All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 28 2024 // International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it will move its London operations to new offices on the 15th floor of the so-called “Walkie-Talkie” building at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY on...
Oct 16 2024 // Britain’s departure from the European Union cost London’s financial center about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates.Michael...
Oct 10 2024 // The Lloyd’s insurance market’s only product writing cover for the rescue of miners trapped underground has more than doubled its available cover from $10 million to $25 million with a launch of a new consortium...
Oct 10 2024 // The Lloyd’s of London market is undermining climate action and should impose binding rules to prevent insurers supporting fossil fuel expansion, NGO Reclaim Finance said on Wednesday.Some European insurers, including...
Oct 9 2024 // Intersys, the UK-based provider of cyber risk management solutions, announced its expansion in the UK insurance market with the opening of an office in Leadenhall Market in London.Intersys’ London office will serve...
Oct 2 2024 // Insurers are playing “pass the liability parcel” in a desperate fight against multi-billion dollar claims over aircraft stranded in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, lawyers for aviation...
Sep 12 2024 // Lloyd’s of London said on Thursday it plans to overhaul its rules on dealing with poor conduct in the commercial insurance market as its current processes for dealing with bad behavior could be...
Sep 11 2024 // Treaty reinsurance written in the London company market grew by almost one-third in 2023, with the sector generating premiums of £10.889 billion (US$14.2 billion), up from £8.248 billion ($10.8 billion) in 2022,...
Sep 6 2024 // The owners of London’s ExCel conference center on Friday won an appeal brought by insurers, including Allianz, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could help thousands of other policyholders.London...
Sep 4 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Acrisure Re and Dale Underwriting Partners.A summary of these new hires follows here. Acrisure Re Announces Leadership Changes in International Reinsurance...
Aug 30 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of the ongoing renewal rights of Morton Insurance Brokers, a specialist in private hire and taxi insurance across the UK since...
Aug 23 2024 // Three oil tankers that are under British sanctions for transporting Russian petroleum are sailing under the flag of a nation that bases its operations in London.The Galaxy, the Liberty and the Rigel, all of which moved...
Aug 2 2024 // Ambac Financial Group said it has completed the acquisition of a 60% controlling stake in London-based Beat Capital Partners for about $282 million, up to $40 million of which will be paid in shares of Ambac common...
Jul 24 2024 // BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on...
Jul 24 2024 // The Connect Group announced the launch of a London-based specialty reinsurer, Stability Re.This follows the formation in September 2023 of Stability Risk, an MGA created to allow Connect Underwriting Ltd. (a specialist...
Jul 18 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead...
Jul 15 2024 // AEGIS London, the London-based Lloyd’s syndicate, has established a new Data Science and Analytics team to enhance underwriting capabilities and data-driven initiatives.Led by Giuseppe D’Angelo, head of Data...