All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2009 // Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a preliminary inquiry into suspected irregularities at a British subsidiary of American International Group Inc., the SFO said on Thursday.The SFO said its probe into...
Jan 20 2009 // The UK launched a second bank rescue plan on Monday. One of the recipients, Royal Bank of Scotland, said it lost over £20 billion ($29.3 billion) last year and Japan said bad loans worldwide had further to climb. The...
Dec 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy-based insurer HDI Assicurazioni SpA (HDI/Italia or HDI/I) on...
Dec 8 2008 // Britain and Ireland warned consumers Sunday not to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed they may be contaminated with toxic dioxins.The Irish government has ordered a recall of all domestic pork products from...
Nov 25 2008 // AIR Worldwide Corporation has released the AIR Inland Flood Model for Great Britain. “The new probabilistic model will help companies better manage on-and-off flood plain risk for properties in England, Wales, and...
Nov 11 2008 // Fear of conflict, instability, crime and increasing state intervention arising from the financial crisis might sound like good news for political risk consultancies that have sprung up in recent years — but in...
Nov 2 2008 // They aren’t the Apple kind of iPod’s; they’re 18 to 34 year old Brits, who are “Insecure, Pressurized, Over-taxed and Debt-ridden” — i.e. “IPODs,’ according to a report from...
Oct 21 2008 // According to a recent report from the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), “a heavily-regulated and outdated financial establishment has left young adults most at risk in any recession. The CII study,...
Oct 20 2008 // No-one expects a fallen Master of the Universe to say sorry. But academics say an apology — for all the litigation risk it entails — can be the basis of revitalised confidence and trust.With global markets...
Oct 15 2008 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo and Hector Sants, chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority – the United Kingdom’s insurance regulator – have signed a...
Oct 7 2008 // European governments struggled on Monday to shelter banks and bank depositors from a global financial crisis that is eroding confidence, endangering the economy and challenging their ability to respond as one.Germany...
Sep 30 2008 // Underwriting margins in the United Kingdom remain under pressure in 2008, despite positive rate movement in some sectors, according to a report by A.M. Best, which also suggested that the economic downturn could ultimately...
Sep 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued an analysis of the U.K. motor insurance industry’s reported results, which concludes that “healthy reported numbers continue to hide high releases from...
Sep 1 2008 // Any institution — and there aren’t many — that survives and thrives for 320 years must find ways to adapt to changing conditions. Lloyd’s of London’s transformation offers some insights as to how such...
Aug 8 2008 // UK Flood Model Risk Management Solutions has released a major new upgrade to its U.K. Inland Flood Model. “The upgraded model will enable all segments of the insurance industry to drill down to a finer level of...
Apr 23 2008 // Royal Bank of Scotland’s insurance arm offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for buyers to scoop up a key share of the UK market just as it begins to show signs of recovery, and suitors are already eyeing the...
Apr 10 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ latest review of the U.K. insurance market – “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: U.K. Economic Risk Increases But Unlikely To Put Pressure On Non-Life...
Mar 28 2008 // Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday called for a rethinking of the U.S. financial regulatory system, perhaps moving toward a single regulator, following the collapse this month of Bear Stearns Cos.In an opinion...
Mar 26 2008 // French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to boost cooperation on the economy and immigration on Wednesday as Sarkozy began a visit aimed at improving awkward ties.Sarkozy, speaking of...
Mar 24 2008 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007 concludes that they killed over 20,000 people and cost the insurance industry $70 billion, $28 billion related to property claims....