Allied World's Thomas Kennedy to Speak at Plus D&O Symposium
January 28 2010 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allied World
Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE:AWH) announced today that
Allied World's Thomas Kennedy, Senior Vice President, Professional
Lines in the U.S., will be speaking at the PLUS D&O Symposium
which takes place in New York City at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on
February 3-4, 2010. Mr. Kennedy will speak as part of the panel,
"Coverage Wishlists and Impact on Claims: What Really Matters," on
Thursday, February 4 at 10:45am. Mr. Kennedy joined Allied World in
June 2004. As Senior Vice President, Professional Lines, he is
responsible for the Public D&O, Public Fiduciary, Public EPL,
Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Financial Institutions D&O.
Prior to joining Allied World, Mr. Kennedy was with Gulf Insurance
Company for 11 years, most recently as Managing Vice President with
responsibilities for the Commercial D&O business. 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, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. 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
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to future events and financial performance and are made pursuant to
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from those set forth in these statements. For example, our
forward-looking statements could be affected by 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
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& Communications, +1-441-278- 5406, ; or Investors: Keith J.
Lennox, Investor Relations Officer, +1-646-794-0750, , both of
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd Web site:
http://www.awac.com/
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