Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH) today announced that Allied World’s Bermuda and London operations, together with Latin American Underwriters (LAU), will begin underwriting trade credit and political risk insurance effective immediately. The primary focus of the venture is to provide short and medium-term credit insurance for clients that export to and from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as to provide political risk insurance for exposures in the same regions.    Source: Company Press Release

BIIA Newsletter October II – 2010 Issue