UK Regulator to Review ‘Crippling’ Post-Grenfell Property Insurance Costs January 28, 2022 Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” onto residents of apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster, the U.K....
UK Orders Housebuilders to Pay $5B to Help Remove Dangerous, Flammable Cladding January 10, 2022 Britain has ordered housebuilders to pay around $5.4 billion to help remove dangerous cladding from buildings following a deadly 2017...
UK Insurers Cautiously Willing to Underwrite Fire Safety Risks for High-Rise Recladding Projects: Survey September 20, 2021 Insurers have revealed a cautious willingness to underwrite fire safety risks on new projects to remove defective cladding from high...
UK Government’s Safety Plan for High-Rise Buildings Could Push Away Investors: Aviva July 14, 2021 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu Aviva Plc, the UK insurer and asset manager, warned the government that new safety proposals for high-rise apartment blocks could...
Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry Chief Seeks Immunity for Corporate Witnesses February 10, 2020 By Danica Kirka The chairman of the inquiry into a London apartment building fire that killed 72 people wrote Britain’s attorney general Thursday...
Firms Involved in Building Work on London’s Grenfell Tower Take No Blame for 2017 Fire January 29, 2020 Firms involved in building work on London tower bloc that caught fire have sidestepped any responsibility for the 2017 tragedy...
Inquiry into Grenfell Tower Inferno Criticizes Fire Brigade for Higher Fatalities October 31, 2019 By Gregory Katz British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday vowed to speed up efforts to make sure the dangerous cladding used in the...
Norway Insurer Protector Expects Q2 Loss After Grenfell Fire Ruling with Munich Re July 10, 2019 Shares in Protector Forsikring fell 12% on Wednesday after the Norwegian insurer warned about a second-quarter loss, partly because it...
Lawsuit Filed for ‘Defective’ Products Linked to London’s Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster June 13, 2019 By L.S. Howard Three U.S. companies have been slapped with a wrongful death and products liability lawsuit for manufacturing products linked to London’s...
London’s Grenfell Tower Fire Report Says ‘Stay Put’ Policy Failed Residents June 7, 2018 By Jill Lawless Residents of London’s Grenfell Tower were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the high-rise building...