Insurance UK

  • September 11, 2024

    Hurricane Francine Forecast To Result In $1B Insured Losses

    Insurers will probably take a hit of more than $1 billion hit Hurricane Francine, broker Arthur J. Gallagher has said, as the hurricane was expected to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday afternoon.

  • September 11, 2024

    UK Sanctions 10 Ships In Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'

    The British government said Wednesday that it has sanctioned a group of 10 ships allegedly using illegal means to avoid Russian oil restrictions, preventing them from entering the country and refusing them permission to register with authorities.

  • September 11, 2024

    UK Pension Funding Surplus Dips £500M After BoE Rate Cut

    The funding surplus of U.K. pension plans fell by £500 million ($653 million), according to official figures, after the Bank of England cut interest rates in August.

  • September 10, 2024

    Osborne Clarke Steers £12M Charity Pension Deal

    The Charities Aid Foundation has offloaded pension liabilities valued at £12 million ($15.7 million) to insurer Just Group, an adviser on the transaction said Tuesday, in a deal guided by Osborne Clarke.

  • September 10, 2024

    Local Gov't Audit Deadlines 'Necessary Step,' Watchdog Says

    Legislation recently tabled in Parliament that introduces statutory deadlines for local authorities and their auditors to publish accounts is a "necessary step" to rebuild a system hampered by delays, Britain's accounting watchdog said Tuesday.

  • September 10, 2024

    London Reinsurance Sector Grew To £11B In 2023

    The value of reinsurance transactions written in the London company insurance market grew by 33% in 2023 on the back of a harder pricing environment, according to figures published Tuesday by a trade body.

  • September 10, 2024

    State Pension Likely To Rise 4% Under Triple Lock

    The U.K. government is likely to push through an inflation-busting increase to the state pension of approximately £460 ($600) a year from April, after official figures revealed on Tuesday a rise in average earnings.

  • September 10, 2024

    Paul Hastings Taps Capital Markets Pro From Davis Polk

    Paul Hastings LLP has hired a prominent capital markets transactions expert as a partner at its London office as it looks to boost its global practice, which it has identified as a priority.

  • September 09, 2024

    Broker Denies Botching Cover In £1.3M Parsley Payment Row

    An insurance broker has said it is not liable for nearly £1.3 million ($1.7 million) claimed by an herbs and spice producer for allegedly organizing inadequate cover that the business said left it short after a fire broke out at its facility.

  • September 09, 2024

    Think Tank Sets Out UK Pension Reform For Self-Employed

    The government needs to introduce reforms to boost the level of pension contributions among self-employed workers, a think tank said.

  • September 09, 2024

    Aon, Marsh Want Ukraine Reinsurance Exclusions Lifted

    Aon PLC and Marsh McLennan on Sunday called for the reinsurance sector to lift its moratorium on Ukraine-related risks, saying that blanket policy exclusions were undermining the war-torn country's economic recovery.

  • September 09, 2024

    Asset Manager Alpha Seals Guernsey Insurance Biz Buyout

    Alpha Growth PLC said on Monday that it has completed the purchase of 93.36% of Jeometri, an insurance management company in Guernsey, for £449,300 ($588,300) including costs, as the asset manager moves to expand its life insurance business across the U.K. and streamline its operations.

  • September 09, 2024

    UK Crypto-Marketing Rules Risk Regulatory Overreach

    Legal advisers for crypto-asset companies are concerned by how strenuously the financial watchdog will enforce new guidelines for promoting complex digital financial products for consumers, and have warned that overinterpreting the rules could handicap development of the market.

  • September 06, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Rockfire Capital sue its former director, Liam Kavanagh, after he was accused of cheating cash-strapped Thurrock Council out of £150 million ($197 million), FedEx launch a claim against an Israeli supply chain business, and a legal dispute between steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta and a former colleague. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 06, 2024

    FCA Fines, Bans 4 For 'Reckless' Pension Transfer Advice

    Britain's finance watchdog on Friday announced it has fined four people a total of nearly £600,000 ($793,300) and banned them from working in financial services because of pension transfer advice they gave that showed a "reckless disregard" for customers.

  • September 06, 2024

    EU Gears Up For New Commission With A Plea: More Women

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is gearing up to distribute the top jobs in foreign trade, economics and antitrust among the new commissioners for their five-year mandate, but she is pressing countries in the bloc to nominate more female candidates.

  • September 06, 2024

    UK Lags Globally In Pensions Allocation To Domestic Stocks

    British pension funds have a "significantly lower" allocation of their assets to the domestic stock market than most of their counterparts around the world, a think tank has said.

  • September 06, 2024

    UK Insurers Could Face New Wave Of Biz Interruption Claims

    Insurers in Britain could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in additional business interruption claims after a landmark court ruling on "at the premises" clauses, as the long-running insurance dispute from the COVID-19 pandemic enters its endgame.

  • September 06, 2024

    UK Regulators Back Nationwide's £2.9B Deal For Virgin Money

    Two U.K. financial regulators have given their consent for Nationwide Building Society's £2.9 billion ($3.8 billion) acquisition of Virgin Money UK PLC, the lenders said Friday.

  • September 06, 2024

    Companies Failing To Oversee Reps Properly, FCA Finds

    The Financial Conduct Authority warned Friday that firms are failing to properly oversee the agents that carry on regulated activities for them without having to be individually authorized.

  • September 06, 2024

    Pensions Campaigners Say Gov't Meeting 'Start Of Something'

    The chair of a campaign group working to secure compensation for women after the government failed to tell them that their retirement age had changed said Friday that its first meeting with the pensions minister was "the start of something."

  • September 06, 2024

    British Savers Urged To Track Down Lost Pension Pots

    British insurers urged U.K. savers on Friday to take action and track down their lost pension pots in a new campaign aimed at raising awareness about planning for retirement.

  • September 06, 2024

    ExCeL Wins Landmark £16M COVID Biz Insurance Test Case

    An English appeals court agreed with London's ExCeL exhibition center and other policyholders on Friday that national lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic triggered "at the premises" clauses in their insurance policies in a test case likely to bolster thousands of other claims.

  • September 05, 2024

    FCA Boasts Accelerated Authorizations For Firms

    The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday in its 2023-2024 annual report that it has significantly improved its authorization process, but has missed some targets in relation to processing applications of payments firms.

  • September 05, 2024

    'Act Now' On Dashboard Prep, Pensions Watchdog Warns

    Pension scheme trustees should "act now" to be ready for the long-awaited government project designed to connect workers with lost pots and avoid enforcement action for failing to meet their duties, The Pensions Regulator warned Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • SEC Data Transfer Safe Harbor Raises Questions For UK Cos.

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    The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office recently authorized British companies to transfer U.K. subjects’ personal data to facilitate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations, but companies need more detail on how to invoke the safe harbor or handle EU data subjects, say attorneys at Davis Polk.

  • COVID-19 Insurance Issues To Watch In Civil Law Countries

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    A recent decision from a Spanish court of appeals shows that COVID-19 business interruption coverage disputes may not have outcomes that would be expected in common law countries, say Miguel Torres at Martínez-Echevarría & Rivera Abogados and José Umbert at Zelle.

  • Remote Working Tips For Lawyer Trainees And Their Firms

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    The prospect of joining a law firm during the pandemic can cause added pressure, but with a few good practices — and a little help from their firms and supervising attorneys — lawyer trainees can get ahead of the curve while working remotely, say William Morris and Ted Landray at King & Spalding.

  • What Growing Focus On ESG Means For Insurers

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    As the world pays steadily more attention to environmental, social and governance issues, insurers and reinsurers will need to integrate ESG risks into their underwriting and compliance efforts, but doing so will help attract consumers and achieve positive investment returns, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Finance Firms May See Increased FCA Enforcement This Year

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    Financial firms will likely see increased investigation and enforcement actions from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority following Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the areas of financial crime, customer protection, operational resilience and conduct, says Tracey Dovaston at Boies Schiller.

  • UK Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Arbitrator Bias Standard

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's judgment in Halliburton v. Chubb, likely the court's most important decision in the area of international arbitration in the past decade, articulates important guidelines for how English courts will police issues of arbitrator disclosure and bias, even as it fuels concerns among insurance policyholders, say Allan Moore and Ramon Luque at Covington.

  • Evaluating Ethical And Legal Risk In Ransomware Payments

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    Deciding whether to pay the demanded ransom during a cyberattack is complex and requires a careful balancing of the risks to the firm's business against the reputational and regulatory risks, but companies can also prepare for this eventuality by taking concrete steps now, say Rob Dedman and Kim Roberts at King & Spalding.

  • How Climate, Finance And Trade Will Intersect In 2021

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    In the coming year, the Biden administration will likely align its policies on climate change, finance and trade more closely with those of international partners and organizations, leading to more coordinated action on climate standards that will be applied across the global economy, say consultants at C&M International.

  • Perspectives

    Finding A Path Forward To Regulate The Legal Industry

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    Gerald Knapton at Ropers Majeski analyzes U.S. and U.K. experiments to explore alternative business structures and independent oversight for law firms, which could lead to innovative approaches to increasing access to legal services.

  • Whether And How To Compel Remote Arbitration

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    As the pandemic delays in-person arbitration hearings, mediator and arbitrator Theodore Cheng provides arbitrators with a checklist to examine the rationale and authority for compelling parties to participate in remote hearings.

  • Creditors Welcome UK Supreme Court's Reflective Loss Decision

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's recent Sevilleja v. Marex decision benefits creditors and other stakeholders by excluding their claims from the reflective loss principle, which precludes third-party complaints that merely reflect company loss, say Robert Fidoe and Jack Moulder at Watson Farley.

  • How Courts Are Encouraging Mediation In England And Wales

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    As the judiciary braces for widespread pandemic-driven contractual disputes, courts in England and Wales are showing enthusiastic support for mediation, both when determining the implications of a party's refusal to mediate and when assessing whether normal restrictions on the use of mediation-derived information apply, says Leah Alpren-Waterman at Watson Farley.

  • Opinion

    EU Class Action Policy Guided By Wrong Measure Of Success

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    The political agreement obtained last month on the first European Union-wide rules on collective redress illustrates the fact that the main goal of the authorities is to increase the number of class action claims rather than focus on the application of standard civil liability principles, says Sylvie Gallage-Alwis at Signature Litigation.

  • An Attractive Regime For Governing Jurisdiction Post-Brexit

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    As indicated by the U.K.'s recent application to join the Lugano Convention, this is an "oven-ready" option for the U.K. for governing questions of jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments with European Union countries after Brexit — but not without important differences from the current regime, say attorneys at Latham.

  • Reinsurance Implications Of COVID-19 Biz Interruption Laws

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    In light of legislative and public pressure in the U.S. and U.K. on insurers to cover business interruption losses related to COVID-19, reinsurers will face new questions regarding their obligation to cover claim payments, say Robin Dusek at Saul Ewing and Susie Wakefield at Shoosmiths.

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