All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2008 // According to a recent report from the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), “a heavily-regulated and outdated financial establishment has left young adults most at risk in any recession.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....
Mar 14 2008 // Rich nations must come up with billions in new money to help poor countries fight global warming and not just repackage development aid to score diplomatic points, environmentalists at a meeting of top polluters said on...
Mar 11 2008 // Santa Ana, Calif.- based ensurApet, Inc. has issued a bulletin, which notes that “health insurance for pets in the United Kingdom is growing at a record rate.” CEO, Russell Smith stated: “According to...
Nov 30 2007 // Three British bankers who were set to go to trial in Houston, Texas, for their roles in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow changed their pleas to guilty.David Bermingham, Giles...
Nov 28 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Catlin Underwriting (CU) (formerly Wellington Underwriting Plc prior to its acquisition by Catlin Group Limited). Best also affirmed the...
Nov 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published “How Middle East Non-Life Insurers Are Developing From A Rating Perspective: A Comparison With The U.K..” S&P initially stated: “Middle...
Oct 15 2007 // It may be too early to say that conflict has become passé, but U.S. businesses report a distinct drop in the number of lawsuits filed against them in the past year, according to the latest Litigation Trends Survey...
Oct 15 2007 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has released an impact study of the potential losses from a windstorm of the force and velocity of the one that hit Southern England and Northern France in 1987, if it occurred today.The...