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Quanta in Deal with Lloyd’s Chaucer to Manage Syndicate 4000

Jun 9 2006 // Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. has signed a non-binding “Heads of Agreement” with Chaucer Holdings PLC, a specialist Lloyd’s insurer, and the senior underwriting team of Syndicate 4000 under which a new...

Lord Levene Sets Lloyd’s and London’s Priorities for Fellow Peers

Jun 9 2006 // In a speech to the House of Lords, given as part of a discussion on “London as a World Financial Center,” Lord Peter Levene stressed the financial health and leading position of both London and the...

U.S. and Insurers Can Withstand Hurricanes Without Taxpayer Funds, Says Lloyd’s U.S.

Jun 1 2006 // Residents of the Northeast coast “ignore the hurricane threat at their peril,” a leading insurer is warning. At the same time, Wendy Baker, president of Lloyd’s America, says she is confident that the...

RI3K, Xchanging Launch London Market Electronic Insurance Exchange

May 30 2006 // The U.K.’s insurance community is poised to fully enter the electronic age with the announcement from RI3K and Xchanging of the “London Market Electronic Insurance Exchange” (FELIX). The new system is...

Quanta Puts Specialty Lines into Runoff; Retains Lloyd’s, ESC Business

May 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that “following the evaluation of strategic alternatives, and in consultation with its financial advisors, the Board has decided to cease underwriting or seeking...

S&P Rates Catlin’s Lloyd’s Syndicate ‘4-‘ (Low Dependency)

May 25 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its interactive Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) of ‘”-” (low dependency) to U.K.-based Catlin Underwriting Agencies – Syndicate...

Ward Pushes Lloyd’s Reform

May 23 2006 // A little less than a month after he assumed the position of Lloyd’s CEO, Richard Ward is proving to be the kind of hands on executive Lord Levene and other Lloyd’s managers wanted. His first major initiative...

Harnessing technology in the London insurance market

May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes. “I think 2006...

Harnessing technology in the London insurance market

May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes. “I think 2006...

Lloyd’s Releases 2005 Annual Report

May 17 2006 // Lloyd’s has released its official 2005 annual report. The package also contains a report from acting CEO Luke Savage, a statement from Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene and a detailed breakdown of...

Lloyd’s sees 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a turning point

May 8 2006 // One of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, rolled to its centennial anniversary April 18, 2006. One hundred years ago in San Francisco, the Earth bounced and the...

Lloyd’s sees 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a turning point

May 8 2006 // One of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, rolled to its centennial anniversary April 18, 2006. One hundred years ago in San Francisco, the Earth bounced and the...

Lloyd’s Names Faragher China Re COO

Apr 25 2006 // Lloyd’s has announced that Ian Faragher has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of its new Chinese onshore reinsurance operation in Shanghai, Lloyd’s Reinsurance Company (China) Ltd., effective May...

Ward Assumes Lloyd’s CEO Role

Apr 24 2006 // Richard Ward officially took up his duties as Lloyd’s new CEO today, replacing Nick Prettejohn, who resigned last December to head Prudential (U.K.)’s domestic insurance operations and taking over from interim...

Marsh Offering Entertainment Industry Coverage through Lloyd’s

Apr 19 2006 // A note on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) describes a new initiative from global broker Marsh, which offers a “new range of products covering celebrities and those working behind the scenes in TV, film,...

Lloyd’s Holds Down Losses to $180.6 Million; Webcast Scheduled

Apr 6 2006 // As the old saying goes, “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” While Lloyd’s 2005 £103 million ($180.6 million) loss estimate may not be the absolute best, it’s certainly a lot better than...

JLT Expands Lloyd’s Security/Privacy; Adds U.S. E&O Tech Coverage

Apr 4 2006 // JLT Risk Solutions Ltd;, part of London-based global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced a significantly expanded insurance program within the Lloyd’s of London market “to provide security and...

Lloyd’s Looks at Covering Virgin Galactic Space Flight

Apr 4 2006 // For centuries mankind dreamed of being able to fly. The Wright brothers may not have envisioned jet aircraft, let alone cattle car class, but they did initiate powered flight over 100 years ago. So with that mission...

The London insurance market: The City and the regulators

Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...

The London insurance market: The City and the regulators

Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...