All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2002 // The St. Paul Companies announced the delisting of its common stock on the London Stock Exchange, where it has been traded as a secondary listing since the early 1990’s, effective Jan. 23, 2003.Earlier in the week...
Dec 23 2002 // Miami-based Golden Apple Holding Company (GAHC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigator Ventures Inc. appointed Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan Ltd. (BMS) as lead broker of record to secure reinsurance for Golden...
Dec 17 2002 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., based in Houston, plans to acquire Dickson Manchester & Company Limited (DM), a Lloyd’s broker headquartered in London, England. According to HCC, the transaction is expected to...
Dec 17 2002 // Stephen L. Way, Chairman and CEO of Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that the Company had reached an agreement to acquire Lloyd’s broker Dickson Manchester & Company Limited (DM). “DM...
Dec 16 2002 // When you’re compiling a list of top 10’s, there is always the fear of leaving someone off, admitting someone who maybe does not deserve the billing or having the players out of order of importance. Believe me,...
Dec 2 2002 // The Benfield Group Ltd. announced plans to raise additional capital by listing its shares on the London Stock Exchange sometime in the first half of 2003. Benfield, the world’s third largest reinsurance broker, which...
Nov 22 2002 // Alex Letts, CEO of the reinsurance services provider RI3K, told an audience of insurance professionals at the annual Insurance Institute Conference that, although recent advances in technology would indeed transform some...
Nov 21 2002 // The London market faces the majority of claims related to the sinking of the “Prestige” off Spain’s Galician coast and the related oil spill, which threatens the livelihood of many in the region.The...
Nov 6 2002 // Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken was unanimously confirmed today by the Council of Lloyds as the 61st Chairman of Lloyd’s, and the first one from outside the London market in its 314 year history.He was selected last...
Nov 1 2002 // Arch Insurance Group, a division of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced that Lesley Andrea Heath Harding has been named as senior executive of the UK subsidiary which will act as Arch’s representative...
Nov 1 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its London reinsurance operation, CNA Reinsurance Company Limited (UK), to Tawa UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Artemis Group, the diversified French holding...
Oct 29 2002 // SAFECO reported continued earnings growth as third-quarter net income increased to $75.2 million, or $0.59 per diluted share. Income before charges and realized gains increased to $86.4 million, or $0.68 per diluted...
Oct 22 2002 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced the appointment of a new executive management team at the London branch of their largest insurance company subsidiary, Houston Casualty Company.Nick Hutton-Penman was...
Oct 17 2002 // Bermuda’s ACE Limited announced a series of executive appointments at ACE Overseas General (AOG). Roger Giddings has been named Sr. VP and Head of Offshore Energy Underwriting for the newly created ACE Global Energy...
Oct 15 2002 // The Joint Hull Committee (JHC), a cooperative organization between the London-based International Underwriting Association (IUA) and Lloyd’s Underwriters’ Association, announced that recent hull losses would...
Sep 30 2002 // Insurance Journal publisher Mark Wells recently spoke with Michael J. Hall, chairman of M.J. Hall & Company Inc. and president of Golden Bear Insurance Company, both headquartered out of Stockton, Calif. Hall shared...
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted.Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted.Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
Sep 19 2002 // SalvageSale Inc., the Houston-based online salvage marketplace and salvor services provider for the claims recovery and commercial salvage markets, announced that Thomas DiSarlo has joined its subsidiary, SalvageSale...
Sep 2 2002 // When the nation awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, little did it know that the events over the next few hours would change its lives forever.Not only were there thousands of lives lost and injured, but many more...