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Lloyd’s Deposits $2 Billion, May Tap Central Fund, Reinsurance Cover

Nov 16 2001 // Lloyd’s has deposited around $2 billion into its reinsurance trust account, administered by the New York State Insurance Department – 60 percent of its projected reinsurance liabilities, as agreed with the...

Lloyd’s Prepares for NAIC Audit

Nov 7 2001 // Lloyd’s is preparing to meet with representatives of the NAIC and the accounting firm Arthur Andersen to lay out the parameters for the audit of its reinsurance liabilities in conformity with the NAIC’s...

Lloyd’s Underwriters, London Market Win Case

Nov 2 2001 // Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London and London Market insurance companies won an important reinsurance case recently when the New York Court of Appeals ruled that Travelers Casualty & Surety Company could not...

Lloyd’s Reacts to Moody’s Downgrade of 5 Syndicates

Nov 1 2001 // Lloyd’s took issue with Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade five of its leading underwriting syndicates, and its implications that the provisions of its central fund, which is called upon to...

Lloyd’s, NYSID Agree on Re Trust Fund Payment

Oct 29 2001 // Lloyd’s confirmed earlier reports (See IJ Website Oct. 26) that it has reached an agreement with the New York State Insurance Department which provides for the funding of the reinsurance trust that the NYSID...

Time-Tested Lloyd’s Turns to Address U.S. Disaster Losses

Oct 29 2001 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most visible insurer, has set about dealing with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Two weeks after the event, it released its projected net loss...

Will Reinsurance Rebound from Terrorist Strikes in the U.S.’

Oct 29 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year this time would have been “Steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve qui...

Lloyd’s, NAIC Report Compromise

Oct 26 2001 // Lloyd’s and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have reportedly reached a compromise on the deposit Lloyd’s must make to the reinsurance trust fund to guarantee payments of its estimated claims...

NAIC Withdraws Lloyd’s 60% Funding Deal

Oct 25 2001 // On Tuesday The National Association of Insurance Commissioners reversed its previous decision to permit Lloyd’s to deposit 60 percent, rather than 100 percent, of the amount normally required into its U.S....

Lloyd’s Confirms S&P WTC Gross Loss Figure

Oct 24 2001 // Lloyd’s confirmed an earlier report from Standard & Poor’s that gross losses from the events of September 11 will be around £5.4 billion ($7.7 billion). The net loss estimate of £1.3 billion...

State Farm to Provide $142 Million to Lloyd’s Amlin

Oct 24 2001 // State Farm made another big investment in the reinsurance market, when it agreed to provide an additional £100 Million ($142.5 million) in capital to Lloyd’s Amlin syndicate in which it is a major...

Lloyd’s Warns Names to Expect Cash Calls Averaging $60,000

Oct 18 2001 // Lloyd’s Names were warned that they would receive cash calls in the next few days from the syndicates in which they participate asking for additional deposits averaging between £42,000 and £50,000...

NAIC To Probe Lloyd’s Solvency After WTC Attacks, Relaxes Fund Requirements

Oct 16 2001 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners intends to conduct an in depth audit of Lloyd’s financial condition following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The investigation will focus on Lloyd’s...

Moody’s Downgrades Alleghany Lloyd’s Syndicate

Oct 11 2001 // Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the performance rating of Alleghany Underwriting Ltd.’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 376 form “B-Average” to “C+-Below Average” and kept it under review...

Lloyd’s Names Given Right to Appeal

Oct 9 2001 // 220 of the “Names” involved in litigation against Lloyd’s, known generally as the “Jaffray Case,” were given leave to appeal last November’s lower court judgment by Mr. Justice Cresswell...

Lloyd’s Wellington Ups Attack Loss Estimates, Plans Capacity Increase

Oct 8 2001 // Wellington Underwriting, a leading operator of a number of Lloyd’s Syndicates, announced that its losses from the September 11 attacks on the U.S. would be around £50 million ($73.5 million), substantially more...

Lloyd’s Estimates U.S. Disaster Losses at$1.91 Billion

Oct 8 2001 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most visible insurer, finally released its projected loss figures from the disastrous events of Sept. 11. According to the calculations from over 100 syndicates, net...

Will Reinsurance Rebound from Terrorist Strikes in the U.S.’

Oct 8 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year at this time would have been “steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve...

Lloyd’s Questioned on Liquidity, Exposures

Oct 3 2001 // Lloyd’s has received a barrage of questions on its total exposures and its liquidity following the release of its projected net loss figure of $1.94 billion as a result of the attacks on the U.S. (See IJ Website...

Lloyd’s Moves to Strengthen Central Fund

Oct 1 2001 // Lloyd’s announced Friday that, in order to build up its Central Fund, it was increasing the monthly levy paid by all 108 syndicates to the Corporation of Lloyd’s from 1.1 percent to 2 percent of monthly...