Brexit Trade Talks Back on Agenda After COVID-19 Hiatus, Facing Tight Timetable May 1, 2020 By Huw Jones and Sinead Cruise Banks are dusting off their no-deal Brexit plans as concerns deepen that Britain and the European Union won’t agree a...
British Court Awards $11 Million to EY Whistleblower Who Exposed Money Laundering April 20, 2020 By Huw Jones and Peter Hobson A British court awarded $11 million in damages and expenses on Friday [April 17] to a former partner at global...
UK Insurers, Banks Are Weathering Effects on Capital of COVID-19 Crisis: BoE’s Woods April 16, 2020 By Huw Jones and David Milliken Britain’s banks have enough funds to keep lending to the economy even under the deep recession scenario outlined by a...
Many Insurance Policies Bought by Small UK Firms Don’t Cover Pandemic: Regulator April 15, 2020 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Most insurance policies bought by smaller UK companies do not cover disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but those that...
UK Financial Services Could Fare Less Well in U.S. Trade Deal than Energy, Cars March 3, 2020 By Huw Jones Britain’s financial services industry could fare less well than energy, autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with...
UK Financial Services Sector Could Take a Back Seat to Fishing in EU Trade Talks February 27, 2020 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Britain will likely secure only temporary access to the European Union financial market under a broader trade deal in which...
UK, EU Remain at Odds over Financial Services’ Market Access February 11, 2020 By Huw Jones and Marine Strauss Britain wants a stable relationship with the European Union for “decades to come” in financial services, Britain’s finance minister Sajid...
Britain’s Insurance Sector Urged to Compete by Selectively Diverging from EU Rules February 5, 2020 By Huw Jones A senior official from Britain’s insurance sector on Wednesday laid out the case for selective divergence from EU rules to...
European Insurers Balk at EU Raising Capital Requirements Due to Cyber, Climate Risks January 30, 2020 By Huw Jones Insurers in Europe may need to put aside money to protect their policyholders should they become insolvent, and regulators should...
U.K. Financial Services Firms Prepare for Worst in Brexit Trade Talks January 27, 2020 By Sinead Cruise, Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill Britain’s finance sector is losing hope of securing even basic access to European Union markets from Dec. 31, as talk...