Allied World's Benjamin Howell to Speak at the Courses & Seminars Continuing Professional Development - Financial Institutions S
2009年10月30日 - 11:00AM
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PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allied World
Assurance Company, Ltd, a member company of Allied World Assurance
Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE:AWH) today announced that Benjamin
Howell, Vice President, Professional Liability, Asia, will be
presenting at the Courses & Seminars Limited Financial
Institutions Seminar, to be held on 5 November, 2009 in Hong Kong.
The seminar is entitled 'Investment Managers - Developments in
Litigation and Possible Solutions.' Mr. Howell's presentation will
cover the correlation between the global recession and the rising
professional liability exposures facing investment managers, recent
professional liability claims events and insurance as a supplement
to internal controls. Mr. Howell is responsible for Allied World's
Professional Liability business in Hong Kong and specializes in the
development of products for and management of a diversified
portfolio of professional liability risks. He was formerly a Vice
President at AIG, Financial Lines, responsible for AIG's Financial
Institutions and Crime Insurance portfolios throughout Southeast
Asia and China. He is a regular presenter on a variety of
insurance-related topics and holds a Bachelor of Applied Finance
and Laws (Honours) from Macquarie University, Sydney. About Allied
World Assurance Company Allied World Assurance Company Holdings,
Ltd, through its subsidiaries, is a global provider of innovative
property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance
solutions, offering superior client service through offices in
Bermuda, the United States, Europe and Hong Kong. Our insurance and
reinsurance subsidiaries are rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best
Company. For further information on Allied World, please visit our
website at http://www.awac.com/. Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements Any forward-looking statements made in
this press release reflect our current views with respect to future
events and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may
cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in
these statements. For example, our forward-looking statements could
be affected by the ability to recognize the benefits of the Darwin
Professional Underwriters, Inc. acquisition; pricing and policy
term trends; increased competition; the impact of acts of terrorism
and acts of war; greater frequency or severity of unpredictable
catastrophic events; investigations of market practices and related
settlement terms; negative rating agency actions; the adequacy of
our loss reserves; the company or its subsidiaries becoming subject
to significant income taxes in the United States or elsewhere;
changes in regulations or tax laws; changes in the availability,
cost or quality of reinsurance or retrocessional coverage; adverse
general economic conditions including those related to the ongoing
financial crisis; and judicial, legislative, political and other
governmental developments, as well as management's response to
these factors, and other factors identified in our filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date on which they are made. We are under no
obligation (and expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update
or revise any forward-looking statement that may be made from time
to time, whether as a result of new information, future
developments or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Allied World Assurance
Company, Ltd CONTACT: Media, Faye Cook, VP, Marketing &
Communications, +1-441-278-5406, , or Investors, Keith J. Lennox,
Investor Relations Officer, +1-646-794-0750, , both of Allied World
Assurance Company Web site: http://www.awac.com/
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