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Leading MEP questions Lloyd’s of London Brexit plans

Markus Ferber queries Belgian authorities’ 'seemingly lax approach' to luring London business

Leading MEP questions Lloyd’s of London Brexit plans
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A prominent MEP has lambasted a “lax” approach to luring the world’s largest insurance market to the European Union, posing questions about the validity of the Brexit contingency plans set out by Lloyd’s of London.

The 330-year-old UK-based insurance syndicate surprised many in March 2017 when it chose Brussels for its post-Brexit EU hub. The Belgian capital does not have a large specialist insurance industry and many of the sector’s UK-based firms had selected Luxembourg and Dublin as their future base in the bloc.

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