All the headlines from our London Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2023 // A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut, and blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto.Arion Kurtaj,...
Aug 21 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial and Chubb.A summary of the new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Promotes Warren-Upham to Lead London Mkt DistributionAllianz...
Aug 16 2023 // Aviva posted an above-forecast rise in first-half operating profit on Wednesday, helped by strong performance in general and health insurance, and its chief executive said the insurer was interested in entering the...
Aug 8 2023 // Vale on Monday lost a bid to block fellow mining giant BHP Group’s bid to have it share potential liability in a 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.More...
Jul 13 2023 // Mining giants BHP Group and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday over who should accept legal and financial responsibility in a potential 36 billion pound ($47 billion) lawsuit stemming from Brazil’s worst...
Jul 11 2023 // Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies by 2030 to help the City of London remain a competitive global finance center after Brexit,...
Jul 10 2023 // Britain’s increasingly extreme weather is shaking the very foundations of its centuries-old history.The nation has been experiencing prolonged periods of drought after wet winters since last year. That’s...
Jul 6 2023 // British cybersecurity officials are investigating an alleged cyberattack on a group of hospitals in London that has led to the disclosure of confidential documents online.A gang of Russian-speaking cybercriminals known as...
Jul 5 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details executive changes and appointments at Inver Re, Tokio Marine Kiln and Chubb.A summary of these new hires follows here. Hearn to Step Down as Inver Re’s CEOInver Re,...
Jul 5 2023 // Electronic placing in the London market was a long time coming, with many obstacles to overcome – It took the pandemic to prove electronic placement is a benefit not a threat and, now it’s here to stay, we’re...
Jun 30 2023 // The Regents of the University of California sued Lloyd’s of London, arguing the company refused to reimburse the university system for the costs of data breaches covered in a cyber insurance policy.The dispute is...
Jun 30 2023 // Britain’s regulators must push ahead with applying their new post-Brexit remit to help keep the country’s financial sector globally competitive, industry officials said on Thursday.After Britain’s...
Jun 22 2023 // The London Metal Exchange failed to investigate a large nickel position held by China’s Tsingshan that sparked a chaotic surge in prices and billions of dollars of canceled trades, lawyers told a London court on...
Jun 21 2023 // The London Metal Exchange canceled $12 billion worth of trades when nickel prices went haywire in March 2022 to “save” China’s Tsingshan, lawyers for two financial firms suing the exchange told...
Jun 20 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Guy Carpenter.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Names AXA XL’s Prato as London...
Jun 19 2023 // The owners of London’s ExCel conference center on Friday won a court ruling against insurers, including Royal & Sun Alliance, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could affect hundreds of...
Jun 15 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Broking, Aon and Everest Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Hires 3 for Casualty Team in London, BermudaHowden, the international...
Jun 14 2023 // A London court has ordered a British-registered company to pay more than 800,000 pounds ($1 million) in damages to victims of the 2020 blast at Beirut’s port, a lawyers group in Lebanon said on Monday, in the first...
May 30 2023 // Verisk, a leading global data analytics and technology provider, has acquired Morning Data, a supplier of state-of-the-art software to brokers and managing general agents (MGAs) in London and across the globe.The...
May 25 2023 // A global climate alliance for insurers needs to make its membership rules less prescriptive or risk falling apart, the boss of Lloyd’s of London said after political pressure from some U.S. states prompted some...