After meeting royalty and a true hero while hobnobbing with the P&C insurance elite at the Lloyd's New York City Dinner, NU Editor Sam Friedman has some scoops for his blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

Munich Re, Munich Re America, and the Insurance Information Institute will discuss natural catastrophes that occurred during the first six months of 2009 in an upcoming webinar.

Insurance interests would be premature in trying to lobby for changes in Obama administration tax proposals until they are formally unveiled, probably Dec. 4, an insurance brokerage lobbyist advised here.

Companies in the United Kingdom, particularly those traded in the United States, are buying huge amounts of insurance coverage as increasing class actions target their management, a survey of risk managers has found.