October 2003/1

After a failed final attempt at mediation, the sides in the controversial Aon 77 dispute are readying their corners ahead of a UK High Court trial, due to begin on 27 October in Court Room 22. The trial is scheduled to last for 10-12 weeks, with a Christm

The world's largest insurance broker Marsh is embroiled in an awkward $250mn policy wordings dispute with the London market over the placing of Financial Institutions insurance cover for its long-time banking associate JP Morgan. Despite renewing a ble

The militant Lloyds Names Association (LNA) will attempt to recover up to £100mn from the Central Fund for what it describes as Lloyd's failure to adequately regulate the market, The Insider has learned. The move follows this summer’s landmark judgment

As long as average CEOs are paid as if they were superior CEOs, the issue of executive overcompensation won't go away. Where CEO pay is out of alignment with long-term corporate results, shareholders will not remain complacent. How, during the past two de

The switch to one year accounting has presented analysts of publicly quoted companies (Integrated Lloyd's Vehicles, ILVs) at Lloyd's with a problem of measuring the investment performance of those companies. Under the unique three year system of accountin

Mike Hammond the former chief executive of broker Marsh's UK operations is to join rival Jardine Lloyd Thompson, it was revealed last month. Staff at JLT were told of the move by senior management and the news ended months of speculation over Hammond's

Dick Grasso, who by most accounts did a good job of running the NYSE, was forced from his position because he was paid so much that it became an embarrassment to his organization and to the board of directors that paid him so much money. David D 'Aless

Embattled UK insurer Royal & Sun Alliance breathed a corporate sigh of relief this month after its £1bn rights issue went through with 92 percent of the 1.3bn new shares subscribed for by existing shareholders at 70p each. Although heavily discounted

Followers of US tort reform developments were teased this month with the prospect of a real breakthrough, as Republican Senator Bill Frist stepped in to rescue stalling asbestos talks, negotiating a new deal between insurers and industrial defendants over

CNA Financial Corporation became the latest insurance Group to exit reinsurance when revealing that it has sold the renewal rights, together with much of its under-performing reinsurance book, to Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, a unit of Bermudian based

Controversial compulsory buyouts of Names on Lloyd's Syndicates look set to hit the headlines once again after a 3 October Court of Appeals hearing permitted a claim for Judicial Review against Lloyd's to proceed - a process that could challenge the Socie

October was another eventful month for beleaguered Lloyd's insurer GoshawK, yet its future looks no less certain. Chief executive Chris Fagan denied suggestions that the management were considering a buy-out - telling The Insider “there is no truth in