Articles by Charles E. Boyle

Liquidators Score a Hat Trick

Insurance companies go through life cycles just like everyone else. Birth, life, and ultimately death by absorption or bankruptcy in order to make way for new and more efficient enterprises—but two failures in one month, three in the last four? …

Liquidators Score a Hat Trick: Some lessons are learned as three high-profile insurers fail in as ma

Insurance companies go through life cycles just like everyone else. Birth, life, and ultimately death by absorption or bankruptcy in order to make way for new and more efficient enterprises—but two failures in one month, three in the last four? …

AXA’s Bébéar, de Castries Under Formal Investigation in French Tax Probe

On June 12, French police detained and questioned AXA’s Management Board Chairman Henri de Castries and his predecessor, the company’s founder Claude Bébéar, who now presides over its Supervisory Board, about a massive tax evasion scheme involving former AXA subsidiary …

Reliance Insurance, 1817-2001…R.I.P.’

On June 12, Reliance Group Holdings (RGH), the parent company of Reliance Insurance Company (RIC), one of America’s oldest insurers, which traces its roots back to 1817, filed for bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York. The petition …

AXA’s Bébéar, de Castries Under Formal Investigation in French Tax Probe

On June 12, French police detained and questioned AXA’s Management Board Chairman Henri de Castries and his predecessor, the company’s founder Claude Bébéar, who now presides over its Supervisory Board, about a massive tax evasion scheme involving former AXA subsidiary …

Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat

Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist organizations, which use coercive methods to promote their causes, is a growth area …

Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat

Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist organizations, which use coercive methods to promote their causes, is a growth area …

Lloyd’s Syndicate Offers New Coverage for War, Political Violence

Managing Agency Partners (MAP) Underwriting, one of Lloyd’s newest syndicates, has come up with an innovative and timely policy aimed at protecting investors from losses caused by wars and political violence in troubled areas like the Middle East. The risks …

The Changing Face of the London Insurance Market: Lloyd’s Admits ‘Foreign’ Brokers-Ins-sure Takes Ov

The London insurance market achieved two significant milestones recently with the admission to Lloyd’s membership of three non-U.K.-based brokers, and the launch of Ins-sure Services, Ltd., which will assume the responsibility of managing back office procedures for both Lloyd’s and …

Lloyd’s Admits ‘Foreign’ Brokers, Ins-sure Services Launched

The London insurance market achieved two significant milestones recently with the admission to Lloyd’s membership of three non-U.K.-based brokers, and the launch of Ins-sure Services Ltd., which will assume the responsibility of managing back office procedures for both Lloyd’s and …