October 2001/1

Every summer, four competing publications produce what they claim are the definitive guides on Lloyd’s syndicates’ performances. These guides - produced by the Association of Lloyd’s members, in association with AM Best; Chatset; Thomson and Moody’s -

Pressure to reveal gross losses builds as fears over reinsurance failure take hold in the London market In Hemingway's “The Sun Also Rises” the following exchange takes place: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and

In the weeks that followed the USA attacks The Insurance Insider published a daily e-mail update of events and information as they unfolded - an edited version follows......

User Pays - Lloyd's responds Dear Sir, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to your article “User Pays Revisited” in the June issue of The Insurance Insider. I apologise for the delay in responding. However, this does enable me to set out MSU's 200

Premium levy increase for 2002 designed to increase fund to $1bn, but Lloyd's deny link to possible syndicate failures Lloyd's has responded swiftly to its downgrade by AM Best to A-, by announcing that its increasing the premium levies on all syndicat