All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 26 2006 // Fort Lee, New Jersey – London American Professional Liability, LLC (LAPL) a Program Administrator and MGA, introduces a new program for Independent Property & Casualty Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions. The...
Jul 24 2006 // ReSource Pro has named Dan Epstein chief executive officer.Epstein, formerly ReSource Pro’s vice president of business development, takes over the CEO position from David Watkins, who will become chairman of ReSource...
Jul 24 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London D&O market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking this sector.The Index for the second...
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Jul 13 2006 // The Park Group recently announced internal appointments and changes to its management structure. According to the Group’s written statement, “these changes bring our best talent to the forefront of our...
Jun 26 2006 // International P/C insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited, has formed a crisis management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap and ransom (K&R) coverages, effective 1 July 2006.Catlin’s...
Jun 23 2006 // In a breakthrough move, Aon U.K., announced that it “will move to a full electronic trading capability during 2006 for its specialist insurance and reinsurance businesses.”Aon’s London-based operation...
Jun 9 2006 // In a speech to the House of Lords, given as part of a discussion on “London as a World Financial Center,” Lord Peter Levene stressed the financial health and leading position of both London and the...
Jun 9 2006 // At its first-ever investor conference in New York City, global broker Willis Group Holdings outlined plans to drive the next phase of the company’s growth.Willis reiterated that for the full year 2006, the company...
Jun 7 2006 // London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced the formation of London American Professional Liability LLC, based in Fort Lee, N.J.LAPL is a program administrator and MGA specializing in...
Jun 7 2006 // Houston, TX – London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX. is pleased to announce the formation of London American Professional Liability, LLC based out of Fort Lee, New Jersey. LAPL is a...
Jun 6 2006 // Benfield Corporate Risk has appointed Marina Moore, an offshore construction risk expert, to its growing Energy Team. “Marina brings a wealth of experience of upstream construction risks with her background as a...
May 30 2006 // The U.K.’s insurance community is poised to fully enter the electronic age with the announcement from RI3K and Xchanging of the “London Market Electronic Insurance Exchange” (FELIX). The new system is...
May 23 2006 // “It’s very dark right now,” said David F. Snyder, the American Insurance Association’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. He wasn’t speaking about the weather. He was referring to...
May 23 2006 // Carol L. Danell has joined Baldwin Resource Group, Bellevue, Wash., as supervisor of commercial accounts managers. Danell has worked in the insurance industry for 30 years. She has worked as a vice president of Magill...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 22 2006 // House of Lords asbestos decision limits damage liabilityThe U.K.’s House of Lords handed down judgments on May 3 in three major cases involving employers and their insurers’ liability for damages to workers and...
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 9 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents announced that it has an exclusive license with the Chartered Insurance Institute to offer the Lloyd’s of London Market Insurance Test. Passing the test is required...
May 3 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced that it is formally launching its Electronic Claims File (ECF) initiative for reinsurers in...