All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd. announced it will offer a specialty insurance solution to Europe with its affiliate, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, subject to regulatory approval.Tom Bolt has been...
Mar 8 2016 // Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday a vote by Britain to leave the European Union could hit the country’s $2.9 trillion economy and prompt some banks to move away from London’s global financial...
Mar 7 2016 // The motor insurance industry faces a significant shake-up from two waves of technological innovation – the growth of telematics and the development of driverless cars, according to Fitch.Over the short term, telematics...
Mar 4 2016 // More than 200 small-business leaders signed an open letter calling for British withdrawal from the European Union, highlighting a division with large companies over membership of the bloc.The letter, published in the Daily...
Mar 4 2016 // Chubb has appointed the team that will lead product line underwriting and distribution for its Continental Europe region.Each of the newly announced positions will report to Steve Reiss, chief operating officer,...
Mar 3 2016 // Chubb announced the launch of Cyber Enterprise Risk Management, as the company continues to invest in its cyber risk capabilities across Europe.Cyber Enterprise Risk Management as “an end-to-end risk management...
Mar 3 2016 // Traditionally conservative European insurers and pension funds are turning increasingly to risky property bets on everything from new homes in provincial Britain to car parks at Brussels airport, as they feel the pinch...
Mar 2 2016 // Iran still faces constraints on oil exports as buyers are cautious about boosting trade immediately because of banking and ship insurance difficulties, a senior Iranian oil official said, despite seeing a...
Mar 1 2016 // A British exit from the European Union could hurt UK insurer Direct Line’s investment portfolio and cause regulatory uncertainty, it said on Tuesday after posting a 3 percent rise in 2015 operating profit.Britain...
Mar 1 2016 // The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws, including one on counterterrorism, in a rare joint bid to pressure Beijing into...
Feb 29 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the issuer credit rating (ICR) outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the ICR of “a+” of W. R. Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd....
Feb 29 2016 // British finance minister George Osborne pushed financial leaders from the top 20 economies to include the risk of Britain leaving the European Union in their list of dangers to the world economy on Saturday, gaining...
Feb 26 2016 // Cities don’t stay on top forever. Just look at Venice in the 15th century, Philadelphia in the 18th or even Vienna in the 19th.It’s a lesson some Londoners worry is being forgotten when it comes to the...
Feb 25 2016 // RSA chief Stephen Hester said a British exit from the European Union could have a negative impact on the insurer’s business and investment returns, underscoring a warning from top executives about the impact of...
Feb 25 2016 // AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, said 2015 profit rose 12 percent, helped by higher life insurance sales in Europe and Asia. The shares rose.Net income climbed to 5.62 billion euros ($6.2 billion) from 5.02 billion...
Feb 24 2016 // Europe’s largest insurer Allianz has put its South Korean life insurance business on the block as part of a global overhaul in a tough low-interest rate environment, sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Feb 23 2016 // The bosses of a third of Britain’s biggest companies warned on Tuesday that an exit from the European Union would put the economy at risk and threaten jobs.In a letter to the Times newspaper, bosses from big...
Feb 22 2016 // British corporate leaders will likely vote for the U.K. to remain a part of the European Union, according to lobby groups for business, manufacturing and financial services.The Institute of Directors said the deal reached...
Feb 19 2016 // The U.K.’s looming in/out referendum on European Union membership, which may come as early as June, has sparked jitters, with analysts predicting declines in everything from London property prices to the pound. But...
Feb 19 2016 // Allianz SE missed analyst estimates for fourth-quarter profit because of claims from natural catastrophes.Net income at Europe’s biggest insurer increased to 1.42 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the quarter from 1.22...