July 2002/1

The collapse of the telecommunications firm WorldCom is not as damaging for the P&C Insurance industry as Enron, with most of the industry's exposure to WorldCom's $30bn of outstanding debt in the hands of the life insurers.

Jeremy Pinchin, Lloyd’s Special Counsel for September 11, encouraged market executives when he confirmed that Lloyd’s exposures to the World Trade Center have not deteriorated.

Shares in Zurich’s former reinsurance arm Converium fell sharply as investors reacted to fears of collecting recoverables from its former parent, ZFS.

Syndicate 138 is set to close or merge with another syndicate after its corporate backer SAFECO has decided to exit Lloyd’s. Jonathan Gale, Syndicate 138 underwriter, has already resigned from the syndicate less than a year after being appointed as Ralph

Trenwick has instigated arbitration proceedings to force Swiss Re subsidiary, European Re, into paying $55mn under a disputed financial contract known as a Catastrophe Equity Put or CatEPut.

Finding a good franchise performance director will not be easy Lloyd’s search for its Underwriting Tsar steps up a gear with the recent unveiling of its franchise proposals. Containing few surprises, the 56 page consultation document published by the C

Munich Re, the world's second largest reinsurer, increased its WTC loss reserves by a further $500mn to €2.7bn sparking a collapse in the value of European stocks.

One of the UK’s oldest banks, NM Rothschild & Sons, is planning a new Lloyd’s investment vehicle with Sax Riley, the Society’s retiring chairman, and the Lloyd’s Members Agency Sedgwick Oakwood Capital Ltd.

The rivalry between Aon and its Chicago neighbour Near North is becoming increasingly vicious with allegations of theft, blackmail, and industrial espionage. It's unlikely that Pat Ryan, the impeccably groomed head of Aon, was upset by the arrest of...

London based broker HLF was forced to pull its planned float after twice extending the pricing deadline to continue discussions with potential investors.

ACE is poised to announce a settlement with Jane Hayes, the former ACE underwriter who earlier this year appealed after her Court failure to prove sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal against ACE’s Charman Underwriting.

The withdrawal of capacity, a plethora of reinsurance disputes and departing corporate capital has left a vast number of open syndicates. Laptop analyses what went wrong The proposed Lloyd’s franchise reforms are partly justified as a way of preventing