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August 04, 2026
The U.K.'s largest transport and logistics insurer on Tuesday warned global port operators to treat dehydration as seriously as alcohol consumption amid an unprecedented heatwave.
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August 04, 2026
Clyde & Co. LLP has hired an insurance specialist at its London office, bolstering the firm's financial lines practice as insurers face an uptick in work linked to mergers and acquisitions, cyber incidents and other complex risks.
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August 04, 2026
U.S. private equity firm KKR has said that it will buy a 50% stake in a portfolio of developed renewable assets from France's TotalEnergies for €900 million ($1 billion), inclusive of debt.
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August 04, 2026
Home insurers paid out £72 million ($97 million) for subsidence claims in Britain between April and June, with the average payout reaching a record £20,000, the Association of British Insurers has said.
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August 04, 2026
The Bank of England has named Nicholas Segal, a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, as chair of its enforcement decision-making committee, a move aimed at strengthening the body that determines contested regulatory action for financial regimes.
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August 03, 2026
Insurers paid out a record £3.2 billion ($4.3 billion) to support motor insurance customers between April and June, up 7% from the same period in 2025, a trade body has said.
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August 03, 2026
European insurance company Ageas said Monday that it has agreed to sell its stake in a Malaysian joint venture to its business partner for €1.1 billion ($1.27 billion), ending a 25-year partnership.
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August 03, 2026
The European Union's financial markets watchdogs have told financial institutions and national regulators to act now to address cybersecurity risks from frontier artificial intelligence models.
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August 03, 2026
Insurance giant Aviva said Monday that it has completed a £300 million ($404 million) buy-in transaction with a trustee of a pension program sponsored by Elementis PLC, one of the U.K.'s largest specialty chemicals and personal care businesses.
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August 03, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it has finalized simpler rules on transaction reporting that will save the investment industry £108 million ($145 million) a year and boost Britain's competitiveness.
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August 03, 2026
Most of the insurance losses caused by wildfires in Europe as a heatwave continues to grip the Continent could be limited to payouts for destruction of crops or vineyards, a reinsurance broker has said.
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August 03, 2026
Pinsent Masons LLP has hired a specialist from Konexo, the legal and compliance alternative services business of Eversheds Sutherland, to found and lead the financial regulatory consulting practice at its legal services arm, Vario.
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August 03, 2026
British savers are likely to use the long-awaited pensions dashboards during pivotal life events rather than engaging with the portals on a continuous basis, a consultancy said Monday.
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August 03, 2026
The Pensions Regulator has opened the door for authorization of new collective retirement plans, in what experts say is a landmark moment for the sector.
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July 31, 2026
The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 31, 2026
The European Union's insurance watchdog has warned that the potential impact from digitalization and cyber exposures for occupational pension providers and insurers has become bigger, reflecting cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
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July 31, 2026
Lloyd's of London insurers have said vessels in a much wider area of the Middle East face war risk, following mounting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran-linked Houthis in Yemen.
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July 31, 2026
Two former insurance bosses who misappropriated client funds in the run-up to a company sale saw the fraud damages awarded against them reduced by the Court of Appeal on Friday.
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July 31, 2026
The U.K. requires sweeping reforms to its pension investment system, as the growing concentration of retirement savings in a handful of U.S. technology stocks poses a "systemic risk" to investors, a think tank has warned.
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July 30, 2026
The Information Commissioner's Office said Thursday that it has searched multiple properties across the U.K. and seized electronic items after consumers filed millions of complaints about car finance adverts.
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July 30, 2026
A pensions standards body has published guidance for the sector on how to manage risks associated with artificial intelligence, following near universal industry adoption of the technology.
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July 30, 2026
A tribunal has chastised The Pensions Regulator for firing a business analyst without properly investigating whether he breached its policy on handling insider information when he printed sensitive documents and took them off-site to read.
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July 30, 2026
Automatic enrollment into workplace pensions continued to underpin savings in Britain in 2025, the government said Thursday, although an expert at a financial services consultancy has warned that action is needed to ensure people are putting enough away for retirement.
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July 30, 2026
The Prudential Regulatory Authority said Thursday it will further strip back reporting requirements for the insurance industry following a major overhaul of solvency capital rules for the sector two years ago.
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July 30, 2026
Trustees of the pension plan of chemicals company Hickson International PLC have completed a bulk purchase annuity buy-in worth £208 million ($278 million), pension investor Royal London Group said Thursday.