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U.K. Police Drop Probe Into Pro-Brexit Group Leave.EU, Co-Founded by Insurance Exec
Sep 13 2019 // U.K. police dropped an investigation into whether Brexit supporting campaign Leave.EU breached electoral law, saying there was insufficient evidence to justify any further criminal probe. While Leave.EU made some...
U.K. Telematics Insurer Finds Motorists 32% More Likely to Crash on Friday the 13th
Sep 13 2019 // Analysis of almost five billion miles of driving data and associated claims in the U.K. shows that Friday is the most likely day for motorists to have a road traffic incident, and when it falls on the 13th of the month,...
U.K. Prime Minister Warned that Parliament ‘Forcefully’ Will Try to Stop No-Deal Brexit
Sep 13 2019 // Boris Johnson’s Brexit troubles deepened as the Speaker of the House of Commons warned him Parliament will “forcefully” try to stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal. The premier...
U.K. Insurer RSA Merges Commercial Risk Solutions, Global Risk Solutions Businesses
Sep 12 2019 // RSA UK & International has merged its Commercial Risk Solutions (CRS) and Global Risk Solutions (GRS) businesses to create a single business unit focused on commercial lines. This move follows another restructuring in...
UK Government Will Not Delay Brexit, Says PM Johnson
Sep 10 2019 // Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can...
UK Banks’ Payment Protection Insurance Scandal Is Getting Costlier
Sep 4 2019 // Two major U.K. lenders warned that a last-minute rush by compensation-seeking customers will make the most expensive scandal in British banking even costlier. Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said Wednesday it plans to set...
UK PM’s Brexit Plan Suffers Humiliating Defeat as Election Fight Looms
Sep 4 2019 // U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson began moves to trigger a snap general election after suffering a humiliating defeat for his Brexit strategy that left his ruling party in tatters. A fresh poll to choose a new government...
UK Finance Minister Tells Executives Finance Sector Is His Priority as Brexit Nears
Sep 3 2019 // British finance minister Sajid Javid told representatives of the country’s financial services industry on Monday that the sector was a top priority for him as the country prepares to leave the European Union, a...
Brexit Is Moving £61 Billion in London Insurance Business to Rival Financial Centers
Sep 3 2019 // London’s outsized role in the global insurance industry is being whittled down by Brexit. As much as 61 billion pounds ($75 billion) of business is shifting to rival financial centers in the European Union as a...
European Insurers Are Having a Rough Time This August – Here’s Why…
Aug 29 2019 // European insurers are having a rough time. Already carrying the burden of low yields eroding their investment income, disappointing earnings as well as some companies’ exposure to Asia are making things even...
U.K. Prime Minister Rolls the Dice on City of London’s Future: Opinion
Aug 29 2019 // Not long after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the City of London’s chiefs grudgingly began hammering out plans for the worst: that Britain might eventually abandon the EU’s single market. Now the...
U.K. Prime Minister Johnson Forces Brexit Showdown
Aug 29 2019 // British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament and come good on his promise to avoid any more delays to Brexit has set the clock running for his opponents to thwart him. The question is whether...
U.K. Government Optimistic that Brexit Talks Can Begin Again
Aug 27 2019 // The U.K. government sees an opportunity to restart Brexit negotiations with the European Union after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s meetings last week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President...
Prospect of Brexit Deal Is ‘Touch and Go,’ Acknowledges PM Johnson
Aug 26 2019 // U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was “touch and go,” as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the withdrawal...
Key Irish Businesses Said Unprepared for Brexit, Face Supply Chain Risk
Aug 22 2019 // Some of the Irish businesses most exposed to the risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union in 10 weeks are not very well prepared, Ireland’s government warned on Thursday. The Irish economy is considered the...
Deadlock Continues as EU Rebuffs Johnson Bid to Reopen Brexit Deal
Aug 21 2019 // The European Union poured cold water on Boris Johnson’s attempt to renegotiate the Brexit deal, saying the so-called backstop to prevent a hard Irish border — which the British prime minister wants scrapped...
Parade of Probes Underway to Pin Blame for Britain’s Blackout
Aug 20 2019 // The lightning strike that triggered Britain’s biggest blackout in more than a decade has also spawned a flurry of investigations by groups ranging from the government to railway operators. National Grid Plc’s...
U.K.’s RSA Group Makes Market Move Despite Its Safety from No-Deal Brexit
Aug 20 2019 // RSA Insurance Group Plc is issuing sterling debt well ahead of an October 31 Brexit deadline, even though the U.K. insurer will likely fare better in a disorderly exit than many of its less-diversified peers. The company...
Leaked Document Warned of Fuel, Food, Medicine Shortages If No-Deal Brexit
Aug 19 2019 // Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, according to leaked official documents reported by the Sunday Times whose interpretation was immediately...
British PM Johnson Targeted by Opposition Campaigns to Block No-Deal Brexit
Aug 15 2019 // Opposition parties launched rival campaigns to topple Prime Minister Boris Johnson and stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal, illustrating fractures in the anti-Brexit movement that make neither...
