All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2006 // Lawyers professional liability, sometimes called legal malpractice, belongs with the selected “traditional” professional liability lines, such as physicians, accountants and architects/ engineers. Lawyers, in...
Nov 5 2006 // Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers, or maybe it’s the legal profession prospecting for additional income...
Oct 30 2006 // The Boards of Directors of Catlin Group Limited and Wellington Underwriting Plc have agreed on the terms of a recommended Offer to be made by Catlin for the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of Wellington....
Oct 27 2006 // Global broker Willis Group Holdings Limited reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 of $89 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, compared with net income of $45 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, a...
Oct 25 2006 // London’s Hiscox plc, announced progress in its reorganization plan to establish a Bermuda-based holding company. Hiscox announced that a circular setting out full details of the corporate reorganization together with...
Oct 20 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services reacted positively to the news that Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity will initially back and could eventually take over Lloyd’s run-off vehicle Equitas Ltd....
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Oct 9 2006 // Liability Long Term Care FacilitiesNuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Oct 4 2006 // John Tiner, the head of the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority, warned U.K. brokers that, unless the market comes up with a solution on the issue of disclosing brokers’ commissions, the FSA would be...
Sep 28 2006 // ACORD promoted Puneet Bharal as program director for its Reinsurance and Large Commercial (RLC) standards program. He formerly served as the RLC Program Manager.In this new position, Bharal will manage the RLC standards...
Sep 27 2006 // Swiss Re and London American Risk Specialists Inc. launched a program for small to medium-sized private and public utilities. The program, which includes classes of business for utilities such as gas, electrical, water and...
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, liability insurance for skilled, assisted and independent long term care facilities. The...
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care FacilitiesNuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a liability insurance program for skilled, assisted and independent long term care...
Sep 25 2006 // Liability Long Term Care FacilitiesNuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
Sep 20 2006 // In what it called “a good step towards eradicating paper in the market,” Lloyd’s announced the implementation of “an electronic filing cabinet,” which has been launched “for handling...
Sep 19 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, Ltd. has sold its present London headquarters at Ten Trinity Square in the heart of EC3, London’s financial center, to the American retail, hotel and leisure development firm Thomas...
Sep 18 2006 // Houston, Texas – London American Risk Specialist, Inc. is pleased to introduce a utility district program offered by an A.M. Best Rated A+XV admitted carrier. This program is designed for populations 75,000 and under...
Sep 18 2006 // In a brief announcement on Friday Swiss Re confirmed that it “is in the process of evaluating the sale of an interest in 30 St Mary Axe, its London based office building, in an attractive market...