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UK Insurers Face Looming Brexit Deadline to Move Contracts with EU Clients

Aug 30 2017 // Insurers in Britain face crunchtime within weeks if the government and the European Union do not allow millions of cross-border policies to continue to run undisturbed beyond Brexit.While Britain is not due to leave the...

Schwarzenegger to Raise Awareness of UK’s Payment Protection Insurance Scandal

Aug 29 2017 // The animatronic head of actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mounted on tank tracks urges consumers to “make a decision,” in a campaign launched on Tuesday to raise awareness of...

UK Economy Begins to Feel Brexit Pinch – or Perhaps Brexit Punch

Aug 25 2017 // Britain’s economy is beginning to feel the Brexit pinch, or perhaps given the strong performance of the rest of the world economy, it should be punch.After a prolonged period of relatively benign economic numbers...

UK Financial Services Sector Seeking ‘Ambitious’ Brexit Trade Agreement

Aug 24 2017 // The UK’s financial sector is seeking an “ambitious” trade pact between Britain and the European Union to try to prevent a costly shift of jobs and business to the continent once the country leaves the...

Europe’s Cities Resist Use of Security Infrastructure Despite Vehicle Terror Attacks

Aug 22 2017 // Europe has experienced around a dozen cases of drivers using a car or truck to plow into pedestrians like last week’s attack in Barcelona, but cities have not rushed to mitigate the risks by changing their...

UK-EU Post-Brexit Trade Deal ‘Desirable but Not Essential’: Report

Aug 18 2017 // A UK trade deal with the European Union after Brexit is desirable but not essential, the Institute of Economic Affairs said, in support of Prime Minister Theresa May’s repeated assertion that no deal is better than a...

Bayer-Backed Health Startup, Medopad, Seeks $30M in New Funding: Sources

Aug 17 2017 // Medopad Ltd., backed by pharmaceuticals giant Bayer AG, is looking to raise new funds, joining the clutch of fast growing U.K. startups that are mixing artificial intelligence and health care.A London-based mobile platform...

UK Seeks Interim Post-Brexit Transitional Deal with EU

Aug 15 2017 // Britain has said it wants an interim customs agreement with the European Union after Brexit to allow the freest possible trade of goods, but that it will also seek the right to negotiate other trade deals — a...

UK’s Dithering Over Transitional Brexit Deal Must Stop: Opinion

Aug 14 2017 // The Brexit deadline of March 2019 creeps ever closer, and exit talks are under way — but Britain’s government still doesn’t know what it wants. This failure to set a clear goal, much less devise a...

Global Insurance M&A in H1 Drops to Lowest Point in 2 Years: Clyde & Co.

Aug 10 2017 // The volume of completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry continued dropping during the first six months of 2017 to 170 deals, compared to 186 deals reported for the second half of 2016,...

Post-Brexit Implementation Period ‘Desirable’ for UK, EU Firms: Bank of England

Aug 9 2017 // The Bank of England said a transition period after the Britain leaves the European Union would give banks more time to make orderly changes as Brexit poses risks to financial stability.With the UK due to leave the bloc in...

UK Businesses Struggle to Hire ‘Brightest & Best’; Recruiters Blame Brexit Vote

Aug 8 2017 // A shortage of staff for British employers worsened in July, hurt by the departure of European Union workers after last year’s Brexit vote, a group representing recruitment agencies said on Tuesday.The Recruitment and...

Berkshire Hathaway Reports Losses on Re/Insurance Underwriting in Q2

Aug 7 2017 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway insurance and reinsurance businesses lost money or gained less in underwriting in the second quarter and first six months of 2017 compared to last year while his railroad,...

Brexit Transition Period Crucial to Protect London as Financial Center: UK Lawmaker

Aug 2 2017 // Transitional arrangements after leaving the European Union in 2019 will be crucial for protecting the economy and the City of London’s global role in finance, a senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday.Nicky Morgan,...

UK Lawmakers Eye Options for Insurers, Banks to Keep Post-Brexit Access to EU

Jul 24 2017 // British lawmakers launched an inquiry on Monday into how banks and insurers could maintain access to the European Union market after Britain leaves the bloc in 2019.The House of Lords financial affairs committee said it...

UK Faces ‘Substantial’ Risk of Failure of Brexit Talks, Moody’s Warns

Jul 19 2017 // The risk that the UK will tumble out of the European Union in two years without a Brexit deal is “substantial,” Moody’s Investors Service said.Such an outcome would affect everything from banks to buses...

Brexit Must Be Stopped to Prevent Severe Economic Harm to UK: Former PM Blair

Jul 17 2017 // There’s a chance Britain won’t leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday, arguing that stopping Brexit is “necessary” to avoid severe economic damage.In an article...

Brexit Deal Must Protect Insurance Sector’s Benefits to UK Economy: ABI

Jul 13 2017 // The insurance and long-term savings sector is one of the UK’s most productive industries, adding more than £40 billion (US$51.5 billion) a year to the economy and helping Britain thrive, according to a study...

New Insurance Products Could Cut Natural Disaster Costs in Poorer Nations: Report

Jul 12 2017 // New types of insurance could cut the costs of natural disasters for poorer countries and reduce the amount of humanitarian aid needed, according to a report commissioned by Britain’s international development...

Grenfell Tower Insurer, Protector Forsikring, Raises Claims Estimate to $65M

Jul 10 2017 // The insurer of London’s Grenfell Tower, where at least 80 people died in a devastating fire, raised its estimate for property and liability insurance claims to 50 million pounds ($65 million) on Friday [July...