Lloyd’s/London
Guardian seeks buyer
Caribbean-based financial services group Guardian Holdings is looking for a buyer for its UK busines...
Appointment at Sagicor Life
David Wright has been appointed as a director of Sagicor Life. Mr Wright is the president and chief ...
Canopius: rating talk not translating into action
Canopius Managing Agents will take a cautious approach in the early part of 2009 as the markets in w...
Managing agency approved by Lloyd's
A new managing agency formed to manage the Sportscover syndicate, 3334 SCS has been approved by the Financial Services Authority and Lloyd's.
Lloyd's targets Nordic region
Lloyd's has appointed Erik Börjesson as its first Nordic area manager.
Lloyd's insurer launches new platform
Canopius Managing Agents, the specialist insurance underwriting business, has merged its two recently-acquired service companies and formed Canopius Underwriting Limited.
A shot in the arm
Comment: Claims handling
Amlin launches initiative to raise private capital
Lloyd's adviser and members' agent, Argenta Private Capital (APCL), has launched an initiative to provide additional underwriting capacity from Lloyd's members to leading specialist non-life insurer, Amlin and the way in which the transaction has…
Amlin completes SPS transaction
Amlin, the Lloyd's (re)insurer, said that it has completed its first special purpose syndicate, established to write a 15% quota share contract of the excess of loss reinsurance account of Amlin's Syndicate 2001.
World Aids Day support from BUPA
BUPA has given £10,000 to Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in support of World Aid...
Kiln looks to build on new Syndicate partnership
Kiln aims to develop and sell its own product lines through parent Tokio Marine's international offi...
Prince's Trust change
Julian Enoizi, president and chief executive officer, CNA Europe has been appointed as the new chair...
Modernising the market
Review of the Year: London market
Mathers returns to head up new Lloyd's syndicate
R J Kiln has launched a new syndicate with parent Tokio Marine. Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicate 1880, as it will be known, has been approved by Lloyd's, and will be managed by R J Kiln, which currently manages four other Lloyd's syndicates (510, 807, 557 and…
New London market broker body launch
The London and International Insurance Brokers Association is launching on 1 January following a unanimous vote by London market brokers at a meeting today.
Penny Black's insurance week
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's chief executive officer Eric Galbraith couldn't have ch...
Liiba boss: LMBC has no future in new order
The chairman of the proposed London market body for brokers says there is no room for two associatio...
Lloyd's appoints rep for Germany and Austria
Lloyd's has appointed a new market relations manager for Germany and Austria.
Appointment at Chaucer
Chaucer Syndicate 1084 has appointed Paul Blight as class underwriter for international casualty tre...
Appointment at Axiom
Axiom has extended its coverholder audit capability to the South African market with the appointment...
Tokio Marine net income drops nearly 76%
(BESTWIRE) - Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. reported 75.9% drop in net income to 18.1 billion yen in the six months ended Sept. 30 as the Japanese economy experienced a slowdown in exports attributed to the global economic downturn.
Dubai, Saudi development corporations to roll out credit insurance services
The Dubai Export Development Corporation (EDC) and the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investments and Export Credit (ICIEC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have agreed to offer…
Chaucer snags international casualty treaty underwriter from Canopius
Chaucer, the Lloyd's (re)insurer, said that its syndicate 1084 has appointed Paul Blight as class underwriter for international casualty treaty within the specialist lines division.
IUA to take part in Lloyd's Exchange pilot
The International Underwriting Association has pledged its support for the Lloyd's Exchange and announced it will take part in the pilot which is due to start in early 2009.