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...
High-Rise Building Catches Fire in United Arab Emirates May 7, 2020 A high-rise tower caught fire Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates and authorities said it wasn’t immediately clear what caused...
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...
Door From London’s Deadly Grenfell Tower Fails Fire Safety Test March 16, 2018 Police say a door from a London high-rise that went up in flames, killing 71 people, has failed an expert...
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...
London Police Eye Criminal Charges Related to Grenfell Tower Disaster December 14, 2017 London police are considering a variety of criminal charges related to the June fire at Grenfell Tower that killed 71...
Insurers Weigh Premium Hikes for UK’s Tall Buildings After Grenfell Tower Fire October 23, 2017 By Carolyn Cohn Insurers are considering raising premiums for tall buildings in Britain with flammable cladding panels and no sprinklers or even excluding...
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...
AIG Discloses It Could Face Claims from London’s Grenfell Tower Fire August 4, 2017 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Natasha Rausch American International Group Inc., the provider of commercial insurance, told regulators it could face claims costs from the Grenfell Tower...