Allianz

Complaint "to recover the tens of millions of dollars in losses Getty suffered as a result of Allianz’s mismanagement of the Structured Alpha investment strategy" in The J. Paul Getty Trust, of California, described as "a private, nonprofit cultural and philanthropic institution dedicated to the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world’s artistic legacy" v. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, of Delaware, and Allianz SE, of Germany, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "negligence and breach of contractual and fiduciary duties arising from misconduct and gross mismanagement of two investment funds: AllianzGI Structured Alpha 1000 Plus LLC (“Alpha 1000 Plus”), and AllianzGI Structured Alpha U.S. Fixed Income 250 LLC" in The Employees' Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee v. Allianz SE, of Germany; Allianz Asset Management GmbH, of Germany; Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC, Allianz of America Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America Holdings Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America LLC, Allianz Asset Management of America LP, PFP Holdings Inc., all of Delaware, and ABC Insurance Co., described as "a fictitiously named insurance entity" whose "state of incorporation, name, and principal place of business are unknown", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in The China Fund, Inc. and Joe O. Rogers v. City of London Investment Group Plc, City of London Investment Group Plc, City of London Investment Management Company Limited, Barry M. Olliff, and Emerging Markets Country Fund at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in The China Fund, Inc. and Joe O. Rogers v. City of London Investment Group Plc, City of London Investment Group Plc, City of London Investment Management Company Limited, Barry M. Olliff, and Emerging Markets Country Fund at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Non-Circumvention & Non-Disclosure Agreement, described to OffshoreAlert by a source as the 'Founding Document' for the Privilege Wealth investment scheme, signed by Brett Jolly, on behalf of Jadestone Trust, Reversa Ltd. and Privilege Wealth One LP; George Leavey, individually; and Nicolas Greenstone, individually and on behalf of Barton Brown Limited.

Bermuda based Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd. is one of six insurers who are involved in a $40 million policy dispute with a global construction and engineering group.Details are contained in a complaint to compel arbitration or, alternatively,

Several Bermuda entities, including mutual funds, trusts and reinsurer Ariel Re, are among dozens of companies suing Goldman Sachs and UBS Securities in an attempt to rescind a $550 million bond offering.The complaint was filed at the U. S. District

Two US based insurers have filed a petition to confirm an arbitration award against reinsurers domiciled or based in Bermuda, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA.The petition was filed by Clearwater Insurance Company, formerly known as Skandia

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by PRO Insurance Solutions Limited, as the Foreign Representative of Sphere Drake Insurance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Co. and related companies have filed a complaint in Atlanta in which they are seeking hundreds of millions of damages against insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere concerning an alleged bid rigging scheme involving brokers Marsh

Reinsurers in Bermuda and elsewhere are seeking to force a Vermont based captive and its NYSE listed parent to arbitrate a dispute involving claims from a fire at a chemical manufacturing plant.A motion to compel arbitration was filed against International

A United States-based captive insurer of The Dow Chemical Company has taken legal action against several subsidiaries of Bermuda reinsurers in an attempt to slash the number of proposed arbitrations that will hear hurricane claims disputes totaling over $200 million.

United States-based retail giant Sears is suing insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere for allegedly frustrating the processing and payment of “enormous” claims stemming from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Sears Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, filed a civil complaint at the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi Second Judicial Court on August 25, 2006, with the case being transferred to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on December 18, 2006.

AT&T Corp. has filed a civil complaint against 15 insurers, including XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., over allegedly unpaid property damage and business interruption claims concerning 9/11. The telecommunications giant, which is registered in New York but based in New Jersey,  is seeking an award of not less than $139 million in an action filed at New Jersey Superior Court on June 11, 2004.

During the course of 2000, Offshore Alert received many telephone calls and e-mails from clients of The Harris Organization financial services group in Panama who claimed to have been defrauded of various amounts of money; After Tony Vigna was recently deported from Panama to face criminal charges in Miami, further details emerged of a fake British passport that was obtained for him by The Harris Organization when he fled the US before being indicted; Standard Hellier Bank and Allianz Trade Reinsurance web-sites become inactive after investigation by Offshore Alert; We have been told by the Grenada Supreme Court that between 10 and 15 civil lawsuits have now been filed against the First International Bank of Grenada group; The default judgment entered against the Bank of Bermuda in favor of the Receiver of the Cash 4 Titles alleged Ponzi scheme at a US federal court on November 20, 2000 was set aside ten days later; Clyde DHood, the small-town electrician in Illinois who persuaded thousands of suckers all over the world to mail him millions of dollars just by promising high returns, remains in jail after his bail application was turned down; Canadian crook Jordan Bionda seems to subscribe to the philosophy that 'the best form of defense is attack'; and Americans are regarded virtually all over the world as being parochial in that they tend not to travel abroad, generally know little about other countries or world affairs and, rather insultingly to the rest of the world's population, give themselves titles such as 'World Champions' when they win a national championship, be it in basketball, baseball, American football or whatever.

Regulators in Grenada are continuing to allow banks belonging to the First International Bank of Grenada group to operate on the island despite FIBG's massive insolvency, we can reveal. The National Commercial Bank of St. Vincent, which is government-owned, is also continuing to provide banking services despite having its UK assets frozen recently over the FIBG fiasco.

US and Canadian insurers this month started three new legal actions that will help to determine who will pay for the huge losses associated with the Unicover workers' compensation insurance pool. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada announced it had started arbitration to void Unicover-related reinsurance contracts, Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit in the United Kingdom in an attempt to force a broker, Rattner Mackenzie, to reveal more information about Unicover and it is also believed that Lincoln National Life has filed a suit.