All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a” to St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited (St. Paul) (United Kingdom). Both ratings...
Apr 14 2005 // The Association of British Insurers has issued a call to the country’s voters to “make flood management an election issue,” as it publishes its “flood manifesto.”The ABI is targeting 100...
Mar 28 2005 // The recent announcement by the U.K. Government revealing a new strategy for flood management provides “a welcome step towards ensuring that the increasing flood risk is effectively managed,” said the...
Mar 25 2005 // The U.K.’s Prudential, Britain’s second largest insurer, announced that Jonathan Bloomer, Group CEO for the last five years, will be replaced by Mark Tucker, currently group finance director at HBOS, the...
Mar 24 2005 // According to figures recently issued Association of British Insurers (ABI), the “net is tightening” on the U.K.’s insurance cheats. The figures show a “dramatic rise in the value of fraudulent...
Mar 23 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. with a stable outlook.“The...
Feb 21 2005 // The law firm representing Allstate Insurance Company, American International Group Inc., Chubb & Son, and St. Paul Travelers has filed a demand, addressed to Diane Koken head of the Pennsylvania Department of...
Feb 14 2005 // Everyone probably has an opinion on what constitutes competence or incompetence when it comes to driving an automobile, but when Robin Cummins, the man in charge of overseeing the U.K. Driving Standards Agency, expresses...
Jan 21 2005 // Where there are cars there are accidents, and where there are accidents there are insurance claims, which unfortunately are too often phony. The U.K. has announced a new measure to try and combat this kind of fraud, which...
Jan 17 2005 // The U.K., France and other European countries whose citizens lost their lives, or are still missing, in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis, are considering ways to amend their laws governing when a missing person...
Jan 14 2005 // Today, Friday, Jan. 14, marks the long anticipated official takeover of regulatory responsibility over the U.K.’s insurance industry by the Financial Services Authority. There should be no major surprises, as the...
Jan 6 2005 // The U.K.’s Sirius, a leading provider of insurance software solutions, announced that the Folgate Partnership is now live on its Underwriting Agency System which “enables EDI connectivity with their brokers...
Dec 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “AA-” insurer financial strength rating to UK-based Tokio Marine Global Ltd. (TMG) with a stable outlook.“The rating on TMG...
Dec 10 2004 // The actuarial profession in several countries is developing new rules and standards to affirm its integrity and competence to the public, said international representatives at the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) annual...
Nov 26 2004 // Dublin’s Research and Markets has announced the addition of a guide to U.K. Commercial Insurance Distribution 2004 to their offering.“This report provides a comprehensive guide to the distribution of commercial...
Nov 24 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of U.K.-based W. R. Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited (WRB). Best also assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of...
Nov 12 2004 // Bermuda-based Everest Reinsurance Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., announced the appointment of Tom Jackson as General Manager of its U.K.branch in London. “This operation writes treaty...
Nov 9 2004 // ACE European Group Limited, the cornerstone of ACE’s London Market and European business, announced that it has received regulatory approval to transfer its Belgian based business into the U.K.-based...
Nov 3 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced the appointment of George Carrington as Senior Vice President in Guy Carpenter’s U.K....
Nov 2 2004 // A new study of asbestos related diseases in the U.K., as reported by the BBC, indicates that total claims could reach £20 billion ($36 billion) over the next 30 years.According to actuarial estimates, about half that cost...