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April 7, 2024

Lloyd's of London Ltd

Lloyd’s of London attracts biggest ‘Names’ syndicate since 1990s

...It is the latest coup for Lloyd’s, which has also attracted insurance group Aviva back to the market....

March 28, 2024

FT Live

Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers

UK politics

Jeremy Hunt targets further 2p cut in national insurance

...The Tories are eager to build on cuts in national insurance in two successive Budget rounds as they seek to address the rising overall tax burden....

April 19, 2024

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apollo sells stake in asset-backed lending unit to insurer MassMutual

...Fast-growing private capital managers such as Apollo have in recent years pushed aggressively to create higher earning assets for insurance companies....

April 24, 2024

Zurich Insurance Group AG

Zurich’s sale of $20bn life insurance book to PE-backed group collapses

...Regulatory scrutiny of the special risks presented by private equity ownership of life insurance companies has climbed, after Italy’s Eurovita — another life insurer majority owned through Cinven funds —...

January 30, 2024

Travel

Short cuts: Belgian plane crashes at Courchevel

...This was the company’s second accident at Courchevel: in 2017 another PC-12 hit the embankment before the start of the runway, damaging a wing and wheel....

February 23, 2024

FT Live

Global Insurance Summit

Strengthening resilience, capital and innovation as systemic risks evolve

Private equity

Is private equity’s bet on life insurance turning sour?

...“The big question is, can the PE firms be a trusted owner of a life insurance company?” said Isabelle Santenac, global insurance leader at consultancy EY....

March 25, 2024

Unhedged

NYCB won’t be the last rates accident Premium

...At Unhedged, we’re betting that NYCB is not the last rate-driven market accident we are going to see in this cycle. One good read Is private equity worth it?...

March 6, 2024

Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching

Should I use the travel insurance provided by my credit card?

...You can buy travel insurance from insurance companies, banks, travel agents, supermarkets, holiday companies and online comparison websites....

March 27, 2024

The FT ViewThe editorial board

The painful rise in home insurance costs

...Third, a repricing of climate risks has led to a sharp rise in the cost of property catastrophe reinsurance — or insurance for insurance companies....

April 1, 2024

Insurance

Lloyd’s of London chief calls for quick insurance payouts on Baltimore bridge

...Reinsurers, including Lloyd’s companies, are expected to bear the brunt....

March 28, 2024

UK immigration

Five people die in attempted Channel boat crossing to UK

...The accident occurred off the coast near a beach at Wimereux....

April 23, 2024

Insurance

Scrapping the spreadsheet: start-ups take aim at an old insurance addiction

...Microsoft, which owns Excel, said the company remained a “key technology partner for companies across financial services broadly, and insurance specifically”....

April 7, 2024

Climate change

EU regulator urges action on climate threat to insurance

...Continental European commercial property insurance prices rose at the start of the year for the 22nd consecutive quarter, according to an index from broker Marsh....

April 22, 2024

UK insurance industry

UK car insurance prices fall for first time in two years

...”, when the cost of insurance fell as miles driven, and accidents, plummeted....

April 18, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

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FTAV’s further reading

...— The Japanese Bid for Foreign Bonds After the End of Yield Curve Control (Brad Setser and Alex Etra) — Why do people let their life insurance lapse?...

March 20, 2024

John Gapper

Boeing is not responding to its 737 Max change of course

...The most famous aerospace company in the US has a big credibility problem....

January 12, 2024

Boeing Co

Boeing has not turned over documents, says US accident investigator

...Boeing has not met federal regulators’ request for a list of employees who worked on a door panel that blew out mid-flight, the US’s top accident investigator testified to Congress on Wednesday....

March 6, 2024

Tefaf Maastricht 2024

Battle to keep sculpture in Britain highlights European museums’ struggles

...For now, Tristram Hunt remains confident that the V&A can raise the funds to keep the “Deposition” in Britain....

March 2, 2024

LexLloyd's of London Ltd

A Lloyd’s of London revival will require more nimble regulation Premium

...Lloyd’s of London — the world’s oldest insurance market — acquired a reputation for inefficiency, complacency and boorish behaviour. Yet last year’s performance was the best for 16 years....

March 22, 2024

Due Diligence

Barbarians at the toll road Premium

...Private capital groups such as Apollo, KKR and Brookfield have swept into the life insurance sector since the financial crisis, buying insurers and reinsurers or striking asset-management partnerships....

March 26, 2024

National Health Service

NHS strains set to drive private health insurance growth

...The area of private medical insurance that has seen the strongest growth has been in the number of people taking out personal cover, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights, a research company...

January 12, 2024

John Gapper

The black box that could ease your car insurance problems

...Even drivers with long records of accident-free motoring have faced sudden jumps in prices for the policies they legally need to hold....

January 19, 2024

News updates from January 11: US inflation edges up more than expected, Chesapeake and Southwestern to combine in $7.4bn deal

Boeing under investigation by US regulator after 737 Max accident

...Regulators grounded 171 Max 9 planes on Saturday, following the accident, which are used by fewer airlines than the smaller Max 8....

January 11, 2024

Aviva PLC

Aviva returns to Lloyd’s of London for first time in two decades

...On Monday, the company announced it was buying Lloyd’s insurer Probitas for £242mn....

March 4, 2024

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