Ockham Personal Insurance Agency Ltd

Current Syndicates - 37
Other Syndicates of Interest

12 September 2002Cessation of Syndicate 37 and 2087
Ockham Personal Insurance Agency Ltd (OPIA) has notified the Council of Lloyd's of their intention to cease to accept new and renewal business on behalf of Syndicates 37 and 2037with effect from 31st December, 2002.

All new and renewal business will thereafter be written 100% by Highway Insurance Company Ltd. By way of compensation for the loss of their rights and interest in the goodwill associated with the Highway business, Ockham will be making a cash payment to each member of Syndicate 37 for the 2002 year of account of 7p for each £1 of Syndicate 30 capacity. The capacity of Syndicate 37 for the 2002 year of account is £7.4M representing only 3% of Highway's total 2002 capacity. The stamp capacity has dropped to this level from £63.2M (representing approximately 21% of Highway's capacity for 2001) at the end of last year, as a result of a large number of Names leaving the syndicate at a late stage.
13 April 2001Underwriter leaves Highway
Ockham Personal Insurance Agency Ltd (Ockham) has advised that Quin Lovis, the active underwriter of Syndicates 37 and 2037, has announced his intention to take early retirement when he turns 50 at the end of May 2001.

Ockham has confirmed that Quin Lovis will remain a Director of the Managing Agency in a non-executive capacity. He will also act as a consultant to the business and continue to chair the Highway Broker Club.

Andrew Gibson, Managing director of the Managing Agency, will be taking a more active role in the underwriting process, while David Murray, who is currently the Technical Underwriter for Highway and was previously the active underwriter of Syndicate 293, will be appointed, subject to Lloyd's approval, as the active underwriter of Syndicates 37 and 2037.

16 August 1999Ockham withdraw from proposed sale of Lutine
In July, Cassidy Davis Syndicate Management Ltd., Chartwell Managing Agents Ltd., RGB Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and Wren Syndicates Management Ltd. received an approach from the Ockham Group which might have led to a sale of their respective shares in Lutine Assurance Services Ltd. (Lutine). The Ockham Group has now withdrawn the proposals, as non-Ockham Group shareholders of Lutine recently decided to commission financial advisers to advise on other sale possibilities, including by selective competitive tender.

It should also be noted that if there is a sale, we believe the sellers will account for the net sale proceeds to the members of their respective managed Syndicates concerned for the year of account current at the time any sale is concluded. Therefore subscribers for and tenderers of capacity on Syndicates 779, 44, 429, 1171 and 389 for year 2000 in the 1999 Auctions should continue to be aware that the net proceeds of any sale may or may not be significant, considered in terms of pence per £1 of 1999 capacity of the Syndicates.
12 January 1999Ockham - NLC - Crowe Link
On 30th December 1998 it was announced that the merger offer made by Ockham Holdings Plc (Ockham) to shareholders of New London Capital Plc (NLC) had been declared unconditional. NLC has now become a subsidiary of Ockham. As a consequence of this Crowe Insurance Group Limited becomes linked via NLC to Ockham.

 

 

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