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Brexit Drastically Draining EU Workers From the UK
Further evidence that Brexit is deterring European Union workers emerged in figures published Tuesday. The number of EU nationals working in the U.K. in the three months through June plunged by ...
Historic California Wildfires at Serious Risk of Spreading Further
Dry, hot and windy conditions are threatening to expand California's largest wildfires, which so far are burning in largely rural areas. The fires, which have killed 12 people and burned an area ...
Brexit Negotiations at Delicate Stage for the UK’s Financial Services Industry
Britain must avoid tying Brussels up in red tape or antagonizing its soon to be former European Union partners and the United States if it is to maintain access to the bloc's financial services ...
UK PM May Remains Hopeful About Brexit Deal Despite Trade Secretary’s Pessimism
Theresa May still believes that a Brexit deal with the European Union is likelier than not, according to her spokesman, despite her Trade Secretary Liam Fox saying the opposite over the weekend. "We ...
$500M Cat Bond Set to Expand FEMA’s Flood Reinsurance Plan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that for the first time is directly backed by capital markets ...
Swiss Re Net Profit Lands Below Forecasts; Reinsurer Mulls IPO for UK Closed Book Biz
Swiss Re is exploring a 2019 listing in Britain of its UK closed book business ReAssure, it said on Friday as a 17 percent fall in first half net profit hit its shares. The reinsurer said that it was ...
Global Insurance M&A Rises in H1; Bermuda Generates Much of the Activity
Global Insurance M&A transactions climbed in the 2018 first half, with 186 deals completed worldwide, according to a new Clyde & Co. report. That number is up from 180 in the 2017 second ...
AIG Will Expand the Mission of Its Newly-Created Reinsurer DSA Re
American International Group's newly-created reinsurer designed initially to back old policies it has will expand its focus to the broader industry. The insurance giant said that it, along with The ...