Latest Lloyd's Headlines
All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s Insurers Consider Coverage for Commercial Space Flights
Dec 28 2007 // A bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that the State of New Mexico and Virgin Galactic recently announced plans to construct a “multi-million pound spaceport.” As a result...
Brazil Relaxes Collateral Requirements for ‘Alien Reinsurers’
Dec 27 2007 // Brazil has become the latest jurisdiction to relax collateral requirements as countries begin to see the benefit of well-capitalized investment from foreign reinsurers, notes a bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site...
Lloyd’s Offers ‘Grinch’ Coverage
Dec 24 2007 // After 319 years in the business, Lloyd’s has probably insured just about everything. So it’s not surprising that this Christmas the venerable institution is offering “the first and only insurance policy...
Baker Steps Down as Head of Lloyd’s U.S.
Dec 19 2007 // Wendy Baker, president of Lloyd’s U.S. operations, has decided to leave the organization at the end of December. Baker has held the post for nine years. According to Sue Langley, head of Lloyd’s Market...
American Financial Takes 67% Stake in Lloyd’s Marketform
Dec 18 2007 // Lloyds’s insurer, Marketform Group Limited, which specilizes in non-US medical malpractice and other specialty lines, announced that American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) is to become the majority shareholder in its...
Japan’s Millea Group to Buy Lloyd’s Kiln for $898 Million
Dec 14 2007 // The boards of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (TMNF), the main operating companies of Japan’s Millea Group, and Bermuda-based Kiln Ltd. , a major Lloyd’s insurer, announced that they have...
Lloyd’s Renews ‘Three-Year Plan’
Dec 13 2007 // Lloyd’s has published its new 2008 – 2010 Three-Year Plan, which aims to build on its past success. CEO Richard Ward praised the achievements of Lloyd’s to date but urged caution as market conditions...
Lloyd’s Comments on Florida Changing Reinsurance Collateral Rules
Dec 12 2007 // Lloyd’s Director & General Counsel Sean McGovern, called Florida’s decision to explore making changes in the collateral insurance requirements for foreign, or “alien,” reinsurers, such as...
Lloyd’s Nanotechnology Conference and Report Examines New Risks
Dec 11 2007 // Lloyd’s held its first ever seminar on nanotechnology on Monday, Dec. 10. The conference was organized in cooperation with the Lighthill Risk Network, (http://www.lighthillrisknetwork.org), a non-profit organization...
Tolle Rallies Lloyd’s Troops to ‘Stand Firm as Cycle Slips’
Nov 30 2007 // In an article on the Lloyd’s web site Franchise Performance Director Rolf Tolle noted that “Lloyd’s companies are demonstrating a strong commitment to managing the underwriting cycle as market conditions...
Lloyd’s Conference to Address Opportunities/Risks of Nanotechnology
Nov 26 2007 // The insurance industry is normally concerned with the very large – hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, etc.- but there’s increasing awareness that it should also be concerned about the very small. Nanotechnology is...
Insurance Isn’t Dull, Says Kiln’s Creasy
Nov 19 2007 // Kiln’s Chief Executive Edward Creasy in his speech to the Insurance Institute of London (IIL) this week, sent a strong, and much needed message. As reported on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) , he said...
Lloyd’s Reports on Chinese Market
Nov 13 2007 // Lloyd’s has released a research report on China’s rapidly developing insurance market, which it said “explores the key trends in the Chinese non-life insurance market and the opportunities they present...
Lloyd’s CEO Discusses ‘Mega-Trends, Insurance Industry’s Future
Nov 8 2007 // “The world is changing at an exponential rate but this is not something we should fear. It is something that we should embrace and be prepared for,” Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward told his audience at the...
Lloyd’s Counsel Decries ‘Red Herring’ Objections to Collateral Reform
Nov 8 2007 // Sean McGovern, Lloyd’s Director and General Counsel, accused the opponents of reforming the U.S. collateral trust rules on reinsurance of introducing the “latest red herring” into the debate. In a...
Lloyd’s Holds Conference on Terrorist Threats in New York
Nov 5 2007 // Threats from terrorists have become a subject nobody can ignore – least of all the insurance industry. To meet those threats requires knowing who the terrorists are and how they operate. Lloyd’s recent seminar...
People
Nov 4 2007 // Valiant Insurance Group Inc. announced that John N. DiBlanda has joined its U.S. property and casualty insurance operations as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Valiant, DiBlanda served...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Collateral conundrum: To change or not to change N.Y. steps out as first state to deliver level playing field for all reinsurers New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo’s proposal that the highest rated...
Munich Re Acquires UK’s MSP Underwriting/Stake in Syndicate 318
Oct 30 2007 // Munich Re is acquiring the UK Company MSP Underwriting Ltd. for a figure it said is in the “mid double-digit million Euro range.” MSP Underwriting Ltd. owns both the Lloyd’s managing agency Beaufort...
Ratings Recap: Everest Re, Groupama, First Net, Novae, Hiscox, Amlin, Eurasia, Amlin (Bermuda), HSBC Re
Oct 29 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services commented on an announcement by the Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. (A-/Negative/–) and related subsidiaries (collectively referred to as Everest). Following its...
