Harassment of Women in Financial Services Eclipses Other Industries: Aviva CEO Blanc December 14, 2023 By Kirstin Ridley Amanda Blanc, the CEO of insurer Aviva, told British lawmakers on Wednesday that physical and verbal harassment of women in...
Barclays Wins UK Supreme Court Appeal Over Push Payment Fraud July 13, 2023 By Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley Barclays on Wednesday won a UK Supreme Court appeal that turned on the extent of banks’ duties to protect customers...
ClientEarth Challenges UK Court Dismissal of Shell Climate Lawsuit May 19, 2023 By Kirstin Ridley ClientEarth, an environmental law charity turned activist Shell investor, said on Friday it was challenging a London court decision to...
Swiss Re Faces $6.3M Claim Over Sex Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal March 30, 2023 By Kirstin Ridley A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking...
Group of Institutional Investors Back Lawsuit Against Shell’s Board Over Climate Risk February 9, 2023 By Kirstin Ridley A group of European institutional investors is backing a novel London lawsuit against energy giant Shell’s board over alleged climate...
Dubai Aerospace Sues 11 Insurers, Including Lloyd’s, AIG, Chubb, for Jets Stuck in Russia October 28, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Aircraft leasing firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has filed a London lawsuit against 11 insurers, including Lloyd’s of London, AIG,...
Ex-Barclays Banker Hikes Claim for Damages Over Sexism, Working Hours to $4.6M October 26, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley A former Barclays banker has raised a claim for damages against the bank over sexism and a failure to adjust...
Insurers Win Key Parts of Stonegate COVID-19 Business Interruption Case: MS Amlin October 17, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after Monday’s...
Dutch Airline KLM Sued by Environmental Groups Over Alleged ‘Greenwashing’ Ads July 7, 2022 By Anthony Deutsch, Kirstin Ridley and Simon Jessop Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France-KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law...
UK Pubs Group Sues Zurich, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin for $1.2B Over COVID BI Losses June 13, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over...