London market
Will Insurers Appeal UK COVID-19 Insurance Ruling? Businesses Watch and Wait
LONDON — Murray Pulman says he is as tough as they come, but battles with his insurer have left him close to tears after a coronavirus lockdown forced his family-run cafe The Posh Partridge to ...
UK Judges Rule Carriers Were Wrong to Reject COVID Business Interruption Claims
London judges have ruled that some of the world's biggest insurers were wrong to reject tens of thousands of claims from small firms battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's Financial Conduct ...
Despite COVID Losses, Lloyd’s Underlying Underwriting Results See Big Improvement
While Lloyd's overall results in the second half were hit by £2.4 billion ($3.12 billion) of COVID-19 claims, the market's underlying underwriting performance saw a "huge improvement," which Chief ...
Lloyd’s Records $520M H1 Loss Stemming From COVID-19 Claims
Lloyd's of London recorded a pretax loss of 400 million pounds ($520.08 million) in the first half, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Insurers ...
Post-Brexit Discussions Pulled From Agenda for EU Envoys’ Meeting
A discussion about the negotiations over Britain and the European Union's post-Brexit relationship has been dropped from the agenda of a meeting of EU envoys next week because the talks have stalled, ...
Post-Brexit Negotiations Between Britain, EU Hit Stalemate
Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an ...
Uncertainty Remains Whether UK Insurers Will Have to Cover Business Interruption Claims
The biggest uncertainty now facing insurers is whether they will have to pay for a raft of business interruption claims, the Bank of England said, as a court prepares to rule on whether existing ...
Lloyd’s Advocates State-Backed ‘Black Swan’ Reinsurance
"Black Swan" reinsurance schemes backed by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs after huge shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, Lloyd's of London said. Commercial insurance ...