Latest Lloyd's Headlines
All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s Names Case Holds Closing Arguments
Jul 13 2000 // The British High Court heard closing statements Wednesday in the case of Lloyd’s vs. Jaffray, in which over 200 Names claimed they were defrauded by Lloyd’s. The Names are a portion of the group that refused to...
Lloyd’s, Computer Security Co. to Offer Hacker Insurance
Jul 10 2000 // Lloyd’s of London will soon offer up to $100 million in hacker insurance coverage to clients of Counterpane Security Inc., a computer security management firm based in San Jose, Calif. The coverage will be...
October Date For New Lloyd’s Broker Standards
Jul 6 2000 // The new standards that brokers from the United Kingdom and overseas will have to meet in order to trade on the Lloyd’s of London insurance market will be announced in October. The date for the announcement has been...
Fairfax To Sell Lloyd’s Agency Business To Advent Capital
Jul 4 2000 // According to published reports U.K. based Advent Capital (Holdings) Plc, whose subsidiaries manage a number of Lloyd’s syndicates, has agreed with Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to acquire...
Lloyd’s Studying Feasibility of Yearly Accounts
Jul 3 2000 // Nick Prettejohn, Lloyd’s Chief Executive, speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Lloyd’s Members, revealed that they are studying the feasibility of producing one-year accounts along with the...
Lloyd’s To Use RMS Service To Monitor Hurricanes
Jun 23 2000 // Lloyd’s will make Menlo Park based Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS’) RiskOnline.com service available to members to track the progress of hurricanes in real time for the rest of the year 2000. Access will...
Lloyd’s Provides Electronic Data
Jun 15 2000 // Lloyd’s Business intelligence Centre has produced a new CD-ROM which lists detailed information for all Lloyd’s Syndicates. The CD-ROM is fully indexed by underwriter, managing agent and syndicate number, and...
S&P Reaffirms Lloyd’s A- Rating, Also Ranks Syndicates
Jun 15 2000 // International financial rating agency Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed Lloyd’s overall A- insurer financial strength rating, and also ranked 95 of the 123 Lloyd’s syndicates, giving 11 of them it’s...
BIG CHANGES FOR LLOYD’S
Jun 12 2000 // Last October, Lloyd’s produced a working document entitled “Developing Broker Relationships,” which proposed sweeping changes in the accreditation and regulation of Lloyd’s brokers. Now the results...
Lloyd’s Survey Reveals Lack of E-Commerce Coverage
Jun 8 2000 // A Lloyd’s study based on a survey at the recent annual conference of the Association of Risk Managers in Birmingham England, has revealed that 75 percent of the companies surveyed had no coverage against damages...
Lloyd’s Taylor Warns Insurers And Health Care Providers
Jun 6 2000 // Lloyd’s Chairman Max Taylor in a speech at the annual conference of the Physician Insurer Association of America (PIAA) said that the crisis in health coverage was becoming more serious, and that insurers and health...
Lloyd’s of London Presents Strong Case
Jun 5 2000 // For over two months, Lloyd’s of London has been presenting evidence in the Jaffray case before Mr. Justice Cresswell in London defending itself against allegations of fraud made by over 200 “Names”....
Lloyd’s ‘A’ Rating Affirmed/Outlook Negative
May 29 2000 // Lloyd’s “A” rating and financial size category of XV were affirmed by A.M. Best. However, the rating continues to carry a negative outlook. While the rating is applicable to the business written by 122...
Lloyd’s Presents Strong Defense Against Names in Jaffray Case
May 29 2000 // For the past two months, Lloyd’s has been presenting evidence in the Jaffray case before Mr. Justice Cresswell in London, defending itself against allegations of fraud made by more than 200 “Names” (IJ...
Lloyd’s To Adopt New Standards For Brokers – Opening London Market
May 25 2000 // Last October Lloyd’s produced a working document entitled “Developing Broker Relationships,” which proposed sweeping changes in the accreditation and regulation of Lloyd’s brokers. Now the results...
Lloyd’s Won’t Explore Swissair Crash Site
May 24 2000 // Following negative reaction from family members and local authorities, Lloyd’s reversed its decision to explore the site of the 1998 Swissair crash off Nova Scotia. In a brief announcement Lloyd’s apologized...
Lloyd’s To Search Air Crash Site
May 22 2000 // Lloyd’s of London has obtained permission from the Canadian government to search the seabed at the site of the Swissair MD-11 that crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in September 1998, killing all 229 people...
Lloyd’s Amlin Plc Posts Profit For 1999
May 19 2000 // Not all Lloyd’s underwriters are losing money. Amlin Plc, reporting on an annual basis for the first time, posted a 1999 pre-tax profit of £18.3 million ($27 million). Amlin owns 57.8 percent of three Lloyd’s...
Lloyd’s Publishes New Statistical Guide
May 18 2000 // Lloyd’s has announced publication of “Statistics Relating to Lloyd’s 1999”, compiled and produced by its Market Reporting & Solvency Department. The guide “provides information on...
Head of Kiln Plc Sees Rate Increases in Lloyd’s Market
May 12 2000 // David Gilchrist, Chairman of Lloyd’s vehicle Kiln Plc, which owns 46 percent of four Lloyd’s syndicates, told Reuters News Agency that despite 1999 losses of £6.7 million ($10.4 million) he “expects to...
