Top officials from Britain’s financial sector said on Tuesday they would set out a blueprint later this year to “kickstart” London’s role as a post-Brexit global financial center by 2030. The City of London, home to Britain’s historic financial district, …
New guidelines have been agreed by marine insurers in the London Market to help improve collaboration in the handling of shipping casualties. A protocol document seeks to promote more effective communication between different parties involved in responding to resulting insurance …
Britain will seek to reset relations between the City of London and the European Union on Thursday, saying it will stick to high standards in finance and not do anything to undermine financial stability in the bloc in the wake …
Legal & General Group Plc’s veteran chief executive officer is to retire after more than a decade at the helm of the insurer. Nigel Wilson has told the insurer’s board he “would like to retire from executive life,” according to …
Finance workers are pushing for simpler rules for cross-border remote working, the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled appetite for flexible work isn’t abating. The UK government, which launched a review into cross-border working rules earlier this year, should adopt common …
Britain is just at the beginning of post-Brexit efforts to keep London a top global financial center, but deregulation will be selective to ensure high standards are kept, financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Thursday. Finance represents one in …
DeNexus Inc., the Sausalito, Calif.-based provider of cyber risk modeling, has opened an office in London as part of its strategy to build out its cyber expertise in Europe. The London office is headed up by seasoned professional Mitesh Chauhan. …
After years of fraught debate between regulators, insurers and the Treasury, Jeremy Hunt confirmed Thursday that the government would push forward with reforms to a corner of the City of London that’s intended to release billions of pounds of investment …
The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK willingness to “unshackle” the City of London after leaving the European Union. Reform would potentially free up billions of pounds …
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey took the British government to task on Wednesday over its plan to give itself veto powers over post-Brexit financial rules written by independent regulators, including the central bank. Britain’s government has promised a deregulatory …
