All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 10 2020 // Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc. said late on Monday an employee in its London office had tested positive for coronavirus, and that it would temporarily close both its London offices to have them sanitized.“Our...
Mar 6 2020 // The number of people infected with the new coronavirus surpassed 100,000 across the world on Friday, as the outbreak reached more countries and economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and...
Mar 5 2020 // Global banks and small investment firms in Europe are urging staff to work from home and curb travel as the financial industry braces for disruption from the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak.For many companies it...
Mar 3 2020 // Britain’s financial services industry could fare less well than energy, autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States, the government said on Monday.Britain said in its negotiating mandate...
Feb 28 2020 // Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with estimates of the cost of insuring the sporting showpiece running into billions of dollars.Japan has more...
Feb 13 2020 // Lloyd’s has announced the membership of its new, independent Culture Advisory Group, which has been set up as part of its action plan to drive long-term cultural changes in the market.Lloyd’s started its...
Feb 13 2020 // Businesses looking to buy cancellation insurance for events around the world will not be able to get cover for the new coronavirus outbreak, industry sources said, as insurers rush to exclude the epidemic from their...
Feb 11 2020 // H.W. Kaufman Group, a global network of companies, has expanded Node International’s North American presence with the addition of Matthew Lefchik.Lefchik joins Node International as director, Cyber Risk Management...
Feb 11 2020 // A strong winter storm that has battered Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains and killed at least five people moved eastward Monday, causing severe travel disruptions across the continent.After striking Britain...
Feb 10 2020 // The chairman of the inquiry into a London apartment building fire that killed 72 people wrote Britain’s attorney general Thursday to ask for a pledge to prevent evidence provided by corporate witnesses from being...
Feb 10 2020 // Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions caused by a new coronavirus in China, with epidemics usually excluded from insurance cover, experts...
Feb 5 2020 // A senior official from Britain’s insurance sector on Wednesday laid out the case for selective divergence from EU rules to add to London’s appeal as a competitive global financial center.Britain left the...
Feb 4 2020 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Emma Carpenter as global super yacht leader. She will join Aon in London in early March and will drive the development of Aon’s super yacht insurance broking business...
Jan 31 2020 // At 10 a.m. inside Aux Merveilleux de Fred, a patisserie in the heart of London’s French quarter, the air is thick with the aroma of butter. Aicha Boubakri, 30, is arranging neat rows of pastel-colored cream pastries...
Jan 29 2020 // Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions caused by a new coronavirus in China, with epidemics usually excluded from insurance cover, experts...