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'Once More Unto the Breach...etc...etc...'

The embittered Jaffray Names vow (again) to continue their fight against Lloyd’s and ‘The Establishment’ and have set their sights to Europe for salvation, according to Marcus Scriven. A line has been drawn in the sand. It's the end of a chapter - a m

01 December 2000

A Whiter Shade of Pale?

With its stock down almost 70 percent since March, US broker E W Blanch is facing an uncertain future, as does its recent purchase Lloyd's Broker Crawley Warren. Reporting a net loss for its third quarter 2000 results, E W Blanch announced that it was

01 December 2000

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Red faces at CGNU as Lloyd's burns the fingers of yet another corporate investor. Berkshire Hathaway is making quite a habit of helping CGNU shed the skins of its unwanted businesses, principally the property and casualty slough inherited from Commerc

01 December 2000

Lloyd's - results go down, but capacity goes up

The 1998 and 1999 mid-point results for Syndicates look as disappointing as expected, but capital has flowed in for 2001 on the back of the hardening market

01 December 2000

ESG Re - visited

Stricken Bermuda based reinsurer ESG Re has seen its share price drop to a new low as its latest set of results bring further bad news. The leading article in The Insurance Insider's September 2000 edition, highlighted ESG Re's struggle to overcome it

01 December 2000

Insider Vital Insurance Statistics

Floods, Floods Glorious Floods - Royal & Sun Alliance See A Silver Lining To All Those Rain Clouds One would think that the worst flooding to hit the UK for half a century would be a source of misery for Royal & Sun Alliance. After all it's Britain's s

01 December 2000

Underwriters Credit Fight

In the wake of the Market's endorsement of new standards, Ace and Brockbank lead underwriters demand improved broker performance on terms of credit. Others expected to follow suit… Forget all the talking up of rates over the twelve months. The most re

01 December 2000

The Fruits of Mediocrity or Mendacity?

Laptop takes a look at investments at Lloyd’s and the recent trend of working capital cash calls, and argues for a review of procedures In closing the 1997 account on the 31st December 1999 Lloyd syndicates used £849mn of their premium income to boost

01 November 2000

Not The Real Catastrophe

RSA and CGNU handled the recent floods with aplomb, but will they and smaller insurers find themselves suffering after the latest storms? Loss assessors are an unreliable bunch. Take the dreadful flooding that in England's south east recently; before

01 November 2000

Insider Vital Insurance Statistics

Goshawk Goshawk might look a tad on the small size when it comes to market capitalisation, but it's got quite an enviable advantage over virtually all of its bigger Lloyd's peers. All Lloyd's vehicles dream of owning 100 per cent of their managed capac

01 November 2000

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