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Lloyd’s Begins Operating in India with MS Amlin as 1st Underwriter
Apr 5 2017 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced it has begun to operate in India with MS Amlin as the first Lloyd’s business to join the branch and begin underwriting. Lloyd’s India...
RMC Group Names Mitchell as President of U.K. Operation
Apr 5 2017 // RMC Group, a Naples, Fla.-based consortium of leading insurance and actuarial consulting firms, announced that Ryan S. Mitchell has been named president of its U.K.-based operation. Working out of RMC’s London...
City of London Will Survive Brexit – Even if Many Jobs Move to Continent: Official
Apr 3 2017 // The City of London should emerge largely unscathed from Brexit even though thousands of banking and insurance jobs could move to the continent, the financial district’s policy chief said. The “City” or...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
Brussels Hopes to Lure Other Finance Firms After Its Success with Lloyd’s
Mar 30 2017 // Brussels expects to lure other financial players after convincing Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest specialty insurance market, to make the city its post-Brexit European hub. While Lloyd’s choice on...
Lloyd’s to Open EU Insurer in Brussels in Preparation for Brexit
Mar 30 2017 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced it will set up a European insurance company in Brussels in preparation for the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Brussels’...
UK at Risk of Exiting EU on ‘WTO Terms,’ Thereby Opening Legal Minefield
Mar 29 2017 // Failure to strike a trade deal with the European Union by a two-year deadline would force Britain to adopt World Trade Organization arrangements, bringing with it a host of new negotiations and complications. In a...
Update: UK Begins 2 Years of Complex Talks to Exit European Union
Mar 29 2017 // Prime Minister Theresa May set the U.K. on course for leaving the European Union in two years’ time, a divorce that will redefine the country’s relationship with its largest trading partner and end decades of...
Lloyd’s Shortlists Brussels or Luxembourg as EU HQ: Sources
Mar 28 2017 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest specialty insurance market, will this week pick Brussels or Luxembourg for its planned European Union subsidiary, after Dublin had been an early favorite, sources...
London Keeps Mantle as #1 Finance Center Despite Brexit Uncertainties: Survey
Mar 27 2017 // London has retained the mantle as the world’s top financial center, though uncertainty about the implications of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union saw its lead over Asian rivals narrow, according to a...
UK Finance Firms ‘Not Crying Wolf’ in Concerns About Loss of EU Passports
Mar 24 2017 // One afternoon in mid-January, Prime Minister Theresa May walked into a meeting room in the Swiss resort of Davos to face Wall Street’s most powerful bankers. May had delivered her vision two days earlier for pulling...
Rival EU Cities Compete to Attract UK Firms Seeking Post-Brexit HQs
Mar 15 2017 // Ireland has complained to the European Commission that it is being undercut by rival centers competing to host financial firms looking for a European Union base outside London after Brexit. Last week, U.S. insurer AIG...
UK Prime Minister Gets Go-Ahead to Launch Divorce Talks with EU
Mar 14 2017 // Prime Minister Theresa May has won the right to launch divorce proceedings with the European Union and begin two years of talks that will shape the future of Britain and Europe. May, who was appointed prime minister...
Luxembourg Successfully Woos UK Finance Firms Seeking Post-Brexit HQs
Mar 10 2017 // Luxembourg is becoming a serious contender among nations bidding for business to come their way after the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, as insurers, asset managers and financial-technology companies are...
London Insurance Market Provides Brexit Negotiations’ Wish-List
Mar 10 2017 // A Brexit trade deal needs to benefit both the UK and the EU – while protecting clients’ access to the London insurance market, according to the London Market Group (LMG), an association representing London’s...
UK Government Plans to Trigger Brexit Negotiations in Late March: Sources
Mar 9 2017 // Prime Minister Theresa May’s team increasingly expect the U.K. to trigger the start of Brexit talks in late March, according to two British officials and a European Union diplomat. While the end of next week remains...
AIG Plans to Launch Luxembourg-Based Insurer in 2019 in Preparation for Brexit
Mar 8 2017 // American International Group Inc. plans to locate an insurance company in Luxembourg to ensure continued smooth operation of its business across the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland once the United Kingdom...
UK Prime Minister May Steps Up Battle Against Brexit Rebels
Mar 8 2017 // U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting back against Brexit rebels in her ruling Conservative Party as she steps up her battle to start the formal process of pulling Britain out of the European Union. The premier fired...
Brexit Without Trade Deal Could Have Dire Economic Consequences: CBI
Mar 7 2017 // If the UK leaves the European Union without being able to complete a Brexit trade deal, it could be forced into World Trade Organization tariffs – an option that is under serious consideration by the UK...
UK Auto Insurers Face Disruption from Mobile Phone & Tech Companies
Mar 3 2017 // Auto insurance may be on the brink of an incursion from mobile-phone and technology companies. Telefonica SA’s O2 unit — one of the first mobile operators in Britain to offer car insurance — expanded its...
