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No-Deal Brexit Could Hobble UK’s Recovery from Coronavirus Pandemic

Jun 3 2020 // The threat of a no-deal Brexit is back — and with it the risk that the UK economy’s shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be hobbled.As British and European Union negotiators head into the last...

When UK Insurers, Banks Emerge from Lockdown, Their Employees Face New Normal

May 21 2020 // Limits on elevators, thermal imaging and temperature checks will greet a first wave of traders and bankers in Britain preparing to return to offices under new norms to tackle the coronavirus.Britain’s financial...

UK’s Aviva Expects COVID-19-Related Claims of Nearly $200 Million

May 21 2020 // British insurer Aviva expects 160 million pounds ($195 million) in claims related to the coronavirus pandemic and weaker second quarter sales, it said on Thursday, as government lockdowns aimed at containing the virus hit...

Brexit Talks Become Acrimonious as UK Slams EU’s ‘Unworthy’ Trade Offer

May 20 2020 // Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator accused the European Union of offering the UK only a “low-quality” trade deal as talks between the two sides descended into acrimony.In a dramatic intervention in...

Coronavirus Blocks Farm Laborers from Working in UK – in Possible Foretaste of Brexit

May 18 2020 // Britain’s fruit and vegetable farmers have long dreaded their country’s exit from the European Union, worrying that it would keep out the tens of thousands of Eastern European workers who come every year to...

Willis Paints COVID-19 Insurance Loss Big Picture: It’s a Wash or Historic Catastrophe

May 7 2020 // If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole may be pretty much a wash.It not, the industry may be on the verge of an historic catastrophe. A...

Forced Payouts of Pandemic Claims Risk Insurers’ Financial Stability: Regulators

May 7 2020 // Forcing retroactive payouts to cover business disruption losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic could ultimately put financial stability at risk, global insurance regulators said.Disputes over cover for businesses...

Two Law Firms Seek British Businesses to Join Biz Interruption Lawsuit Against Allianz

May 6 2020 // Two law firms said on Tuesday they were gathering companies in Britain for a potential group lawsuit against German insurer Allianz for rejecting business interruption claims during the coronavirus pandemic.Edwin Coe and...

Brexit Trade Talks Back on Agenda After COVID-19 Hiatus, Facing Tight Timetable

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...

Conspiracy Theorists Set Fire to Europe’s 5G Network Towers, Claiming Link to COVID-19

Apr 22 2020 // The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the...

UK Insurers, Banks Are Weathering Effects on Capital of COVID-19 Crisis: BoE’s Woods

Apr 16 2020 // Britain’s banks have enough funds to keep lending to the economy even under the deep recession scenario outlined by a government watchdog, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Wednesday.The BoE has...

Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Science of Risk That Shapes Our Lives

Mar 31 2020 // Hours after the results of a risk model reached the public, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump asked nearly 400 million people to upend their lives.A group of epidemiologists at Imperial...

Coronavirus Strikes Post-Brexit Trade Talks with Top Negotiators in Isolation

Mar 20 2020 // The coronavirus has struck at the heart of the post-Brexit trade talks between Britain and the European Union, with both sides’ top negotiators now in isolation.David Frost, the UK’s chief negotiator, is...

Not All Workers Have Same Options for Avoiding Virus

Mar 13 2020 // A barber in Beijing is supporting his wife and child by charging food and other expenses to a credit card while he waits for his employer’s shop to reopen. A waiter at a barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri,...

UK to Spend £2.5B on Road Repairs; Potholes Cause 90% of Auto Insurance Claims

Mar 11 2020 // Britain will spend an extra 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) repairing 50 million potholes in roads over the next five years, the government said ahead of new finance minister Rishi Sunak’s first budget on...

FACTBOX: Latest News on Coronavirus’ Health, Economic Impact

Mar 9 2020 // The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110,000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage.* More than 110,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across...

Smart Cameras, Baby Monitors at Risk from Hackers: UK Cyber Security Agency

Mar 6 2020 // Baby monitors and wireless cameras risk being hacked by cyber criminals unless people take security measures to protect themselves, British security experts warned on Tuesday [March 3].Internet-connected cameras used in...

UK Financial Services Could Fare Less Well in U.S. Trade Deal than Energy, Cars

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...

UK Threatens to Walk Away from EU Trade Talks if Quick Progress Isn’t Made

Feb 28 2020 // Britain published its opening demands for trade talks with the European Union on Thursday, delivering a blunt threat to walk away from the table if there is no progress within four months.The two sides appear headed for a...

UK Financial Services Sector Could Take a Back Seat to Fishing in EU Trade Talks

Feb 27 2020 // Britain will likely secure only temporary access to the European Union financial market under a broader trade deal in which finance may take a back seat to sectors such as fishing, financial industry officials said on...