December 3, 2021
The business model used by collapsed supply chain financing firm Greensill Capital is causing a “high level of harm” and tighter rules are needed, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday. The watchdog set out proposals for public consultation to …
December 1, 2021
The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd., based in Northampton, England. Peter Hill is a leading specialist trade credit insurance and surety broker, with a particular focus …
November 9, 2021
Xenia Broking Group Ltd. reports it has has acquired the trade credit and financial and specialty risk teams from specialist Lloyd’s insurance broker Parker Norfolk & Partners Ltd. The deal signals Xenia’s launch into the financial and specialty risks market, …
June 2, 2021
This wrap-up of international People Moves details recent appointments at TigerRisk Partners (which is launching a global trade credit, surety and political risk business); AXIS Insurance, and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (which has launched a full line of marine insurance …
April 14, 2021
Xenia Broking Group, the London-based credit insurance and surety specialist, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Credit Insurance Alliance (Brokers) Ltd. (CIA). An independent trade credit insurance broker based in the West Midlands, England, CIA specializes in …
April 14, 2021
Seven European countries, including Germany, France and Britain, will commit on Wednesday to stop public export guarantees for fossil fuel projects, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. Coal, oil and gas infrastructure have traditionally made up a …
March 23, 2021
TOKYO – Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it currently expects no material impact on its results for the fiscal year starting next month as a result of its exposure to the fallout of Greensill Capital’s collapse. …
March 22, 2021
Lex Greensill promoted his business as the future of finance, talking up a technology superior to Wall Street rivals that allowed him to lend at super-low rates based on real-time information. But former staff at Greensill Capital, as well as …
March 19, 2021
SYDNEY – Thirty-four creditors of Greensill Capital Pty, the Australian parent of the collapsed British supply chain financier, submitted over A$1.75 billion ($1.35 billion) in claims to the company, administrators said on Friday. About $1.15 billion of that was made …
March 19, 2021
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is facing a larger-than-expected exposure to the Greensill Capital meltdown after finding that reinsurance contracts intended to limit losses didn’t cover its unit that did the most business with Greensill. Tokio’s Australia Bond & Credit Co. …