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...Lloyd’s of London swings into the red Lloyd’s of London reported its first loss in six years as a series of natural catastrophes took their toll on the insurance market....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...This has helped to boost the total value of all contingency and accident premiums paid at Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest insurance market, to more than £500m....
...But investors are less certain, and this week seemed to be worrying that the only way from here is downhill — if not for sales then, at least, for profitability....
...Portraits such as of the poet Tennyson and “Madonna and Child” are on display in a new exhibition at London’s V&A. Forwarded Source code poetry Programmers are artists too....
...He describes the experience as a fast-track management course, including the tricky issue of family relations....
...Typically, they’ll lay off risk either through syndicates at the Lloyd’s of London insurance market, or through big reinsurance companies....
...Andrew Moss, chief executive of Aviva, joined the group from the Lloyd’s of London insurance market but before that was finance director at HSBC’s investment banking and markets business....
...At that level, slightly higher than what utilities and other “boring” stocks yield, financial groups will have to lure investors with the twin promise that they are both best in class and much less likely...
...Other recent takeovers have been confined to certain sectors....
...Lancashire could also aspire to raise capacity in certain areas of the market, such as offshore energy, after underwriters across the insurance and reinsurance market face more than $2bn of offshore losses...
...And London’s pretensions to take over are dead. Not even two years ago, London was trumpeting the success of its “light-touch” financial regulation, and Wall Streeters complained of over-regulation....
...At the very least, tougher capital requirements will be imposed, which could mean the banking system reverts to a lower-risk, utility-like function....
...That aside, one has to question the business utility of online networking by employees who have no external role....
...The shares closed 2.3 per cent weaker at 158½p. Lloyds TSB, the banking group, was 0.1 per cent lower at 457½p as traders doubted the rumours that it was being eyed by US banking group Wells Fargo....
...Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman’s president, was closely involved in the decision to go ahead once it was established that the bank was not a creditor....
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