All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2008 // March 31, 2008 – London American Risk Specialists, Inc an independently owned & operated surplus lines/ wholesale brokerage firm, headquartered in Houston, TX, announces a new A.M. Best Rated A XV admitted...
Mar 24 2008 // Despite the past deadly attacks and the continuing threat of renewed violence, “London firms appear under-prepared for a terrorist attack,” concludes Marsh from the results of an ad hoc poll.Marsh conducted a...
Mar 5 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. opened a London-based wholesale brokerage, Decus Insurance Brokers, Limited (D.I.B.) on March 1.According to Regional Executive Vice President Anthony T. Strianese, D.I.B. is Brown...
Mar 4 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on U.K.-based Novae – Syndicate 2007 to positive from stable. S&P also affirmed its Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) of...
Feb 26 2008 // U.S.-based Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. announced that, effective April 1, 2008, Brian Young will become Chief Executive Officer – Global Insurance and London Market Operations. He presently manages OdysseyRe’s...
Feb 24 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Jim O’Connell principal. He also will serve as director of development for programs, specialty insurance solutions. In that role, he is responsible for both regional and...
Feb 20 2008 // The slipcases at Lloyd’s are slowly going the way of the buggy whip. In a recent announcement the Market Reform Group (MRG) published details of the arrangements which, it said, “will see the end of paper...
Feb 11 2008 // A major fire broke out late Saturday at London’s famous Camden market, ripping through one of the city’s top tourist draws and a nearby celebrity hangout, fire officials and witnesses said.Flames from the blaze...
Feb 11 2008 // Lockton has created a China Desk in London managed by Jiong Zhang, to reinforce the global broker’s existing relationships with insurance and reinsurance clients in the Far East.Lockton’s Executive Chairman...
Feb 10 2008 // The rumors, and at this point that’s all they are, apparently started with a brief report on CNBC that Willis Group Holdings had expressed interest in acquiring Marsh Inc. from MMC.Is there any truth in it? “No...
Jan 23 2008 // A commission helping redraft the regulatory framework for New York’s finance industry is considering placing greater emphasis on “principles” than on strictly defined rules, Gov. Eliot Spitzer...
Jan 22 2008 // The rumors, and at this point that’s all they are, apparently started with a brief report on CNBC that Willis Group Holdings had expressed interest in acquiring Marsh, Inc. from MMC.Is there any truth in it?...
Jan 16 2008 // Marsh announced from its London office that David Batchelor will succeed Alex Moczarski as CEO of Marsh’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He currently heads the Asia Pacific region for Marsh,...
Jan 15 2008 // Lockton, a privately held independent insurance broker, announced today that it has added Mark Harris as a senior vice president and producer in its Chicago operation. Harris will be responsible for business development...
Dec 18 2007 // Integro Insurance Brokers announced that it has relocated its London office to 100 Leadenhall Street, EC3 from 81 Gracechurch Street. “The number of staff in Integro’s London office has doubled since it was...
Dec 17 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of London General Insurance Company Limited (LGI) and London General Life Company...
Dec 11 2007 // Marsh announced from its London office that Hutton Swinglehurst has been named as a Senior Vice President and Matthew Hogg as a Vice President of its global Communications, Media and Technology Practice (CMT). Both men...
Dec 11 2007 // A.M. Best Co announced that Nick Charteris-Black will be joining the rating agency during the first quarter of 2008 as Director – Global Financial Services for A.M. Best Europe.He will be located in Best’s...
Dec 5 2007 // The Board of Hardy, a major specialist Lloyd’s insurer, announced that it proposes to move the Group’s corporate domicile to Bermuda “in order to improve the Group’s strategic positioning in the...
Nov 26 2007 // London-based RI3K, the electronic trading service, which handles many of Lloyd’s transactions, announced that it has simplified its pricing tariff. The move comes in response to “market criticisms over its...