Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it would urgently ask the courts to clarify uncertainty over whether businesses can claim compensation for disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) also told all insurers to assess whether …
Banks are dusting off their no-deal Brexit plans as concerns deepen that Britain and the European Union won’t agree a trade deal by December as the COVID-19 pandemic compounds fundamental disagreements over future relations. Financial services exports to the EU …
Insurers need to pay out on more claims related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the head of the UK parliamentary committee that oversees the financial industry. “We are concerned that the insurance sector goes the extra mile in meeting …
Insurance intermediary holding company Nexus Group announced that its independent broking arm, Xenia Broking Group, has completed the acquisition of the trade credit business of Howden UK Group Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, which was first announced on March …
Ageas is using artificial intelligence (AI) to create end-to-end assessments and estimates of vehicle damage, which it says is a first for a UK insurance company. Ageas is using an AI solution, developed by technology company Tractable, to support some …
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals of the London market insurance sector to negative from stable. The sector outlook revision reflects increased concerns over the COVID-19 disruption and the related impacts on the credit quality of …
UK travel insurers expect to pay record claims of at least £275 million (US$319 million) due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to first estimates from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The vast majority of payouts will be for cancellations, …
NSM Insurance Group (NSM), a Pennsylvania-headquartered managing general underwriting agency and program administrator for specialty insurance programs, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsbridge Group Ltd., a provider in the UK of specialist insurance for skilled contractors and …
Insurers in the UK, France and Germany are likely to face only moderate business interruption (BI) claims as a result of the coronavirus outbreak because pandemic-related claims are excluded from most business interruption policies in the three countries, said Moody’s …
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reminded insurers on Thursday to have “robust” operational resilience and business continuity plans in place to respond to possible disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The FCA expects firms to have “sufficiently robust systems …
