London, 6 July 2010 - DirectAsia.com; Whittington Pursues Untapped Direct Business Model in Asia; http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=204936
London, 6 July 2010 - Tony Hobrow, Group Chief Executive talks to A.M. Best on the launch of DirectAsia.com. Please visit the A.M.Best website http://www.ambest.com/media/media.asp?RC=175469
London, 24 June 2010 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, today announced the launch next week of a new direct online insurance company, DirectAsia.com, in Singapore.
London, 26 February 2010 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has appointed Charles Griffiths FIA as its Chief Actuary.
London, 7 December 2009 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has strengthened its senior management team in Asia with the appointment of James Kim as Whittington Asia Pacific Country Manager in Hong Kong.
London, 3 September 2009 – Nick Powell has been appointed to the Board of Whittington Group Pte Limited, the Singapore–based holding company for the international insurance investment and service business, with immediate effect.
London, April 28 2009 - Whittington Capital Management Limited today announced that it has launched a new Lloyd's syndicate - Syndicate 1967 formed by W.R.Berkley Corporation, one of the largest commercial lines underwriters in the United States. Whittington will be the managing agent under a 'turnkey' arrangement.
London, April 23 2009: Lloyd’s managing agent Whittington Capital Management (WCM), part of the international insurance investor and services provider Whittington Group, has announced the appointment of Julian Tighe as Chief Financial Officer for WCM. In addition, Simon Norton has joined the company as Head of Underwriting Management.
The recent launch of Arch Syndicate 2012 has brought the total number of new Syndicates successfully guided through the Lloyd's submission process by Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, to 12.
London, March 16 2009 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has appointed Charlie Burgess as a member of the Senior Executive Team to support the Group's expansion in Asia.
London, January 14 2009 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has strengthened its in-house actuarial team with the appointment of Veekash Badal as Chief Actuary and Neil Hyatt as Head of Reserving and Capital Modelling. Both have joined the Group's managing agency, Whittington Capital Management Limited ("WCM").
London, January 9 2009 - Whittington Group, has announced that Chen Xia-Ling has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, Whittington Asia Pacific. She will be based at the group's headquarters in Singapore.
London, December 22 2008 - Whittington Group, has announced that Isabelle Leroy has been appointed Senior Project Manager, Whittington Asia Pacific. She will be based at the group's headquarters in Singapore.
Whittington Group appoints Director of Strategic Acquisitions for Asia Pacific
London, September 26 2008 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has announced that Kevin Lee Chung Wei has been appointed Director, Strategic Acquisitions, Whittington Asia Pacific. He will be based at the group's Asia headquarters in Singapore.
London, September 18 2008 - Lloyd's managing agent Whittington Capital Management, part of insurance investor and services provider Whittington Group, has appointed Tom Riddell as Independent Non-Executive Chairman.
London, May 19 2008 - Whittington Group, the insurance investor and services provider, has signed a conditional agreement to sell Americas Insurance Company, its non-core US insurer in run-off, to ISG Acquisition II LLC, the specialist acquisition arm of Independent Services Group ("ISG") for an undisclosed sum.
London, April 1 2008 - Whittington Group, the insurance investor and services provider, has appointed Hermann Lischer to its senior management team in Asia. Hermann is an extremely well known industry figure having enjoyed a long and distinguished career with Zurich Financial Services Group.
London, March 25 2008 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investment and services provider, has announced that John Loudon has been appointed as non exeutive Chairman of the Group..
London, February 14 2008 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investment and services business, has appointed Luke Barnett as Agency Operations Director of Whittington's Lloyd's managing agency.
Barbican Syndicate 1955 launched with £75m stamp capacity
London, November 29 2007 - Barbican, a new £75m stamp capacity Lloyd's Syndicate, has launched today with the support of two US private investment funds, Steel Partners II, L.P. and funds managed by Carlson Capital L.P., as well as senior members of Barbican's management team, Whittington and Kinmont Advisory.
Arrow Syndicate 1910 to enter Lloyd's Market
London, November 5 2008 - Arrow Syndicate 1910 Syndicate is to enter the Lloyd's insurance market in January 2008. Arrow Syndicate, which is Goldman Sachs business, has obtained approval in principle from the Lloyd's Franchise Board to begin writing for the 2008 year of account.
Whittington appoints M&A Director
London 7 June 2007 - Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has announced that Peter Tan has been appointed Group Strategic Acquistions Director with overall responsibility for all merger and acquisition activity across the group. Mr Tan will be based in Singapore and report to the Group Chief Executive Officer, Tony Hobrow.
Gary Griffiths Appointed Managing Director of Whittington Capital Management Ltd
London 14 May 2007 - We are pleased to confirm that Gary Griffiths has assumed the position of Managing Director of Whittington Capital Management Ltd (WCM) subject to Lloyd's approval following the departure of Neil Deshpande.
Launch of new Lloyd's Syndicate 4020 and Managing Agency
London 16 March 2007 - Whittington Group, a leading insurance investor and services provider, Aquiline Capital Partners LLC ('Aquiline'), a New York based private equity firm investing in financial services together with Swiss Re and private equity fund Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners, announced today the launch of Lloyd's based underwriting agency Ark Syndicate Management Limited ('Ark' or 'The Company'). The company has gained approval from the Financial Services Authority and Lloyd's Franchise Board for Lloyd's Syndicate 4020, and will begin writing policies incepting from 1st April 2007.
Whittington appoints Group Legal Counsel
Singapore 12 February 2007 - Whittington Group, the insurance investor and services provider, has announced that Ross Bundey has been appointed Group Legal Counsel with overall responsibility for all legal matters, corporate secretarial work and worldwide regulatory compliance.
Whittington appoints CEO for Europe
London 18 December 2006 - Whittington Group, the insurance investor and services provider, has announced that Stephen Cane has been appointed Chief Executive Europe to lead the Group's strategic growth in the UK and Continental Europe
Whittington completes Solvent Scheme of Arrangement in Singapore
Singapore 20 November 2006 - A Solvent Scheme of Arrangement between Singapore resinsurer Reliance National Asia Re (RNA Re) and its creditors has been approved in the Singapore High Court. RNA Ceased trading in 2000 and was purchased by Whittington in 2004
Syndicate 2002 - Reinsurance to Close
London 17 November 2006 - Whittington Capital Management Limited ("WCM"), the Lloyd's managing agency within the Whittington Group, has secured closure of managed Syndicate 2002 through a Reinsurance to Close ("RITC") contract to a third party Lloyd's syndicate.
Whittington announces Reliance Scheme
London 23 October 2006 - The English High Court in London have sanctioned the Solvent Scheme of Arrangement for Reliance National Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd.
Whittington sells Alba to IAG
London, 15 June 2006 - Whittington has signed conditional agreements to sell newly formed Managing Agency and specialist Asian syndicate, Alba.
Sale of Whittington completes following final regulatory approvals
London and Singapore, 25 May 2006
- Final regulatory approval having been received the sale and re-capitalisation of Whittington Group is now complete.
Omni Whittington insurance business demerges to grow
London, 18 November 2005 - Omni Whittington announces the demerger and launch of newly capitalised Whittington Group (subject to regulatory approval).
