All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Aug 27 2002 // XL Capital Assurance Inc. (XLCA), a unit of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd., announced the formation of a financial guarantee subsidiary in London, XL Capital Assurance (U.K.) Limited (XLCA-UK), specializing in credit...
Aug 13 2002 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. is currently in talks to purchase Benfield Greig Group PLC, a reinsurer based in London, for about $1 billion, according to a Dow Jones report. By taking on privately held Benfield, New...
Jul 29 2002 // The Joint Hull Committee in London (JHC) announced it has produced a consultative draft of its revised Institute Hull Clauses. The draft has been sent to various associations of underwriters, ship owners, brokers and...
Jul 29 2002 // GE Frankona Re announced it has formed a new London-based Aviation Unit, in a move aimed at enhancing service to the aviation market. The new unit will focus on providing re/insurance (hull and liability) to smaller...
Jul 15 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation has signed a binding “share purchase agreement” to sell CNA’s London reinsurance operation, CNA Reinsurance Company Limited (UK), to Tawa UK Ltd., pending approval by the...
Jul 10 2002 // As part of the ongoing restructuring of its reinsurance operations Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd announced that James H. Veghte has been appointed President, COO and Chief Underwriting Officer of XL Re Ltd, one of its...
Jul 8 2002 // The next chairman of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market was named as Lord Levene of Portsoken. He is presently vice chairman of Deutsche Bank London. Lord Levene will be the first chairman of Lloyd’s in its...
Jul 8 2002 // Lloyd’s of London is perhaps the most well known insurer in the U.S., not only due to its 300 years of existence, but also because this country is the London market’s biggest customer, accounting for over 35...
Jul 5 2002 // A New Swiss Re Sigma report examines the state of the London Market, describing the effects of the sweeping changes that have occurred over the last decade, the ongoing consolidations, the market’s continuing...
Jun 26 2002 // Standard & Poor’s assigned its single-‘A’ counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to U.K.-based Wellington Reinsurance Ltd; while A.M. Best rated the London based reinsurer A...
Jun 21 2002 // Equitas, the Lloyd’s vehicle set up in 1992 to run off asbestos and environmental claims from prior years, reported a slight drop in its overall surplus of £21 million ($ 31.4 million) to £679 million...
Jun 13 2002 // For the first time in over 300 years Lloyd’s of London will be headed by a Chairman from outside the London Insurance Market, as the Council of Lloyd’s announced the selection of Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken,...
May 22 2002 // Lloyd’s and the London Market Insurance Brokers’ Committee (LMBC) announced that they have jointly establisheda new benchmarking program for the London Insurance Market. The program will allow insurers and...
Mar 26 2002 // Despite its current difficulties – repeated profit warnings, a $387 million net loss last year, the need to replace its CEO, etc.- the rating agencies don’t appear to have lost overall confidence in the basic...
Mar 20 2002 // Despite the difference in spelling, London’s new Run Off Centre might be equally useful to U.S. companies involved in the run-off process as its backers hope it will be for their U.K. and European counterparts.The...
Mar 11 2002 // If anyone needs proof that the Internet is no longer a curiosity, the reinsurance industry is a good place to start looking. Reinsurance companies aren’t generally known for the rapidity with which they adopt...
Jan 28 2002 // The news burst suddenly, but not entirely unexpectedly, on the insurance industry.Confirming earlier reports, the 18-member Council of Lloyd’s issued a series of proposals to drastically restructure the way the...
Jan 25 2002 // Lloyd’s of London has appointed Jeremy Pinchin as Special Counsel to coordinate claims connected with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The position was created specifically to handle Sept. 11 claims. ” Mr....
Jan 14 2002 // Another trial in the ongoing dispute between insurers and lending banks over claims payments covering the production and distribution of motion pictures and TV productions goes to trial in London today, as the Royal Bank...