Banks based in Britain may start to relocate activities to other countries about 1-1/2 years before a British departure from the European Union if a “hard Brexit” looks likely, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday. If the …
Mark Carney pledged to shore up financial stability as he warned that the risks from Britain’s shock decision to leave the European Union have started to crystallize. “There is the prospect of a material slowing of the economy,” the Bank …
A group of re/insurance and global broking CEOs are assisting the work of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which was launched last month to help build resilience to climate risk and natural disasters, while bridging the insurance protection gap for …
The number big investors ignoring climate change risk increased last year despite a stark warning from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney about the potential for “huge” losses from a sudden shift in regulation designed to curb global warming and …
Regulators won’t get a clear picture of risks in the $550 trillion derivatives market until they prune trade reporting rules, a group of 13 industry bodies said on Wednesday. The collapse of Lehman Brothers bank in September 2008 left regulators …
Sam Woods, a former U.K. Treasury official, was appointed as deputy governor for regulation at the Bank of England, replacing Andrew Bailey. Woods — who will continue as the central bank’s executive director of insurance until the end of June …
One can say California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has a beef with coal. Jones made a bold move on Jan. 25 when he asked all insurance companies doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their investments in thermal coal …
Insurers paid out around $27 billion for natural disaster claims last year with weather causing 94 percent of incidents, underscoring the challenge posed by climate change, data from reinsurer Munich Re showed on Monday. While the climate phenomenon known as …
Despite the signs of some pricing stabilization in property catastrophe during the June/July 2015 renewals, hopeful forecasts for a “softening in the softening” in reinsurance pricing have proved elusive, according to Willis Re’s 1st View Report. “The January renewals have …
Equity portfolios may lose as much as 45 percent of their value due to shifting investor sentiment about climate change, according to a report by. Investors are becoming more aware of the short-term impact that the warming planet may have …
