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• Pulse of the Insurance Industry  Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 7:36 AM ET

  

  John Nelson, Lloyd's of London chairman, explains why the insurance sector as a whole is returning to profitability, despite several global catastrophes.

• UK Banks Return to Favor in Turnaround Year Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 6:32 AM ET

  

  After five long years of deleveraging, the U.K. banking sector finally looks ready to make a comeback, with 2013 set to be a turnaround year.

• Europe Stocks Close Lower; ECB Eyed Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 11:45 AM ET

  European shares pared gains on Tuesday to close lower, after a raft of euro zone economic data softened earlier rises from positive earnings reports.

• Why the Crisis Was Good for European Banks  Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 4:20 AM ET

  

  David Enrich, European banking editor at Wall Street Journal, discusses European banks' quarterly results and says the positive outcome of the crisis is that banks have refocused on core areas.

• Lloyds on Track to Meet 2013 Guidance   Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 2:00 AM ET

  

  Simon Maughan, financials sector strategist at Olivetree Financial Group, tells CNBC that investors are looking for progress on capital, progress on earnings and a dividend, which is what Lloyds Banking Group is about.

• UPDATE 2-Deutsche Bank shares jump after 3 bln euro stock issue Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 12:32 AM ET

  *Bank places 90 million shares at 32.90 euros each. FRANKFURT/ LONDON, April 30- Deutsche Bank AG completed a 2.96 billion euros share issue on Tuesday, quashing lingering worries about its finances and showing renewed appetite among investors for European bank stocks.

• Europe Shares Close Higher on Italy Hopes Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 12:01 PM ET

  European shares closed higher on Monday after Italy's new Prime Minister announced his reform plans in his maiden speech to parliament.

• Funding for Lending Scheme Is a 'Pretty Bandaid' Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 4:56 AM ET

  

  The Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) is like a "pretty bandaid" for the banking sector, one economist told CNBC on Wednesday after the central bank expanded the program.

• Lloyds Most Complained-About UK Bank Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 8:39 AM ET

  

  Britain's biggest retail bank Lloyds received more complaints than any of its rivals in the second half of 2012, data published by the U.K.'s financial regulator showed.

• Shamed British bank bosses seek solace in science and cricket Friday, 12 Apr 2013 | 5:49 AM ET

  LONDON, April 12- Say sorry, give back some of the money and become an adviser. These appear to be the best routes to rehabilitation or at least a more peaceful life for bankers in Britain blamed and shamed for bringing their companies to their knees.

• UK Bank Chief Asks to Be Stripped of Knighthood Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013 | 6:03 AM ET

  

  James Crosby, former boss of failed British bank HBOS, offered on Tuesday to give up his knighthood and nearly a third of his pension after being denounced by lawmakers for the "colossal failure" that led to his bank's collapse.

• UK Bank Chiefs Slated as ‘Brash’ and ‘Deluded’ Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 7:01 PM ET

  

  Bank chiefs at HBOS, once one of Britain's biggest banks, were condemned as a "model of self-delusion", in a damming report by Britain's Banking Standards Commission on Friday.

• Lessons to be Learned From HBOS Report  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 3:45 AM ET

  

  Patrick Jenkins, banking editor at Financial Times, tells CNBC that the HBOS report will lift the lid on a culture "driven by seeking profit at all costs" which should provide lessons for the future.

• European shares led lower by banks on Italy, Cyprus concerns Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 8:58 AM ET

  LONDON, March 27- European shares fell sharply on Wednesday, dragged lower by banks after soft demand at an Italian debt auction rattled investors already concerned about the implications of the bailout in Cyprus.

• UK Banks Need to Raise $38 Billion: Bank of England Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 6:25 AM ET

  

  U.K. banks will be need to raise an extra 25 billion pounds ($38 billion), the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said on Wednesday, detailing the capital shortfall facing the country's financial institutions.

• Europe Shares Close Down Ahead of Cyprus Vote Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 12:33 PM ET

  European shares closed lower on Tuesday as markets await the outcome of a critical vote in Cyprus to tax bank deposits.

• UPDATE 1-Britain rejects call to stiffen bank leverage rules Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 3:26 PM ET

  LONDON, March 11- Britain will resist calls to impose far stricter rules on how much banks can leverage their capital for investments and lending, insisting that there is no need to do so before 2018..

• European shares fall as banks dip after Italy downgrade Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 8:29 AM ET

  *Austere regulatory environment knocks UK lenders. *Norway's DNB lower on provision concerns. LONDON, March 11- European stocks pulled back from more than four-year highs on Monday as banking shares tumbled after Italy's credit downgrade and due to potentially austere regulatory measures in the UK. points, or 0.4 percent, at 1,190.22.

• UK Urged to Split All Banks If One Breaks Rules Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 7:49 AM ET

  

  Britain should force all banks to split routine retail operations from riskier investment activities if a single lender abuses new rules designed to protect taxpayers, an influential panel of lawmakers said. The government's Banking Reform Bill is due to be debated in parliament on Monday.

• CORRECTED-Britain urged to split banks if new rules fail Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 7:40 AM ET

  LONDON, March 11- Britain should adopt legislation that could force all banks to split routine retail operations from riskier investment activities if new rules designed to protect taxpayers fail, an influential panel of lawmakers said.