Ghosts of Grenfell Disaster: No Penalties for UK Firms That Used Flammable Cladding January 6, 2025 By Tom Bergin When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped...
Credit Suisse’s Greensill Insurance Mystery Involves Tokio Marine, Marsh April 1, 2021 By Tom Bergin Credit Suisse told investors the debt in its $7.3 billion finance fund was low risk because it was insured but...
Greensill Capital’s Funding Crisis Could Lead to Losses for Insurers, Banks: Analysis March 4, 2021 By Tom Bergin LONDON – A funding crisis at Greensill Capital could spill over to some of its high-risk borrowers and lead to...
How Carmakers Raise Prices for Spare Parts Based on ‘Perceived Value’: Reuters June 3, 2018 By Tom Bergin and Laurence Frost Carmakers including Renault, Jaguar Land Rover and Peugeot have boosted revenues by over $1 billion in the past decade by...
UK Panel Review of Grenfell Tower Tragedy Calls for ‘Cultural Change’ Around Safety December 18, 2017 By Tom Bergin An interim review into UK building regulations commissioned after the Grenfell Tower social housing block fire in London which killed...
Same Builders Win Deals to Replace Unsafe Grenfell Tower Type Cladding December 18, 2017 By Tom Bergin Some building companies that installed dangerous cladding on social housing blocks across Britain are now winning new contracts following the...
Compensation for London’s Grenfell Fire Victims May Be Capped at $5M: Reuters October 18, 2017 By Tom Bergin The bill for compensating families of those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in London may be as low...
Europe’s Cities Resist Use of Security Infrastructure Despite Vehicle Terror Attacks August 22, 2017 By Tom Bergin Europe has experienced around a dozen cases of drivers using a car or truck to plow into pedestrians like last...
SWIFT Official Warns Banks of Escalating, More Sophisticated Cyber Threats December 13, 2016 By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February’s heist of $81 million from...
Tesco Reveals $3M Was Stolen from 9,000 Customers in Recent Cyber Bank Theft November 9, 2016 By Lawrence White and Tom Bergin Retailer Tesco Plc’s banking arm said on Tuesday that 2.5 million pounds ($3 million) had been stolen from 9,000 customers...