http://www.lloyds.comLatest major stories from the insurance world, handpicked from the Dow Jones Business News serviceen-ukLloyd's of London 2006Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:42:21 GMTLloyd's RSS 1.0.0http://www.lloyds.comhttp://www.lloyds.com/cmsphoenix/Images/Header/lloyds_logo_black.gif48119Lloyd's of Londonhttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444618 By Lavonne Kuykendall Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Commercial real estate losses could end up dealing a double blow to U.S. life insurers just as last year's residential m...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444612 (Updates with additional information, including specifics on FERC rules, and background). By Mark Peters Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Feder...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444610 By Chad Bray Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A state judge dismissed criminal charges Thursday against two former executives at insurance broker Marsh Inc. ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444602 By Vladimir Guevarra Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Munich Re AG (MUV2.XE), one of the world's largest reinsurers by gross premiums, said Thursday ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444582 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Conseco Inc. (CNO) plans to sell up to an estimated $230 million in stock, and the struggling insurer plans to use half of the net proceeds to repay its senio...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444577 (Adds comments from China Strategic on plans to resubmit application and expectation of final approval in three months) By Jessie Ho and Aries Poon Of DOW JONES NEWS...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:47:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444573 HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Strategic Holdings Ltd. (0235.HK) Chief Executive Raymond Or said Thursday the application by the company and Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy Nan Shan Life...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:37:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444569 (Rewrites, adds AXA Asia Pacific comment and background.) By Jethro Mullen Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRE PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French insurer AXA SA (AXA) Thurs...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444568 (Adds comments from China Strategic and AIG.) By Jessie Ho Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's governmentturned down an application by ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:51:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444564 PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French insurer AXA SA (AXA) Thursday said that it hasn't modified or withdrawn its joint takeover proposal with Australian wealth manager AMP Ltd. (AMP.AU) for AXA Asia Pa...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:27:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444562 HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Strategic Holdings Ltd. (0235.HK) said Thursday the plan by the company and Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. hasn't been rejecte...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:56:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444553 TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- The Taiwan government rejected an application submitted by a consortium comprising Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. and China Strategic Holdings Ltd. (0235.HK) to buy AIG's...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444539 By Andrew Edwards Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Regulators' decision to hire Pacific Investment Management Co. to rate residential mortgage-backed securit...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:38:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444534 MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's insurance industry association said Wednesday that premiums will probably grow 7% this year as consumers and businesses continue to buy insurance even in th...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444532 (Adds quote from statement, details, background.) MILAN -(Dow Jones)- Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF.MC, TF) and other shareholders of Telecom Italia SpA's (TIT.MI, TI) parent compan...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444530 ("In Overhaul, Drug Industry Insider Sees 'Good, Bad And Ugly'," published at 12:26 p.m. EST Wednesday, incorrectly described the position of Merck executive Jane Horvath in the second paragr...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444529 MILAN -(Dow Jones)- The shareholders of Telecom Italia SpA's (TIT.MI, TI) parent company have agreed to refinance the parent company's debt falling due. In a joint statement rele...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444525 By Peter Loftus Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES PHILADELPHIA -(Dow Jones)- When it comes to the proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, some pharmaceutical industry insi...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444516 (Updates with analyst comments.) By Anusha Shrivastava Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Investors are willing to use their own funds to b...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:12:00 GMThttp://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=444510 AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- Dutch food retailer Royal Ahold NV (AH.AE) doesn't rule out acquiring non-food retail companies, Chief Executive John Rishton said Wednesday. Speaking at ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:08:00 GMT