Insurers Bracing for Thai Flood Claims over $10 Billion November 21, 2011 By Myles Neligan Insurers are bracing themselves for claims in excess of $10 billion after floods in Thailand disabled major foreign-owned manufacturing operations...
Catlin, China Re Announce Strategic Partnership; New Lloyd’s Syndicate November 18, 2011 Catlin Group Limited has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (China Re) that will...
Ascot Underwriting Hires Former Aon Benfield Exec in Hartford November 16, 2011 Lloyd’s syndicate Ascot Underwriting appointed Dawnmarie Black as senior vice president based in Hartford, Connecticut. She will take on her...
Lloyd’s Analyzes Baden-Baden Reinsurance Renewal Conclave November 4, 2011 An article on the Lloyd’s website takes a look at the “insurance and reinsurance specialists,” who “converge in Baden-Baden to...
Flagstone Re to Restructure Business; Sell Lloyd’s Operation October 26, 2011 Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings has announced a number of strategic initiatives, which it said are “designed to realign the Company’s strategy...
Ongoing Pirate Menace Triggers Special Coverage, Security Measures October 25, 2011 By Charles E. Boyle “Pirates of the Caribbean” they aren’t. They are for the most part desperate men from a failed state that have...
Best Affirms Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010, Cathedral Capital Ratings October 18, 2011 A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating...
FSA Changes Date for Solvency II Implementation, Lloyd’s, Aon Benfield Comment October 7, 2011 On October 3, the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced a revision to the dates on which it plans to...
Ryan Specialty Completes Acquisition of Lloyd’s Insurer Jubilee September 26, 2011 Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) announced that it has completed the acquisition of specialist Lloyd’s insurer Jubilee Group Holdings Limited,...
Lord Levene to Receive Rarely Given Gold Medal for Services to Lloyd’s September 22, 2011 Lloyd’s announced that its outgoing Chairman, Lord Peter Levene, who steps down on October 12, is “to receive a rarely-struck...