All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 18 2020 // China is urging domestic companies to look at listing in London, several sources told Reuters, as the country aims to revive deals under a Stock Connect scheme and strengthen overseas ties in the wake of the coronavirus...
May 13 2020 // Brit Ltd. announced plans to launch Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, in collaboration with Google Cloud.Launching in 2021, Ki will be a “follow-only” syndicate,...
May 12 2020 // Many of the City of London’s bankers and traders will be working from their kitchens or bedrooms for at least a year under some scenarios being planned by finance companies in Britain.Banks, insurance companies and...
May 5 2020 // THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that Matthew Crane has been named chief executive officer of THB Group and president of the International division of AmWINS Group, Inc., global distributor...
May 1 2020 // Banks are dusting off their no-deal Brexit plans as concerns deepen that Britain and the European Union won’t agree a trade deal by December as the COVID-19 pandemic compounds fundamental disagreements over future...
Apr 30 2020 // Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world’s largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced two new appointments in its London office. Phillip Mallon will be joining the North American...
Apr 29 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has expanded its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team with new locations and the appointment of five new underwriters.This follows several years of continuous growth in underwriting...
Apr 28 2020 // Daniel Duckett, owner of the Lazy Claire patisserie in Belfast, was hoping for an insurance payout of up to 100,000 pounds ($123,460.00) to cover losses during the coronavirus lockdown. Now he fears for the future as he...
Apr 15 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that as part of the ongoing transformation of Sompo International, the insurer will be...
Apr 3 2020 // Fitch Ratings has placed Lloyd’s of London’s ‘AA-‘ Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on rating watch negative, on the uncertainty and increased risk to Lloyd’s earnings and underwriting...
Apr 2 2020 // Aon plc, the global re/insurance broker, has enhanced its reinsurer trading portal, ABConnect Placements, to electronically bind treaty placements with Lloyd’s of London and International Underwriting Association...
Apr 2 2020 // Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders, employees or customers bringing coronavirus-related claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses,...
Mar 30 2020 // Thousands of London’s underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week, which they use to sign insurance contracts, but they won’t need them.Working at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, they...
Mar 24 2020 // Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals of the London market insurance sector to negative from stable. The sector outlook revision reflects increased concerns over the COVID-19 disruption and...
Mar 19 2020 // At lunch hour, James Leahy’s Burrito Joe stall in the City of London’s financial district is usually buzzing as people line up from around the corner for their fajitas, tacos, quesadillas and rice-and-meat...
Mar 19 2020 // After conducting a successful stress-test last week of its electronic trading system, Lloyd’s has made the decision to close its underwriting room in response to the coronavirus outbreak.As a result, market insurers...
Mar 18 2020 // Lloyd’s of London has asked its member firms to provide estimates of their potential current and final losses from coronavirus, a spokesman said on Tuesday, to help the insurance market understand its possible...
Mar 12 2020 // London-based EC3 Brokers has launched a U.S. property wholesale division based in London, with the appointments of Matthew Jeffery as managing director and David and Daniel Jeffery as divisional directors. The brothers,...
Mar 12 2020 // Lloyd’s is shutting its London underwriting room at 1 Lime Street for one day for a contingency planning exercise in response to the coronavirus outbreak.Starting at midnight tonight and for 24 hours, Lloyd’s...
Mar 11 2020 // Leading marine insurance provider Skuld announced changes to the Skuld London management team.Gregory Thomas, chief business development officer at Skuld, will on July 1 relocate from London to Norway and continue to drive...