All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2016 // What does the Brexit portend for all those collaborative efforts undertaken by the European Union to battle climate change?It’s a question a number of people were pondering – in Europe and in the U.S. – after...
Jun 30 2016 // John Haley, who merged his U.S. consulting firm with an insurance broker this year to form London-based Willis Towers Watson Plc, said the company is well-equipped to deal with disruption from U.K. voters’ decision...
Jun 30 2016 // In a short period of time, the political risk market has experienced a significant shift in exposures, with new potential threats and different territories now threatened by attacks from religious extremists.Christof...
Jun 29 2016 // Despite a challenging business environment and global trade slowdown in 2015, global direct premiums written grew by 3.8 percent in real terms, up from 3.5 percent in 2014, according to Swiss Re’s latest sigma...
Jun 29 2016 // Investors will consider hoarding cash in vaults as government bond yields fall deeper into negative territory following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, according to Talanx AG, Germany’s...
Jun 29 2016 // Fosun Group, China’s biggest private conglomerate, will look for more opportunities in the United Kingdom and Europe in the volatile wake of Britain’s referendum vote to leave the European Union, the...
Jun 29 2016 // If you own a Volkswagen with a diesel engine in the U.S., the company will buy back your car and give you as much as $10,000. If you drive in Europe, you may only get a piece of pipe.As part of Volkswagen AG’s...
Jun 28 2016 // U.S., European and Chinese regulators say they will jointly enforce product safety in online commerce, and an American official said they are making progress on crafting standards for hoverboards.The statement last week by...
Jun 28 2016 // Fosun Group, China’s biggest private conglomerate, will list U.S. property and casualty insurer Ironshore Inc “as soon as possible” this year, Guo Guangchang, the company’s billionaire co-founder...
Jun 28 2016 // Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing on Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging last week’s vote to leave the European Union would hurt its...
Jun 28 2016 // QBE Insurance Group announced this week that it will be reviewing its UK-based operations in light of last week’s vote in the UK to leave the European Union.“The referendum outcome may require a revised...
Jun 28 2016 // Market falls triggered by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will hit British insurers’ capital, raising concerns over their ability to pay dividends or hand cash back to investors.New European capital...
Jun 27 2016 // Global catastrophe risk management firm RMS has released version 16.0 of its catastrophe modeling platform, which includes updates to both the Europe Windstorm Clustering Model and Terrorism Modeling suite. Also included...
Jun 27 2016 // To leave, or not to leave: that is the question. Still.After Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union, there is no indication that a so-called Brexit will happen soon. It maybe never will. Prime Minister...
Jun 24 2016 // Chubb announced the leadership of its property & casualty (P/C) risk engineering team in Europe, all effective immediately.Paul Brooke, formerly head of property risk engineering, UK and Ireland for legacy ACE, will...
Jun 24 2016 // The UK joined the European Union in January 1973, and yesterday, the UK public voted to leave. After 43 years of marriage, the divorce proceedings will soon begin.No one knows how long it will take for the UK to untangle...
Jun 24 2016 // Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two.Global financial markets...
Jun 23 2016 // Britons were voting on Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum that could change the face of Europe and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world.A British...
Jun 23 2016 // Britain, Europe’s biggest financial hub, votes today on whether to stay in or leave the European Union.The country’s financial and professional services industries are considered as the most vulnerable to an...
Jun 22 2016 // The Obama administration is opening U.S. skies to more commercial drones with long-awaited regulations that the government hopes will spawn new businesses inspecting bridges, monitoring crops and taking aerial...