All UK articles
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NewsHowden: cyber-attacks cost UK businesses £44bn in the last five years
The (re)insurance broker has estimated firms can reduce the cost of cyber-attack by up to 75% (£30bn) by implementing simple cyber security basics more widely.
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NewsProbitas buy ‘win-win’ to accelerate ‘organic ambitions’ – Aviva’s Storah
Aviva’s purchase of Probitas gives the insurer instant ‘scale’ in the Lloyd’s market, says UKGI chief executive.
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NewsAspen appoints Stanford interim UK CEO
Active underwriter from Aspen’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 4711 assumes the UK CEO role on a temporary basis.
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NewsAon names Kielty UK CEO
Jane Kielty has more than 20 years’ experience in risk and insurance, spanning the broker’s commercial risk and retail capabilities.
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NewsAon combines EMEA and UK CEO roles under Page
Eduardo Dávila, Aon’s CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will depart the firm at the end of 2023, the broking firm announced.
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NewsAon Reinsurance Solutions announces "simplified" UK exec structure
The reinsurance broker said it has changed its UK leadership structure to drive growth and collaboration.
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NewsUK: Johnson’s exit creates 'policy vacuum'
A more pragmatic approach to the Northern Ireland protocol would lower the risk of a trade war with the EU
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NewsInsurtech UK to tap into US market with new insurance corridor
Insurtech startup trade association Insurtech UK yesterday (10 March 2022) launched an insurance corridor between the UK and Connecticut, USA.
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NewsUK terror threat level raised to severe
Following two incidents over the past month there is concern mass gatherings could be targeted
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NewsPanic buying risks return to UK
A lack of HGV drivers and increase in wholesale global gas prices is a concern for businesses and energy suppliers
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NewsInsurers ‘bullish’ about London’s future post Brexit
Technology and automation are ‘top strategic’ priorities but more complex regulations remain a challenge
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NewsZurich bounces back from pandemic with best underwriting result in years
Zurich UK posted its strongest underwriting profit in five years, with a combined ratio of 80.8% for the first half of this year.
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NewsUAE and UK set to sign multibillion-pound clean energy and tech investment deals
Britain’s Office for Investments, an agency set up this year to promote and channel investments into the UK, expects to get more clarity on the size and scope of potential deals and how they will be structured by the end of June.
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NewsBank of England tells firms to promote own ‘RegTech’ products
Britain’s financial regulator called on Friday for the regulatory technology industry to press their own case for the greater adoption of cost-saving ways to automate compliance and spot money laundering, rather than expecting it to do so.
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NewsAM Best: UK Commercial Property Insurers Looking Beyond Difficult 2020
Disputes around non-damage business interruption (BI) cover, which made 2020 a difficult year for U.K. commercial property insurers, should subside in 2021.
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NewsFloodFlash pays Storm Christoph catastrophe claim in 9 hours 44 minutes
It means that policyholders can be paid their claim on the same day
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NewsZurich warns of ‘double disaster’ as Storm Christoph batters England and Wales amid pandemic
Storm Christoph has raged through England and Wales, adding further strain on the UK as it battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some insurance industry experts, however, have stepped in to offer support, advice and a solution
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NewsUp to 4,000 financial firms could fail due to COVID, says UK regulator
The FCA surveyed 23,000 financial firms to check on their resilience to COVID-19, which last year triggered Britain’s worst economic downturn in 300 years.
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NewsUK plans for self-driving cars threaten safety - insurance group
British government plans that could allow self-driving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available automated technology falls well short of human driving capabilities, UK insurance group Thatcham Research said on Friday.
