend against accepting the...
May 27 2008 // The City of London – a roughly one square mile area along the north bank of the Thames – is the heart of the UK’s financial and insurance industries. So when Aon warned that the area is at risk from flood...
May 27 2008 // Kuwait’s landmark offer for London’s Willis Building this week has given the prime City office market a lift, but is not the beginning of the end for Britain’s property downturn.By agreeing to buy the...
May 19 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. He will be responsible for the management of the division, which is focused on...
May 14 2008 // Since Joe Plumeri took over as Chairman and CEO of Willis in 2000, he’s guided the international broker through turbulent times, making a number of radical and innovative changes along the way.Nowhere is his presence...
May 7 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has announced three senior appointments to its Global Specialties division. Keith Anderson will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Global Specialties, Nick Dunlop has been appointed...
May 2 2008 // Marsh announced the appointment of Stephen Roberts as Leader of its London-based Strategic Risk Practice. He will report to Eddie McLaughlin, Head of Marsh’s Business Risk Consulting Group.Marsh said its...
Apr 28 2008 // Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene told an audience of around 100 business executives in Los Angeles on Friday that London’s strengths as a leading global financial center have not been diminished by the credit...
Apr 25 2008 // Peter Harmer, Chief Executive of Aon UK, is to become Chairman of the London Market Reform Group (MRG). He succeeds Stephen Matanle, Managing Director of Libero Ventures Ltd. Harmer stated he is “delighted to accept...
Apr 25 2008 // Integro announced the hiring of two established brokers who will join the firm’s Casualty practice in London – Andrew Park and Jonathan Bines.Park brings considerable technical knowledge and 25 years broking...
Apr 23 2008 // The Zurich Financial Services Group announced that its Global Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) unit has expanded its operation through the opening of an office in London. The operation continues the...
Apr 21 2008 // PeopleMullis Newby Hurst L.P., an Addison, Texas-based provider of construction insurance and surety bonds in Texas, promoted Jan Johnson to senior vice president and director of insurance. Johnson, a 26-year veteran of...
Apr 21 2008 // Hull & Co., Big Sky Underwriters, Powers & Co.Hull & Co. Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Missoula, Mont.-based Big Sky Underwriters Inc. “The people of Big Sky are well respected in...
Apr 11 2008 // Bermuda-based XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd., has announced the formation of a global Product Development team to further address customers’ risk management needs.“The team...
Apr 9 2008 // Houston-based property casualty insurance wholesaler London American Risk Specialists Inc. announced it has promoted Zane Carson and Jennie Triola to vice president positions.Formerly director of Marketing for London...
Apr 9 2008 // Alan Jay Kaufman is bucking the business tide in Michigan. While many companies are retrenching their business, Kaufman is going global.Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of the national specialty insurance wholesaler...