July 2003/1

Lloyd's (re)insurer Chaucer has written to Names increasing the offer for unaligned 2004 capacity on its proposed merged Syndicate 1084 from 7.5p to 11p per £1. Chaucer upped the offer after its initial 21 June proposal met with little enthusiasm from

Lloyd’s insurers are continuing to expand suggesting 2004 capacity will exceed £15bn Lloyd’s capacity should breach the £15bn barrier next year as managing agents continue expanding their capital bases to take advantage of the ripe trading conditions.

Start-up changes advisers while debating merits of Lloyd's over company Illium Insurance, the proposed UK liability start-up headed by respected ex Limit stalwart Denis Burniston and Russell Benzies, has applied to form a new Lloyd's Syndicate to begi

Damning judgment involving "grave dishonesty" and "corruption of standards" In one of the industry's most eagerly awaited judgments in modern times, Sphere Drake has avoided over $250mn of exposures after broker Stirling Cooke Brown was lambasted by a

After an epic dispute that began in early 1999 with the Unicover fall-out, Odyssey Re predecessor Sphere Drake was victorious in the UK High Court earlier this month against the disgraced carve-out brokers SCB. It was one of the most eagerly awaited indus