Lloyd’s/London
Taking control.
Adrian Leonard uncovers the truth behind Catlin's takeover of the International Group of P&I clubs' reinsurance programme.
Failed Inreon seeks a buyer
Inreon, the failed on-line reinsurance trading platform, has set itself a deadline of the beginning...
Ri3k may target new lines after Inreon collapse
Reinsurance trading platform ri3k is likely to make a play for the electronic facultative reinsuran...
Cable & Wireless sets up new mutual to soften claims blow
Troubled telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless has established a new mutual insurer, after incu...
Bright house: auction plan
The accountancy firm responsible for realising the assets of the chief executive of failed insurer In...
A whole new ball game?
Sports of all kinds - both professional and amateur - are playing a defensive game, as the blame and claim culture kicks in, with premiums rising and cover increasingly difficult to come by. Hugo Cranmore finds out what players and officials can do to…
Honest police protected from defamation.
Halford v (1) Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and (2) Curtis (Court of Appeal - 13 February 2003).
Appointment at Equitas.
Scott Moser became managing director of Equitas, the Lloyd's run-off company, on 1 April, and will s...
Globaltime hinges on politics.
Politics, rather than insurance, will now decide the future of a proposal for a global aviation (re)...
Globaltime hinges on politics.
Politics, rather than insurance, will now decide the future of a proposal for a global aviation (re)...
Appointment at Equitas.
Scott Moser became managing director of Equitas, the Lloyd's run-off company, on 1 April, and will s...
Folgate Partnership acquires Devonshire Wilson & Co.
The Folgate Partnership has acquired Devonshire Wilson & Co, which has a significant commercial acco...
Appointment at Equitas
Equitas, which was set up to reinsure and run-off the 1992 and prior years' non-life liabilities of...
"Blue Mountain" goes as customers sign up
The Lloyd's-sponsored commercial lines trading venture, previously known as Project Blue Mountain, ...
The GISC appoints Julian James to the board
The General Insurance Standards Council has appointed Julian James, director of Lloyd's Worldwide M...
Kiln plans stake in insurance start-up
Lloyd's insurer Kiln plans to buy a stake in a new Financial Services Authority-regulated UK insure...
Lloyd's set for profit rise
Lloyd's insurers are predicting substantial profits for 2002, with significant rate increases and a...
Tackling litigation
A number of legal cases have once again thrust sporting litigation into the limelight and with the pace of the compensation culture showing little sign of slowing, the government and sporting bodies must all play their part to help prevent sporting cases…
Society of Fellows goes as new body formed
The Chartered Insurance Institute has jettisoned the Society of Fellows, replacing it with a new bo...
Rebriefs - Equitas to increase asbestos reserves
Equitas, which reinsures Lloyd's, said that it might have to increase asbestos reserves at the end ...
Fit to be insured?
Insurers looking for a healthy niche market need look no further than gyms and fitness clubs, although there are still stumbling-blocks to keep the risk managers well exercised. Simon Threadgold gets physical.
Lloyd's new unitary board looks outside
Lloyd's this week announced the formation of the new 11-member unitary board to manage the insuranc...
London Market Brokers' Committee on target
The London Market Brokers' Committee claims it is on target to place almost three quarters of all b...
Solution broker
Jonathan Palmer Brown, aviation chairman of the London Market Insurance Brokers' Committee, has been instrumental in developing a global scheme to provide third-party liability cover for airlines. He tells Eric Alexander about his efforts.