Latest Lloyd's Headlines
All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former A&A CEO Traces the Roots of Insurance in New Book
Oct 20 2003 // ormer Alexander & Alexander CEO John A. Bogardus recently released his comprehensive history of the insurance marketplace entitled Spreading the Risks, Insuring the American Experience (ISBN# 1-889274-16X). The...
Former A&A CEO Traces the Roots of Insurance in New Book
Oct 20 2003 // Former Alexander & Alexander CEO John A. Bogardus recently released his comprehensive history of the insurance marketplace entitled Spreading the Risks, Insuring the American Experience (ISBN# 1-889274-16X). The...
EC Drops Probe of Lloyd’s Regulation
Oct 16 2003 // The European Commission, the European Union’s regulatory authority, has dropped an investigation of the British government’s rules concerning the Lloyd’s market. The EC began the probe in response to...
Lloyd’s Appoints Iain Saville First Head of “Business Process Reform”
Oct 13 2003 // Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Iain Saville as the three hundred year old insurance market’s first Head of Business Process Reform, charged with modernizing and improving business processes across the...
RMS Expands Commitment to Lloyd’s Market
Oct 10 2003 // Newark, Calif.-based RMS, a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, has expanded its commitment to the Lloyd’s market with the addition of three Lloyd’s managing agents as new...
Apprehensions over Regulation, Capital, Industry Image, Dominate CII Conference
Oct 6 2003 // The industry “needs leaders that will actually lead,” said outgoing president Andy Homer as he closed the 102nd Insurance and Financial Services Conference of the U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute...
Goshawk Lloyd’s Downgraded
Oct 6 2003 // Moody’s downgraded the performance rating of Lloyd’s syndicate 102—Goshawk Syndicate Management Limited—to “C+” (below average) from “B+” (above average) and kept it on review for...
Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention
Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...
Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention
Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...
Lloyd’s Deputy Chairman Addresses Changing Risk Environment
Sep 29 2003 // Lloyd’s Deputy Chairman, John Coldman, addressing the Italian Lloyd’s Correspondent’s Association on Friday (before the blackout) in Milan, highlighted the growing opportunities presented by the expansion...
S&P, Moody’s Bullish on Lloyd’s
Sep 25 2003 // Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors’ Service both issued favorable comments yesterday on the current prospects at Lloyd’s. The announcements followed a number of first half reports from...
Target Insurance, Lloyd’s of London Team Up to Offer Professional Liability Program
Sep 23 2003 // Target Insurance Services and Lloyd’s of London have entered into a new program partnership to provide insurance agents professional liability insurance. The program will be offered to property and casualty agents...
Apprehensions over Regulation, Capital, Industry Image, Dominate CII Conference
Sep 22 2003 // The 102nd Insurance and Financial Services Conference of the U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute wound up proceedings in London last Friday on an upbeat note. President Andy Homer told delegates that the industry...
Lloyd’s Chairman Calls for Action to Tackle Compensation Culture
Sep 16 2003 // Speaking at Town Hall Los Angeles recently, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London insurance market, said that the compensation culture and increasing barriers to free trade cause serious harm to industries that...
Ex-Lloyd’s Chairman Sax Riley Dead at 63
Aug 5 2003 // Sax Riley, immediate past chairman of Lloyd’s, collapsed and died July 25 while playing golf in Surrey, England. He was 63. Riley retired from Lloyd’s last year under amicable circumstances, clearing the way...
St. Paul Reports $214 Million Q2 Profit
Jul 31 2003 // The St. Paul Co. announced second-quarter 2003 net income of $214 million, or 89 cents per share, up from a second-quarter 2002 net loss of $223 million, or $1.09 per share. Second-quarter 2003 operating earnings were $172...
Lloyd’s Of London Seeks Approval for Reinsurance License in China
Jul 23 2003 // Lloyd’s of London chairman Lord Levene will file a submission soon seeking approval to establish an on-shore reinsurance branch in China. Having an on-shore presence would allow Lloyd’s to reinsure local...
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Lloyd’s of London
Jul 18 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of Lloyd’s of London. The outlook remains stable. The rating reflects Lloyd’s maintenance of an excellent business...
Goshawk Warns on Profits; Best Lowers Syndicate Ratings
Jul 8 2003 // London’s Goshawk Insurance, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, which manages Lloyd’s Syndicate 102, warned that it may not meet profit forecasts for the year due to adverse developments. The news not only sent...
Best Upgrades Markel Int’l, Lloyd’s Syndicate 3000 Ratings to ‘A-‘
Jul 1 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Very Good) of the U.K.-basedarkel International Insurance Company Ltd (MIIC), has also assigned a Best’s...
