June 2005/3

Jeremy Pinchin, the head of Reinsurance and Claims at the Society and a senior member of the Franchise Performance directorate, has resigned from Lloyd’s.

Litigants in Aon 77, the long running energy reinsurance dispute, have been granted leave to appeal, Insider Week understands.

Fellow Lloyd’s insurers Hardy Underwriting Group plc and Omega Underwriting Holdings plc remain in merger talks despite the failure of two approaches.