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People Moves: FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in EMEA; Beazley Names Hiscox’s Wilson Head of Open Mkt, London; Rokstone Taps Pickard as D&F Property U/W
Oct 22 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurers: FM Global, Beazley and Rokstone. A summary of these new hires follows here. FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in Senior EMEA...
Beazley’s Cyber Defense Specialist, Lodestone Security, Opens London Office
Oct 19 2021 // Lodestone Security, a Beazley subsidiary and leader in cyber defense and incident response in the U.S., is expanding its global reach by opening an office in London. Adam Harrison joins the group as managing director of...
People Moves: D&O MGA Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill Sr U/W; AXIS Financial Institutions Hires 3 for London Team; Aon Re’s Russell Is Casualty Treaty U/W at Atrium
Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/W Tegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter....
Lloyd’s and London’s Finance District Confront a Past Steeped in Slavery
Oct 6 2021 // LONDON — British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of those vessels, the people chained below deck sometimes categorized as...
Workers in London’s Financial Services Industry Are Returning to Their Desks in Droves
Sep 20 2021 // On the lower floors of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Canary Wharf headquarters, the desks are filling up. Traders, salespeople and close support staff not currently in the office have been told they are expected to be at their...
Jensten Group Completes Acquisition of London-Based Tasker Insurance Group
Sep 16 2021 // The Jensten Group has completed its acquisition of London-based Tasker Insurance Group, after receiving regulatory approval. The deal includes Tasker Insurance Brokers, Tasker & Partners and Gresham...
London Financial Employees Return to Offices Despite Rising Virus Cases
Sep 14 2021 // LONDON — There’s no free lunch in finance – except when banks are wooing workers back to the office. London’s financial sector, keen to return to a semblance of normality after the worst of the...
Insurers, Banks See London Remaining a Leading Financial Center
Sep 13 2021 // London will remain a leading global financial center despite uncertainty over regulation due to Brexit, Lloyds Bank’s annual sentiment survey of financial firms showed on Monday. Britain fully left the European...
Analysis: A Divided London? City Tackles Brexit With Twin-Track Finance Revamp
Sep 3 2021 // High in the skyscrapers that have taken root in its warren of medieval streets, City of London grandees are plotting a post-Brexit regulatory revamp to rival New York. The City, as London’s traditional financial...
Milan’s 20-Story Building Blaze Recalls London’s Grenfell Tower Cladding Questions
Sep 1 2021 // Italian firefighters tackled hot spots Monday in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire but said there were no indications that anyone was missing inside, as questions arose about the cladding...
Climate Activists Plan 2 Weeks of Protest in City of London
Aug 20 2021 // Environmental activists who caused days of traffic chaos in London two years ago said on Wednesday [Aug. 18] they would start a fortnight of action next week focused on the capital’s financial district, which they...
London Is Struggling to Lure Back Workers, Says CEO of Legal & General
Aug 5 2021 // The head of one of the UK’s largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far more than the country’s other office districts in luring workers back to their desks. Since lockdown...
Claims Adjuster Global Risk Solutions Appoints 4 to Complex Claims Unit in London
Jul 28 2021 // Global Risk Solutions Group Inc., the Miami-based P/C claims adjuster, has enhanced its Complex Claims Solutions (CCS) business unit with the addition of four claims professionals in London. These appointments are detailed...
London Court of Appeal Agrees to Reopen $7B Brazil Dam-Collapse Lawsuit Against BHP
Jul 28 2021 // London’s Court of Appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, reviving a case over a dam rupture behind Brazil’s...
London Staff Want Big Pay Raises Before Returning to Their Desks Full-Time: Survey
Jul 23 2021 // London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return to their desks full-time after the pandemic, according to a survey. With COVID-19 restrictions leaving...
Zego, Supported by Swiss Re, Teams Up with bp to Insure Electric Vehicles in London
Jul 19 2021 // Commercial motor insurer Zego, with support from Swiss Re, has teamed up with bp, an integrated energy company, to provide professional insurance for bp’s electric vehicle trial in London, called “bp EV...
Update: Britain Unveils Blueprint to ‘Sharpen’ London’s Post-Brexit Competitive Edge
Jul 1 2021 // Britain’s finance minister pledged on Thursday to “sharpen” the competitive advantage of the UK financial services sector as he set out his vision for its future after the City of London lost business to...
Central London Could Lose as Many as 835,000 Jobs to Remote Working: Report
Jun 29 2021 // Central London could lose as many as 835,000 jobs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with employees in service industries increasingly able to work remotely and flexibly, according to research by a consulting...
Climate Change Protesters Set Off Stink Bomb at Lloyd’s of London in Ongoing Activism
Jun 2 2021 // Climate change protesters continued their focus on Lloyd’s as a major insurer of the fossil fuel industry by setting off a stink bomb in front of the market’s London headquarters. The activist group, Insurance...
Lloyd’s, London Insurers Form Joint Venture with DXC to Transform Digital Processing
May 27 2021 // Lloyd’s and insurers in the London company market have formed a joint venture with DXC Technology, aiming to transform digital capabilities and reduce processing costs for the London insurance markets. The joint...
