Articles by Lawrence White

UK Banks Reluctant to Report Extent of Relentless Cyber Attacks

Britain’s banks are not reporting the full extent of cyber attacks to regulators for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security systems say. Reported attacks on financial institutions in Britain have risen from just 5 …

Post-Brexit-Vote Property Panic Could Hit Bank, Insurer Investments

The run on British property funds has drawn attention to the vulnerability of the commercial real estate sector, largely funded by domestic banks and building societies but increasingly by foreign banks and insurers. UK banks and building societies had around …

HSBC to Cut Up to 50,000 Jobs; Targets Growth of Asia Insurance Business

HSBC pledged a new era of higher dividends on Tuesday, laying out plans to slash nearly one in five jobs and shrink its investment bank by a third to combat sluggish growth across its sprawling empire. Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver …

Allianz Lead Reinsurer for Missing AirAsia Plane; JLT Broker

German insurer Allianz said on Monday it was the lead re-insurer to the AirAsia jet missing off the Indonesian coast with 162 people on board, making it the third major airline accident it has been involved in this year. The …