The insurance industry needs to attract $1tn in investment from private equity firms and other big investors to plug gaps in cover for natural disasters and cyber attacks, says the head of one of the ...

Up to 16mn people — a third of the working age population — say private medical insurance is essential, after NHS waiting lists for routine hospital treatment in England rose for the first time in ...

Part of the US commercial insurance market is on the verge of “breakdown”, executives have warned, as insurers withdraw US casualty coverage because of a rise in payouts that industry groups blame on ...

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US private finance group White Oak is suing Marsh for $143mn in relation to its work for Greensill Capital, arguing the insurance broker failed to pass on crucial information regarding problems ...

Senior insurance industry executives have said the UK is falling behind in the growing market for in-house insurance, as more companies choose to create their own entities to cover corporate risks.

Following the 2008 financial crisis, both countries agreed on its causes and took concerted measures to boost global demand. It was China’s $586bn stimulus programme in 2009 that helped lead the ...

A Financial Times investigation reveals that H2O has invested heavily in hard-to-sell bonds linked to the controversial German financier Lars Windhorst. H2O blames ‘unfair media’ after it ...

Oliver Morley, chief executive of the £38bn fund, told the Financial Times that the government set the rules on PPF compensation but member complaints to the lifeboat were rising as inflation ...