All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2025 // London commuters face significant disruption to their journeys after a power failure knocked out parts of the capital’s underground network.Trains are delayed or not running on all or some sections of the Bakerloo,...
Apr 16 2025 // The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according to a...
Mar 21 2025 // Britain’s financial regulator fined the London Metal Exchange on Thursday for allowing nickel prices to surge out of control three years ago in the first ever enforcement action against a UK exchange.The Financial...
Mar 20 2025 // The International Underwriting Association (IUA), the group representing London companies that provide international and wholesale re/insurance, has named Chris Jones as chief executive, succeeding Dave Matcham.Jones will...
Mar 12 2025 // MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s re/Insurer, and its sister company, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (Europe) (MSIG UK), announced the expansion of their London market footprint with the launch of a new dual-stamp underwriting...
Feb 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker BMS and the managing general agent DUAL UK.A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Taps Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director...
Feb 3 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its claims and risk management solutions subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett, has acquired W K Webster & Co Ltd.W K Webster specializes in marine and transit claims management,...
Feb 3 2025 // The City of London, once considered the crown jewel of Britain’s dominant services sector, has performed even worse than the rest of the economy in the years following the Brexit referendum.Financial and insurance...
Jan 20 2025 // The tallest skyscraper in the City of London financial district has reached full occupancy just over four years after it was completed.RiverStone International, a holding company that acquires insurance businesses, has...
Jan 17 2025 // Juniper Re LLC, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, announced its entry into the London market, appointing industry veteran Nick Hawke as head of office.With more than four decades of reinsurance...
Jan 16 2025 // Lloyd’s syndicate AEGIS London announced the creation of a new Portfolio Solutions division that will focus on following third-party underwriting expertise in the London market.Led by respected underwriter Richard...
Jan 16 2025 // The UK’s push to deregulate its way to growth has got veterans of the last financial crisis worried that it’s sowing the seeds for another crash.Labour, for decades the political party that favored taming the...
Jan 7 2025 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries have agreed to purchase London Aviation Underwriters Inc. (LAU), in a stock and cash transaction.Financial details of the deal, which is expected to close early...
Jan 6 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Capital Holdings and Agile Insurance Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Appoints Chubb’s Farrup as Head of Global Markets,...
Dec 16 2024 // Lloyd’s of London members have set up a working party to examine the commercial insurance market’s plans to overhaul its conduct rules, a trade body said on Friday, following criticism of the strengthened...
Dec 4 2024 // The owners of Inigo Ltd. are exploring options for the British specialist insurance group including a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.The shareholders, which include buyout firm JC Flowers...
Nov 27 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Coalition and Hamilton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Coalition Taps Munich Re’s Foster as Head of London MarketsCoalition,...
Nov 22 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows. Markel Taps AEGIS London’s Pressman as Senior...
Nov 14 2024 // Commercial insurance market Lloyd’s of London is restructuring its data, operations and change departments, which will involve outsourcing some of those units’ work, a Lloyd’s spokesperson said on...
Nov 5 2024 // Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged...