All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2025 // The UK’s push to deregulate its way to growth has got veterans of the last financial crisis worried that it’s sowing the seeds for another crash.Labour, for decades the political party that favored taming the...
Jan 14 2025 // The European Union’s new digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, suggested the repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea couldn’t be fully accidental, as leaders from the region prepare to gather for a NATO...
Jan 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance (EU) dac Promotes Smith to CEO,...
Jan 10 2025 // The European Union Aviation Safety Agency warned airlines to steer clear of several cities in Russia following the fatal crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that was likely shot down by Russian forces.EASA...
Jan 9 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at WTW and Howden Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Wegbrans as Head of Corporate Risk & Broking EuropeInsurance broker WTW...
Jan 9 2025 // Europe’s financial regulator for banks said lenders in the bloc must regularly and comprehensively measure ESG risks, in new guidelines designed to shore up the industry amid growing threats to financial stability...
Jan 3 2025 // Northern Europe is facing freezing temperatures and snow, boosting heating demand and putting more pressure on the region’s depleting gas inventories.There are yellow weather alerts over Scotland on Friday, with the...
Dec 19 2024 // European insurers approached the new year from a position of strength, having benefited from supportive interest rates and pricing cycles over the past two years. However, 2025 is expected to present more challenges, with...
Dec 19 2024 // The European Central Bank and the region’s insurance authority proposed a two-pronged approach to increase insurance coverage for floods, storms and other weather disasters that are increasingly being fueled by...
Dec 18 2024 // The lead European Union data privacy regulator for Meta fined the social media giant 251 million euros ($263.5 million) on Tuesday for a 2018 Facebook security breach that affected 29 million users.Meta notified...
Dec 12 2024 // All it takes is one hacker and a batch of faulty solar panels to threaten the safety of Europe’s electric grid.Vangelis Stykas, a cybersecurity consultant, said he figured out how to do it. Using a laptop and...
Dec 3 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ryan Specialty and Howden Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Int’l Names Birrell Exec Chair,...
Dec 3 2024 // As companies struggle with chronic shortages, critics blame an overly generous welfare system, where spending on health-related benefits outranks other developed nations. The IMF calls it “costly and...
Nov 26 2024 // The next European Commission will urgently seek to streamline the bloc’s many environmental, social and governance rules, as it responds to complaints that excessive regulations are gutting industry...
Nov 26 2024 // The European Union is proposing to sanction several Chinese firms that it claims helped Russian companies develop attack drones that were deployed against Ukraine.The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is...
Nov 18 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace service to the social network, the US tech giant’s first ever penalty for EU...
Nov 15 2024 // The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions aimed at targeting the shadow fleet of tankers Russia is using to get its oil to market, according to people familiar with the matter.The package, which the bloc...
Nov 13 2024 // Baloise Holding AG has become one of the most-discussed takeover candidates in the European financial sector, after agitation by an activist investor triggered top industry players to take fresh looks at the Swiss...
Nov 7 2024 // This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.The data was released ahead...
Nov 5 2024 // Swiss Re has agreed to sell iptiQ’s European P&C business to Allianz Direct, in line with its strategic decision to withdraw from iptiQ.Allianz Direct, the pan-European online insurer of Allianz Group, will take...