City launches new Digital ID framework against AI fraud Tech The City of London Corporation has unveiled plans for a new digital identity framework it claims could unlock more than £5bn for the UK economy, as policymakers and the financial sector race to tackle increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled fraud. A blueprint published on Tuesday proposes a “Digital Verification Orchestrator”, or DVO – a system set to [...]
Nolana Named as Finalist and Runner-Up at ILC ClaimsTech – The Pitch 2026 in London Business Wire Nolana AI, the developer of an agentic artificial intelligence operating system for insurance operations, was recognized as a finalist and runner-up at the annual ClaimsTech – The Pitch 2026 live final. The event took place at Kennedys in central London on June 18, 2026. Organised by ILC I Love Claims, the competition showcases emerging innovative [...]
Carbon Announces Signing of Significant Growth Equity Investment from FTV Capital Business Wire The investment will accelerate Carbon's growth in delegated authority underwriting by helping to scale its market-leading data and analytics platform, Graphene, and supporting expansion into new markets, including across the US
Is football eating itself? Not before it eats other sports first June 25, 2026 The World Cup has become so big that it now puts all other sports in the shade, laments Ed Warner. I remember the summer of 1976 as a swathe of bleached playing fields, jumpers for goalposts and pick-up games of cricket. There happened to be an international football tournament that June, but I defy anyone [...]
Lloyd’s deputy chair: The City is a club in the best sense June 25, 2026 Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Vicky Carter tells us about Lloyd's first female deputy chair.
‘Streets ahead’ – London aims to wear the legal AI crown June 25, 2026 New York may have the money, but London is trying to claim the ‘global capital of legal AI’ crown, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. In the midst of a brutal transatlantic talent war, where US firms are driving salaries through the roof and aggressively poaching top talent across the City, London has quietly secured a major strategic [...]
K2 PI aims high: Lloyd’s-backed MGA targets larger PI risks June 24, 2026 Partner content, in association with K2 PI Freshly backed by Lloyd’s of London, K2 PI, which specialises in professional indemnity, has its sights set on competing with larger brokers through its broker-neutral managing general agent (MGA) model. Speaking to City AM, Richard Smart, managing director of K2 PI, explained, “We’ve got 100 per cent Lloyd’s backing, [...]
David Lloyd gyms limbers up for £4bn London float June 22, 2026 The owner of David Lloyd gyms is considering a £4bn London listing in what would be a major boost for the capital’s stock exchange. TDR Capital, which also owns Asda, is eyeing up the initial public offering (IPO) despite a dearth of high-profile listings in recent years, City AM understands. The private equity firm snapped [...]
Lloyd’s and Chubb unlock $400m to jumpstart Strait of Hormuz shipping June 19, 2026 The world’s largest insurance marketplace is set to break the Strait of Hormuz logjam with a new $400m (£316m) war-risk facility. Lloyd’s of London has launched a new market consortium designed to provide additional marine war risk insurance capacity for vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Insurer Chubb will serve as lead underwriter, [...]
Conservatives will slash the regulations holding the City back June 18, 2026 The reforms Kemi Badenoch announces today will see the end of ringfencing and the end of an unfair international disadvantage imposed through capital requirements set by regulators. This is only the start. We will go further, says Andrew Griffith If, like me, you left university to work in the city in the 1990s, you will [...]