Articles by Charles E. Boyle

August Plane Crashes Take Deadly Toll

No less than five airline accidents occurred in the month of August, the most in three years. Two of the crashes killed all those on board. On Aug. 14, a Boeing 737, operated by charter airline Helios Airways, crashed outside …

Clarendon Clarifies Hannover Re Decision on Programs

Many people questioned what Hannover Re’s Chief Executive Wilhelm Zeller, meant when he announced a “new strategy” for its U.S. subsidiary, Clarendon Insurance Group. Presiding over the German reinsurer’s “Investors Day” press conference on July 1, he said that following …

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 49 people, sent more than 700 …

Insurance Community Concerns Mount Over Climate Change Debate

To paraphrase an old adage: “Nothing concentrates the overall mind of the property/casualty insurance community as much as the approaching certainty of large loss events.” So, it’s no wonder that many prestigious industry names are in the vanguard of efforts …

The London Bombings: We Won’t Be ‘Terrorized by Terror,’ Says Blair

September 11, March 11, July 7 –dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in Lon-don killed at least 49 people, sent over 700 …

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more than 700 …

The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses

Sept. 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more than 700 …

EU Leaders Fiddle while Europe Burns

One would have thought that the crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed EU Constitution, might have caused a bit of soul-searching and reassessment on the part of Europe’s leaders. One would be …

The British Are Coming! No – They’re Already Here

For Mid-Sized and Smaller Risks, Lloyd’s is Just Across the Street, Not Far Across the Atlantic Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s …

The Revenge of the Voters – France Rejects EU Constitution

Seventy percent of the eligible voters in France expressed their opinion on Sunday, May 29 – a turnout not seen in any recent election. Fifty-five percent of them voted a resounding ‘NO’ to the proposed European Union Constitution – an …