August 2004/1

In our regular monthly News Digest, we round up key stories from the last month, presenting them to you in easily digestable snippets.

Despite growing calls for Lloyd's to shrink capacity next year, evidence suggests that many syndicates are keen to maintain their own size. Lloyd's insurers have begun the process of entering their 2005 business plans to the Franchise board and many s

Refocused UK general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) reported half year figures slightly ahead of forecasts on 12 August, and saw its share price rise 5.5 percent as markets and analysts took a more bullish line on the group's capital position and fut

Unhappy legacy of former Cable & Wireless captive played out in court For C&W in July it was a litigation double whammy in London's Royal Courts of Justice with the opening shots in two legal skirmishes relating to its former insurance captive, Pender

Weeks after an Illinois Court gave the green light for a national class action suit to proceed against Aon over alleged hidden commissions, came news that class action giant Millberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP is suing Marsh and Willis for failing to di