UK Baker Greggs Files $137M Claim Against Zurich Over COVID-19 Payout November 1, 2021 By Bill Lehane UK baker Greggs Plc filed a $137 million (£100 million) legal claim against Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group in a disagreement...
UK Financial Regulator Raises No Objection to Bain’s Acquisition of Insurer LV= October 26, 2021 By Huw Jones Britain’s financial watchdog said on Tuesday it won’t stop insurer LV= from proceeding with the disputed sale of its pensions...
Broker Aston Lark Announces 40th Acquisition Since 2018 Launch October 20, 2021 Aston Lark, the Goldman Sachs-backed broker, announced the acquisition of Absolute Products Ltd., its 40th deal since its formation in...
Twins Who Built $1.3B Marshmallow Car Insurance Startup as Industry Challenger October 18, 2021 By Ronan Martin For three centuries, a handful of insurers have dominated the market from the City of London. The upstart intent on...
UK Commercial Fleet Insurance MGA Humn Raises $13.7 Million October 14, 2021 Humn, a UK-based insurtech MGA focused on data-driven commercial fleet insurance, has raised $13.7 million in new financing. The money...
UK Companies Struggle to Find Workers Despite Salary Increases October 14, 2021 By Andrew Atkinson Eight in 10 UK companies struggled to find workers last month despite many of them increasing wages, according to a...
Vulnerable to Climate Change, England Must ‘Adapt or Die’, Agency Warns October 14, 2021 England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve...
Howden to Acquire UK Broker Aston Lark From Goldman Sachs October 13, 2021 Howden, the London-based insurance broking group, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset...
UK Gender Pay Gap Widens for Insurers, While Banks Make a Slight Dent October 5, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Iain Withers Major banks in Britain made a slight dent in their gender pay gaps last year, according to a Reuters analysis,...
Aston Lark Acquires UK Insurance Broker S. Johnson & Co. October 4, 2021 Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is backed by Goldman Sachs, announced the acquisition of S. Johnson & Co....