Allied World (Europe) Officially Opens London Office

Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) Ltd. celebrated the opening of its London underwriting branch with a reception at its offices at 22 Billiter Street yesterday. The London facility was recently approved by the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority.

Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) Ltd. is headquartered in Dublin. It is in turn a division of Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Ltd., which was formed after the Sept.11 attacks by AIG, Chubb, Goldman Sachs and other investors.

“The London branch is headed by J. Michael Baldwin with an experienced underwriting team providing Excess capacity for a broad range of Property and Casualty lines focused principally on major UK and Continental European corporate clients that access the London market through wholesale and retail brokers,” said the announcement.