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UK Financial Services Sector to Remain Largely Unscathed from Brexit: Barclays’ Chief

Jul 25 2018 // Britain’s banking industry will emerge largely unscathed from Brexit and retain its position as one of the world’s top two financial centers for the foreseeable future, Barclays’ Chairman John McFarlane...

Fewer Than 5,000 UK Financial Services Jobs Expected to Move by ‘Day One’ of Brexit

Jul 25 2018 // Fewer than 5,000 financial jobs might move out of Britain by “Day One” of Brexit and future relocations will depend on new trading terms with the European Union, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said...

UK Faces ‘Abject Future’ After Brexit, Warns Former Lloyd’s Chairman

Jul 24 2018 // The U.K. is facing a grim future after Brexit because of the failure of the its politicians to govern responsibly, the former chairman of insurance market Lloyd’s of London wrote in a letter to the Financial...

There Is ‘Real Risk of Brexit No-Deal by Accident,’ Warns UK Foreign Secretary

Jul 23 2018 // British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the U.K. will not “blink” in Brexit negotiations, as he warned the European Union it risks forcing the country to crash out of the bloc with no deal.On his first trip...

UK Insurance Entrepreneur Banks Denies New Allegation of Links with Russia

Jul 23 2018 // British businessman Arron Banks has denied an allegation made by a former business partner that he approached Russians about investing in his diamond mines, and that the money raised went instead to his campaign to leave...

UK Government Officials Identify Security Risks with Huawei’s Telecom Equipment

Jul 20 2018 // Technical and supply-chain issues with equipment made by Chinese firm Huawei have exposed Britain’s telecom networks to new security risks, a government report said on Thursday.The assessment, made in a report signed...

Markel Licensed to Form Insurer in Germany, Securing Post-Brexit EU Access

Jul 20 2018 // Markel Corp. announced it has been granted a license by the German federal financial supervisory authority, BaFin, to establish an insurance company in Germany.Following Brexit, the United Kingdom’s exit from the...

UK Insurers, Banks ‘Must Plan for Hard Brexit’ if Transition Deal Fails: Regulator

Jul 19 2018 // Britain’s banks and insurers must plan for a “hard” Brexit in case a transition period is not in place next March, a senior British regulator said on Thursday in a warning echoed by Brussels.“With...

MGAs Working with Insurtech Firms to Bolster Customer Centricity: Survey

Jul 18 2018 // Managing general agents (MGAs) are increasingly interested in working with insurtech firms to enable their businesses to become more customer-centric, according to a new survey of UK MGAs.More than 42 percent of survey...

UK PM’s Brexit Plans Threatened by Euroskeptics; Others Support 2nd Referendum

Jul 16 2018 // Theresa May’s long-running battle with her divided Conservative Party took a potentially more dangerous turn, as one of her former ministers began assembling lawmakers to vote against her Brexit plans.Euroskeptic...

Trump Apologizes to UK Prime Minister for ‘Fake News’ Criticisms of Brexit Plan

Jul 14 2018 // President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Theresa May and contradicting his own withering assessment...

Trump Criticizes UK Prime Minister’s Brexit Plan, Saying He Would Have Done It Better

Jul 13 2018 // U.S. President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if London went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union, in damaging remarks...

UK Banks, Insurers Support Global Standards for Regulation After Brexit: Watchdog

Jul 13 2018 // Britain’s banks and insurers want to stick to global standards on financial regulation after Brexit and are not calling for a “race to the bottom” to win business from European rivals, the head of...

Financial Services Industry Slams Latest UK Proposal for Post-Brexit EU Trade Ties

Jul 13 2018 // Britain’s financial industry slammed U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest proposal for Brexit, with some calling it the worst outcome possible.In some of their most forthright comments since the referendum...

EU Dismisses UK Concerns About Post-Brexit Continuity of Insurance Contracts

Jul 12 2018 // The Bank of England’s warning that Brexit threatens trillions of pounds of financial contracts is falling on deaf ears in Brussels.Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Union’s head of financial-services policy,...

Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in UK over Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Violations

Jul 11 2018 // Facebook Inc. could be fined a symbolic 500,000 pounds ($664,000) by the U.K.’s privacy regulator after the social network giant failed to prevent key user data falling into the hands of a political consultancy that...

UK’s Top Brexit Officials Resign, Creating New Uncertainties for Business

Jul 9 2018 // Just as Prime Minister Theresa May softened her plan for leaving the European Union — a move that companies welcomed — the resignation of the U.K.’s top Brexit officials and foreign secretary creates new...

Brexit Begins to Hit UK Financial Services as EU Counterparts See Big Gains: Study

Jul 9 2018 // Britain’s financial-services industry is suffering a drop in foreign investment while some of its European counterparts enjoy big gains, according to a new study that shows the starkest indication yet of...

Luxembourg Runs Low on Large Offices for Insurers, Banks Seeking Post-Brexit HQs

Jul 2 2018 // Luxembourg is so tiny that map-makers have been known to give up and pretend it’s not there.So as the minuscule financial hub continues to draw London firms opening up a post-Brexit presence in the European Union,...

EU Needs to Prevent Brexit Threat to Derivative Contracts: BOE’s Carney

Jun 27 2018 // Mark Carney warned that time is running out to remove the threat that Brexit poses to trillions of pounds of derivative contracts, stepping up pressure on the European Union to act.Unless the EU follows the U.K. government...