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Report Lawsuit Filed in L.A. by Investment Bank Against Lloyd’s, AIG

Jul 1 2003 // Jefferies & Company, an investment bank, has reportedly filed suit in L.A. Superior Court against Lloyd’s and American International Group for refusing to pay legal defense costs under D&O policies issued...

Lloyd’s Survey Predicts Increased Demand for Specialist Insurance Cover

Jun 23 2003 // Lloyd’s has released the results of a survey, which shows that the demand for specialist insurance cover is expected to rise significantly over the next two years as a direct result of European weather and liability...

Lloyd’s “Has Been a Beacon of Light” Lord Levene Tells Members at AGM

Jun 19 2003 // Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Peter Levene, told Members attending its Annual General Meeting yesterday, that “Lloyd’s has been a beacon of light. We have defied the doomsayers. And we have done more than that:...

Lloyd’s Equitas Reports Fiscal Year Results

Jun 13 2003 // Equitas, the runoff vehicle established by Lloyd’s in 1996 to handle claims liabilities prior to 1992, principally asbestos and environmental claims, announced decreases in its reserves for the fiscal year ended 31...

Lloyd’s Sees Increasing Role for European Insurance Brokers

Jun 13 2003 // James Sutherland, who heads Lloyd’s Development & Strategy – Worldwide Markets, indicated that European brokers will play an increasingly powerful role in the European insurance market of the...

Lloyd’s Names Jeremy Pinchin to Head New Reinsurance & Claims Post

Jun 6 2003 // Lloyd’s of London’s Franchise Performance Director, Rolf Tolle, announced that Jeremy Pinchin, previously Special Counsel for September 11th claims, will head a newly created department of Reinsurance and...

Calif. Business Owner Wins Appeal Against Lloyds of London

Jun 4 2003 // The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that Lloyd’s of London could not force a self-employed plumbing contractor to arbitrate his claim for bad faith denial of disability insurance benefits. Trial Lawyers for...

Best Assigns ‘A-‘ (Excellent) Rating to Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010

Jun 4 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a “Best’s syndicate rating of A- (Excellent) to Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010, managed by Cathedral Underwriting Ltd.” , with a “stable”...

Lloyd’s Chairman Urges Expansion into European Union.

May 23 2003 // Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Peter Levene, told more than 250 senior brokers at the first Lloyd’s European Symposium, held at the Grange City Hotel in London, that now is the time for Lloyd’s to take whatever...

Baltimore Technologies to Provide Security System for Lloyd’s Kinnect

May 20 2003 // Baltimore Technologies, a leading global e-security provider, announced that Hewlett Packard has chosen its “Baltimore SelectAccess (TM)” system to provide web access control and on-line security and...

CGI and HP Deliver Business Platform for Lloyd’s Kinnect

May 7 2003 // CGI Group (Europe) Ltd and HP (Hewlett Packard/Compaq) jointly announced that they have delivered a business platform for Kinnect Inc., a Lloyd’s of London sponsored initiative, to improve the efficiency and...

Full Speed Ahead

May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...

Full Speed Ahead

May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...

Aon ASM Relationships Gives Kroll Clients Access to Lloyd’s Kidnap & Ransom Cover

Apr 29 2003 // Kroll Inc. is adding kidnap & ransom (K&R) insurance brokered by Asset Security Managers (ASM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aon Limited, based in Chicago. Kroll’s new, non-exclusive arrangement with ASM,...

Lloyd’s Chairman Calls for Equal Treatment Under U.S. Insurance Law

Apr 11 2003 // The current U.S. regulation system must change to accept Lloyd’s as a loyal partner rather than reinsurance aliens, the Chairman of Lloyd’s of London told journalists in Washington, D.C. recently. Speaking to...

Lloyd’s Chairman Blasts U.S. “Litigious Culture”

Apr 9 2003 // “The U.S. litigation system, if left unchecked, will destroy the American spirit of enterprise and drain the U.S. economy,” was the stark message given by Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene in a speech...

Industry Applauds Lloyd’s Return to Profitability

Apr 3 2003 // If it were a sports story, it would be something like the Anaheim Angels winning the World Series last year, so when an insurance company, in this case an insurance market, goes from losing almost $5 billion to making...

Lloyd’s Announces Financial Results – $1.32 Billion Profit for 2002

Apr 2 2003 // After weathering asbestos claims, various disasters and the Sept. 11 attacks, Lloyd’s announced today that 2002 was a spectacularly profitable year. The 315-year old insurance market posted net profits on an annual...

Lloyd’s Announces First Companies to Use “Project Blue Mountain”

Apr 1 2003 // International brokers Marsh and Willis along with four major London-based insurers, ACE European Group, Amlin, Beazley and Wellington, became the first companies to sign letters of intent to use Lloyd’s new Project...

Lloyd’s Affirmed

Mar 24 2003 // S&P’s affirmed its “A” long-term insurer financial strength rating on U.K.-based Lloyd’s insurance market. The “continuing commitment of capital providers to the Market and the consequent...