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Ex-Lloyd’s Chairman Nelson Warns UK Faces an ‘Abject’ Post-Brexit Future
The U.K. is facing a grim future after Brexit because of the failure of its politicians to govern responsibly, the former chairman of insurance market Lloyd's of London wrote in a letter to the ...
UK Motor Insurers Will Mutualize Claims for Terror Attacks Using Vehicles as Weapons
UK motor insurers have voted for the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) to handle and pay the claims from victims involved in a terrorist event where a vehicle is used to kill or injure. MIB is the UK's ...
Britain’s Finance Industry Attacks Brexit Trading Plans
Britain's finance industry attacked the government on Thursday for ditching its blueprint for trade with the European Union after Brexit, saying this was a blow for Britain's biggest exporter. The ...
UK PM May Seeks to Force Brexit Reckoning
This could be a deadly month for Theresa May. Unpopular at home and in Brussels, the British leader will try to restore order with a Cabinet lock-in at her country estate that's been dubbed the body ...
Threat of Crippling Cyber Attacks Puts UK Banks on War Footing
The Bank of England told banks to be ready for war against the mounting threat of crippling cyber attacks. "I would like our firms to be on a WAR footing: withstand; absorb; recover," Lyndon Nelson, ...
Chubb Boosts Broker Interactions in UK and Ireland
Chubb said it has completed the creation of six teams to focus on working with independent brokers across the UK and Ireland. The new Chubb teams are in London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow ...
A Brexit ‘No Deal’ Less Likely, Thanks to Crucial UK House of Lords Vote
The U.K.'s upper house sought to make it harder for Prime Minister Theresa May to take Britain out of the European Union without a deal by defeating her for a seventh time over the government's ...
A ‘Cliff-Edge’ Brexit Will Lead to UK/EU Banking Regulatory Team Up
The Bank of England and European Central Bank will create a task force to keep markets orderly in the event of a "cliff edge" Brexit next March. The European Commission and Britain's finance ministry ...