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August 31, 2026
Aon said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. insurance broker USI from private equity firm KKR and other shareholders in a $17 billion deal that would expand the London-based insurer's presence in the U.S. middle-market insurance segment.
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August 28, 2026
Financial Conduct Authority rules on non-financial misconduct, which take effect on Tuesday, could unfairly jeopardize careers as 37,000 non-banking finance businesses face a double whammy of wider enforcement risk and excessive caution showing through in hiring decisions and references, lawyers warned.
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August 28, 2026
The past week in London has seen shoe brand Crocs bring an appeal against the chief executive of the U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office, singer Alanis Morissette sued by the former head of operations at Live Nation Israel and the son of convicted fraudster Guo Wengui file an appeal against the Chapter 11 trustee controlling his father's bankruptcy estate.
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August 28, 2026
Standard Life has warned that rapidly rising rents and an expected increase in renting during retirement will put pressure on pension incomes over the next two decades, exposing a "fundamental flaw" in the pension system.
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August 28, 2026
Insurance broker Aon said Friday that storms that swept through Europe in late August could result in damages stretching into hundreds of millions of euros.
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August 28, 2026
The U.K.'s top appeal courts have handed down a series of significant judgments in 2026, reshaping the tax treatment of members of LLPs, the management of mass consumer claims and the rules governing who can conduct litigation.
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August 28, 2026
Tokio Marine said Friday that one of its subsidiaries has agreed to acquire Direct Commercial, a British commercial motor managing general agent, for £265 million ($360 million).
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August 28, 2026
The government should streamline rules that will allow pension bosses to tap into an estimated £160 billion ($217 billion) in surplus funds, a consultancy has said.
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August 27, 2026
Only one in six savers in the U.K. believe they can afford retirement, a pensions company has said, raising further concern that scores of Britons will have to rethink what later life looks like.
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August 27, 2026
DWF LLP has defeated an attempt by three personal injury claimants to revive a data privacy lawsuit after the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that they sought to advance a "new, unpleaded case."
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August 27, 2026
The government of Ireland should consider a flat national levy to fund an insurance safety net for floods, a trade body said Thursday, warning a major storm could result in €791 million ($921 million) in property damage.
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August 27, 2026
Pension sector bosses are undecided about who should benefit from an estimated £160 billion in surplus funds released under landmark reforms, a survey has found.
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August 27, 2026
Financial institutions need to manage a practical legal risk arising from intensified enforcement of China's anti-foreign sanctions law, a trade body for the sector said Thursday.
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August 27, 2026
Helvetia Baloise Holding AG said Thursday it has launched a new motor insurance product in Switzerland that aims to "bridge the gap" between partial and fully comprehensive cover, with premiums around a third lower than fully comprehensive policies.
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August 27, 2026
Munich Re has launched specialist insurance covering rescue and crisis-response operations for large-scale tunneling and underground infrastructure projects, which it said is the first product of its kind in the Lloyd's market.
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August 26, 2026
Administrators for the car finance litigation funder Woodville are investigating whether the company lied to investors over the protection offered by insurance bonds, they said Wednesday.
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August 26, 2026
A London court ruled Wednesday that a group of property investors can't extend a limitation deadline to sue a formerly defunct law firm because they waited too long to act after it was restored to the public register.
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August 26, 2026
The U.K. government should shift the tax burden from younger workers toward wealth, property and passive gains, a progressive think tank said Wednesday.
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August 26, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority should streamline its new rules on the £567 billion ($660 billion) personal pensions market, a trade body said Wednesday, warning of disproportionate new regulatory burdens.
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August 26, 2026
A solicitor has been reprimanded and ordered to pay £39,000 ($53,056) in costs after a tribunal found he had breached his duties as a compliance officer by submitting a number of inaccurate insurance forms for more than five years.
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August 26, 2026
The average cost of a cyberinsurance claim from the U.K.'s largest businesses doubled to $2.2 million in 2025, according to data from insurer Chubb.
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August 26, 2026
Aviva said it has begun to include terrorism cover in standard business policies as part of a broader government-backed effort to close the protection gap among small and midsized companies.
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August 25, 2026
The government needs to provide clear deadlines and temporary guidance as soon as possible so that pension providers can plan with confidence, a trade body said Tuesday.
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August 25, 2026
The role of the professional trustee is moving into a "new phase" as pension plans consider a wider range of endgame options, a leading consultancy said Tuesday.
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August 25, 2026
Chesnara PLC said Tuesday that it is eyeing further acquisitions and "opportunities to grow the business" after a string of deals which the life insurer and pensions provider expects will significantly expand its business.