Price comparison site Compare the Market appoints new boss September 18, 2018 BGL Group has appointed Jonathon Brown as chief executive of its price comparison site business Compare the Market. Brown joins from online photo printing company Photobox where he was chief operating officer. He will joins Compare the Market, home of the unforgettable Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign, on 23 October. Read more: Marsh & McLennan [...]
Rosenblatt launches litigation fund post-stock market float September 18, 2018 City law firm Rosenblatt launched a £2m litigation fund today as it announced its maiden results to the stock market. The firm became just the fourth law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange when it raised £43m from investors in May. Today it announced a subsidiary, Rosenblatt Litigation Funding, with £2m from the [...]
Rosenblatt launches litigation fund post-stock market float September 18, 2018 City law firm Rosenblatt launched a £2m litigation fund today as it announced its maiden results to the stock market. The firm became just the fourth law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange when it raised £43m from investors in May. Today it announced a subsidiary, Rosenblatt Litigation Funding, with £2m from the [...]
Marsh & McLennan buys insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson for £4.3bn September 18, 2018 New York-headquartered Marsh & McLennan has agreed to buy UK insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) today in a £4.3bn deal. Shares in FTSE 250 listed JLT soared by more than 30 per cent following the announcement this morning. Marsh has offered £19.15 in cash for each JLT share, valuing the business at £4.9bn. Read [...]
Marsh & McLennan buys insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson for £4.3bn September 18, 2018 New York-headquartered Marsh & McLennan has agreed to buy UK insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) today in a £4.3bn deal. Shares in FTSE 250 listed JLT soared by more than 30 per cent following the announcement this morning. Marsh has offered £19.15 in cash for each JLT share, valuing the business at £4.9bn. Read [...]
London insurer Thomas Miller piles on sail with Hamburg acquisition September 17, 2018 London-headquartered insurance company Thomas Miller has acquired specialist German shipping, trade and transport insurance specialist Zeller Associates. Thomas Miller, which is based on Fenchurch Street in the heart of London’s insurance quarter, announced today it had agreed to purchase the managing general agency and insurance services operations of Zeller for an undisclosed sum. Read more: Hurricane [...]
London insurer Thomas Miller piles on sail with Hamburg acquisition September 17, 2018 London-headquartered insurance company Thomas Miller has acquired specialist German shipping, trade and transport insurance specialist Zeller Associates. Thomas Miller, which is based on Fenchurch Street in the heart of London’s insurance quarter, announced today it had agreed to purchase the managing general agency and insurance services operations of Zeller for an undisclosed sum. Read more: Hurricane [...]
Former BHS boss Chappell begins pensions conviction appeal September 17, 2018 Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell was today accused of trying to “muddy the waters” in his appeal against a conviction for failing to provide information to the UK’s pensions watchdog about a hole in BHS’s pensions scheme. Prosecutors told the court that Chappell’s appeal was a “cynical attempt to rewrite history”, the Financial Times reported. [...]
Former BHS boss Chappell begins pensions conviction appeal September 17, 2018 Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell was today accused of trying to “muddy the waters” in his appeal against a conviction for failing to provide information to the UK’s pensions watchdog about a hole in BHS’s pensions scheme. Prosecutors told the court that Chappell’s appeal was a “cynical attempt to rewrite history”, the Financial Times reported. [...]
Hogan Lovells partner ordered to pay ex-nanny £18,000 after firing her while she was pregnant September 17, 2018 A top City lawyer has been ordered by a tribunal to pay £18,000 to his former nanny after firing her after she told his wife she was pregnant. Sylvain Dhennin, who is head of Anglo-American law firm Hogan Lovells’ European high-yield debt practice, was ordered to make the payment by the London Central Employment Tribunal. [...]
