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People Moves: Aspen Appoints Boon Head of Singapore; Liberty Mutual Hires Patrick Thielen Global Head of Cyber; Guy Carpenter Makes Senior Moves in Europe

May 22 2023 // Aspen Appoints Boon as Head of Singapore; Morely Relocates to LondonAspen Insurance Holdings Limited has appointed industry veteran Tay Boon Chuan as head of Singapore, effective June 1. Aspen is headquartered in Hamilton,...

EU Spat Over Nuclear Energy Escalates as Key Vote Is Delayed

May 18 2023 // A key element of the European Union’s Green Deal package has been delayed after France, the bloc’s biggest supporter of nuclear power, said it won’t back a law to scale up renewable energy.Member-state...

Stellantis Tells UK to Change Brexit Deal or See Car Plants Close

May 17 2023 // British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain...

EU Weighs Cyber Plan Aimed at Keeping Cloud Data in Europe

May 15 2023 // The European Union is weighing a plan that would require cloud providers to store all of their data within the bloc in order to qualify for its highest cybersecurity certification.ENISA, the EU’s cybersecurity...

UK Drops Post-Brexit Plan to Scrap Thousands of EU Laws by Year’s End

May 12 2023 // Britain’s bonfire of European Union laws has been reduced to embers.The U.K. government on Wednesday scrapped a plan to remove all remaining EU laws, about 4,000 in all, from British statute books by the end of this...

Legislation to Govern AI Takes Another Step in Europe

May 11 2023 // European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules regulating artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, following a crunch vote on Thursday where they agreed tougher draft legislation.The European...

East, Southern Europe Win as Firms Rethink Supply Chains

May 11 2023 // Low-cost economies in eastern and southern Europe are being increasingly favored for investment as companies around the world revamp supply chains to make them more resilient and cost-efficient, a study by professional...

EU Lawmakers Warn of Hungary, Poland Spyware Abuses

May 10 2023 // European Union lawmakers investigating the use of Pegasus spyware against opposition politicians and journalists on May 9 raised deep concern about abuses in Hungary and Poland and lamented a lack of cooperation with their...

No Quick Deal in Sight as EU Countries Start Talks on New Russia Sanctions

May 10 2023 // European Union states were holding a first discussion on Wednesday on proposed new sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine that would target Chinese and Iranian firms and allow export curbs on third countries for...

EU Set for Tough Talks After Lawmakers Back Stricter Methane Rules

May 9 2023 // The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of rules that would force companies selling oil and gas in Europe to cut their methane emissions, setting itself up for tough negotiations with EU countries seeking weaker...

EU Plans Tough ‘Value for Money’ Rules for Investment Products: Draft Proposals

May 9 2023 // Banks, insurers and asset managers in the European Union would only be allowed to sell funds and other products across the bloc if they could prove to regulators they offer value for money, draft proposals seen by Reuters...

Hottest Ever April Recorded in Spain, Portugal as Heat Wave Hits Europe

May 9 2023 // Spain and Portugal recorded their hottest April on record as a mass of hot air brought temperatures above 30C and close to 40C in some areas at the end of the month.Last month was the fourth-hottest month of April on...

People Moves: BHSI Promotes 2 Regional Leaders for Europe, Middle East; Lockton Re Taps Guy Carpenter’s Hunter as a Senior Broker

May 2 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Lockton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes 2 Regional Leaders for Europe, Middle...

EU Lawmakers Back Human Rights, Environmental Checks for Big Companies

Apr 26 2023 // European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules requiring thousands of large companies to identify and mitigate human rights abuses like child labor or slavery, and environmental damage by suppliers.The European...

People Moves: Howden Names Holz as CEO for Germany, Creating Howden Deutschland; Chubb Promotes Vaughan for High Net Worth Insurance Business in Europe

Apr 25 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Broking and Chubb.A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Names Holz as CEO for Germany, Creating Howden DeutschlandHowden, the...

Specialist Risk Group Launches Platform for European Operations

Apr 25 2023 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance broker, announced the launch of Specialist Risk Europe, the platform for SRG’s European operations, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. SRG’s latest...

EU Regulators Set Out Ideas to Help Plug Climate ‘Insurance Gap’

Apr 24 2023 // Issuing “catastrophe bonds” and setting up public-private partnerships could help plug the “insurance gap” to better cover damage from climate change, a discussion paper from the European Central...

Record Heat and Drought Force Europe to Accelerate Climate Adaptation

Apr 21 2023 // The record heat and drought hurting European farmers, power utilities and insurers foreshadows even faster change to the continent’s climate, with scientists warning that feedback loops from a drying Earth likely...

EU Announces $1.2B Plan to Counter Growing Cyber-security Threats

Apr 19 2023 // The European Commission on Tuesday announced a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) plan to counter growing cybersecurity threats, underscoring mounting concerns about a series of high-profile hacking incidents.The growing use...

Climate Activists Sue EU for Labeling Gas and Nuclear Investments as ‘Green’

Apr 18 2023 // Greenpeace and other campaign groups are set to take the European Commission to court on Tuesday, seeking to overturn European Union rules that class nuclear energy and natural gas as climate-friendly investments.The...