Reinsurers extend profit boom as they cut cover to cope with disasters
Broker Guy Carpenter says profitability increased 2 percentage points to 18% in 2025
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025‘What will happen to house prices next year?’ — it’s a tricky question
For all their faults, house price predictions are not as useless as you might expect
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement
Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to December 19
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025Can a Madrid in flux balance traditional charm and new energy?
The capital has recently become the most expensive city in Spain per square metre — and change is happening fast. Some are questioning if its identity is in jeopardy
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025AI forecast to put 200,000 European banking jobs at risk by 2030
Morgan Stanley analysts predict roles in back and middle offices will bear brunt
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025How Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s long alliance ruptured
The longtime alliance between the Gulf’s heavyweights has descended into open confrontation
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025Trump media group plans new token with Crypto.com
TMTG shares jump on news company will hand shareholders a new cryptocurrency with unnamed perks
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025Global stocks post third straight year of double-digit gains
Wall Street’s S&P 500 is up 17% in 2025, beating analysts’ forecasts, after markets shrugged off trade turmoil
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025Zack Polanski: I would be open to working with Labour if Andy Burnham was leader
Green party leader rules out co-operation with Keir Starmer
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025How should the UK celebrate 250 years of American independence?
Reiterating the liberal ideals behind the revolution may be tricky when they are out of favour in the White House
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025