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  • 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
  • Compulsory terrorism cover will begin later this week (1 July) in Australia, after The Terrorism Insurance Act received Royal Assent on 24 June.
  • AIG’s move to buy Japanese life and selected US p/c insurance operations from General Electric Capital (GEC) for $2.1bn has been met with a cautious affirmation from ratings agency Moody’s.
  • Despite growing concerns that US property & casualty rates are tailing off, Swiss Re senior economist Thomas Holzheu predicted last week that rates will continue to remain firm while profits remain hampered by poor investment returns and reserving issues.
  • Bermuda’s Everest Re Group has paved the way for fundraising by filing with the SEC last Friday to periodically sell up to $975mn of shares.
  • After two weeks of heightened rumours, Insider Week understands that Marsh representatives had contact with HLF over a potential take-over bid.
  • D&O insurers for 309 companies facing IPO class actions agreed to a $1bn settlement with plaintiff law firms last week, thereby clearing the decks for the “laddering” dispute between Wall Street firms, their liability insurers and disgruntled investors.
  • Corporate financiers at Hoare Govett, the London broking arm of Dutch bank ABN Amro, are rounding up investors to back a £50mn plus flotation of a new UK start up, Illium Insurance.