London Excel heads back to court over dispute with insurance giants June 17, 2024 London International Exhibition Centre (Excel) is back in court tomorrow as Allianz and other insurance giants look to overturn a High Court ruling in favour of the venue.
Economic headwinds risk leaving UK’s small businesses underinsured September 29, 2022 The headwinds facing the UK economy risk leaving small businesses underinsured, Aviva has warned. Inflation, supply chain disruption, and labour shortages could leave UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at risk of facing huge bills, if the insurance policies they have fail to cover the actual costs repairing buildings or replacing assets, the insurance giant [...]
Trouble insuring electric vehicles threatens green shift, experts warn October 2, 2023 Insurers are facing huge challenges in handling electric vehicles (EVs), experts have warned.
CBI exodus: Which firms have quit or suspended their relationship with the lobby group? April 21, 2023 A slew of top firms have quit or suspended engagement with the CBI today after the lobby group was rocked by new allegations of sexual abuse.
Lord Mayor: Financial education should be statutory in primary schools October 10, 2023 The Lord Mayor of the City of London has led a group calling for financial education to be made statutory in primary schools, in new measures to tackle financial illiteracy in the UK.
Champions Cup: Leinster vs Toulouse is the final we deserve, and want May 6, 2024 So there we have it; seven weekends of Investec Champions Cup action has delivered the final many wanted, and expected. When the final concludes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 25 May, it’ll either see French giants Toulouse extend their record of European trophies from five to six, or see Irish stalwarts Leinster move level [...]
Coalition of 15 investors with total assets of £2.4trn plead with firms to protect lowest-paid workers April 14, 2023 A coalition of investors are demanding that businesses take “decisive action” to protect their lowest paid workers during the cost of living crisis. The coalition, which includes 15 investors with a combined £2.4trn in assets under management, argued that the lowest-paid workers are “disproportionately impacted by the rising cost of living.” Companies should ensure that [...]
Hiring market: Insurance sector outperforms financial services in 2023 February 26, 2024 Job vacancies in the insurance sector fell less than those in the financial services market last year. According to a City A.M.’s exclusive of a report by specialist recruiters Harrison Holgate and market data analytics firm Vacancysoft, vacancies in insurance dropped by 15.1 per cent compared to the fall of 30 per cent for the [...]
Sabre: Leading motor insurance underwriters expect to exceed forecasts ‘across almost all key measures’ February 15, 2024 One of the UK’s leading motor insurance underwriters, Sabre Insurance, has boasted that it expects to outperform expectations in its upcoming results. In a trading update today, the group said it expected its 2023 results to “meet or exceed current market expectations across almost all key measures”. This included the group’s gross written premium, estimated [...]
Smith & Nephew shares jump after activist investor Cevian takes stake July 4, 2024 The FTSE 100 firm's stock price rose as much as seven per cent in early trading, with Cevian taking a shareholding of just over five per cent.