Lloyd’s/London
QBE launches new syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agency QBE has gone on the expansionary path with the establishment of two new synd...
Technical knockout.
When was the last time a company mislaid £100m? If it has recently been involved in a major IT pro...
Amlin predicts loss.
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Amlin is predicting a £5.3m loss based on forecasts for the mid-point of the ...
Appointment at Godbold Hadden Group.
The broking team at the Godbold Hadden Group has three new recruits. Mark Maynard joins from Nationa...
Rocking reinsurer.
Copenhagen Re celebrated 25 years in the London market last month with a party for 450 guests. Inste...
Pope spreads work of St Paul.
Underwriter Martin Pope began writing business this week from Box 244 for St Paul Syndicate Manageme...
Appointment at KPMG Search & Selection.
Geoffrey Mather has joined KPMG Search & Selection as a principal consultant. He has more than 14...
Kiln hit by £6.2m loss.
Lloyd's big hitter Kiln has suffered a £6.2m loss for the first six months of the year. The result w...
St Paul Syndicate goes global.
St Paul Syndicate Management syndicate 1211 has acquired a global property team from troubled Lloyd'...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A blind man has won £1500 damages and a full apology from the pub which threw him out ...
RSI claims results not predictable.
In my experience, it is not always a foregone conclusion that a decision will be reached which favou...
Time to change.
In the third part of our management series, Daniel Hubert asks whether business process re-engineeri...
IUA welcomes vital new members.
The London market this week came closer together as the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) and the Non...
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond took to the sky to donate money to NCH Action For Children...
"Carnival Against Capitalism" demonstrators
City police struggled to cope with the 6000 "Carnival Against Capitalism" demonstrators that wreaked...
Like a good antique.
While it is difficult to determine the length of the insurance cycle, Lloyd's long-run return is likely to be higher in the future than in the past, says Robert C. B. Miller.
Axa falls on GRE.
Guardian Life could be the first corporate casualty following confirmation that Axa-owned Sun Life a...
Bitter-sweet Lime St.
Despite predictions of losses for the Lloyd's market, the Corporation's plans to put its own house in order are progressing, reports Anthony Gould.
Exclusive - 'Give us a break on IPT': brokers.
Furious travel brokers, fed up with being treated as "unpaid tax collectors", are demanding fair tre...
Lloyd's foils fraud by US crime syndicates.
A plot to use Lloyd's name in an attempt to defraud insureds of millions of dollars in premiums was ...
Lloyd's lucky escape.
The foiled attempt by US crime syndicates to reinsure bogus insurance companies at Lloyd's (see p1) ...
Exclusive - TIFCO hunts for brokers.
Premium finance provider TIFCO said this week it was looking to hire an extra 250 brokers despite ha...
TIFCO to cut rates in mid-March.
Premium finance provider TIFCO said this week it plans to reduce its rates in the next fortnight. ...
Lloyd's looks at regulations.
Lloyd's is to consider whether the regulation of integrated Lloyd's vehicles should be changed to be...