Major Reinsurers Look to Exclude Coal from Treaty Policies, as Climate Pressure Grows June 17, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global...
Britain Targets Big 4 Auditors, Company Directors With Reform Proposals March 18, 2021 By Huw Jones Britain proposed weakening the market grip of “Big Four” auditors on Thursday and making company directors responsible for spotting fraud...
UK Company Directors Could Become Personally Liable for Financial Statements February 8, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON – Company directors would become personally liable for the accuracy of their financial statements under landmark proposals from Britain’s...
UK Watchdog Urges Big 4 Accounting Firms to Challenge Clients as Audit Quality Slides July 15, 2020 By Hugo Miller and Michael Kapoor The dominant accounting firms must do a better job of challenging their clients in order to reach a satisfactory level...
UK Accounting Watchdog Asks Big Four to Ring-Fence Audit Practices July 6, 2020 By Aoife White The UK dominant accounting firms must separate their audit units from other businesses by June 2024 as the country’s accounting...
From Enron to Wirecard – Big 4 Accounting Firms Still Face Systemic Problems July 2, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Hugo Miller Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four...
Insurers Face Big Investment Losses, Trade Credit Claims from Coronavirus Crisis March 12, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn Having initially brushed off the potential impact from coronavirus-linked claims, global insurers are waking up to the prospect of a...
Big 4 Accounting Firms Should Separate Auditing, Consulting Work: UK Lawmakers April 2, 2019 By Thomas Beardsworth and Jonathan Browning The “Big Four” accounting firms should be forced to legally separate their “cash cow” consulting work from their auditing businesses,...
What Insurers Want and Get from Insurtech Partnerships November 29, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Remember the scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very...
UK Financial Services Regulations Unlikely to Be Relaxed After Brexit: KPMG October 3, 2018 By Huw Jones KPMG expects Britain to ignore calls to loosen banking rules after Brexit and said in a report on Wednesday it...