All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2023 // A panel of European Union lawmakers on Thursday backed an amendment to extend the reach of groundbreaking draft legislation to force companies to check whether their suppliers use slave or child labor, or pollute the...
Feb 10 2023 // The UK government is in talks to speed the implementation of a flagship insurance reform to release £100 billion ($121 billion) of capital for investment, after months of clashes over the plans and frustration about the...
Feb 7 2023 // A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe, according to a Reuters analysis of ransom notes posted online...
Feb 6 2023 // European Union countries agreed to set price caps on Russian refined oil products to limit Moscow’s funds for its invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish presidency of the EU said on Friday.EU diplomats said the price caps...
Jan 30 2023 // The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric...
Jan 30 2023 // Intercontinental Exchange Inc. will open a parallel natural gas market in London to help traders avoid potential disruptions from new European Union rules to cap energy prices.The new market will offer benchmark Dutch...
Jan 27 2023 // The European Commission is proposing that the EU set a $100 per barrel price cap on premium Russian oil products like diesel and a $45 per barrel cap on discounted products like fuel oil, European Union officials said on...
Jan 23 2023 // Insurers loved the UK government’s long-awaited plans to free up billions of pounds of their capital. But after the celebrations have come fears that regulators could nudge the changes in a more cautious...
Jan 23 2023 // Turmoil at trophy properties in London and Frankfurt offer a glimpse of the damage awaiting European real estate investors as they face the sharpest reversal on record.From a fraught refinancing process for an office...
Jan 20 2023 // The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon dioxide emissions.The European Commission is set to propose...
Jan 19 2023 // Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead EU privacy regulator, for an additional breach of the bloc’s...
Jan 17 2023 // Banning commission-based sales of financial products from banks and insurers would be a “serious setback” to the European Union’s capital market and limit choice for consumers, Germany’s finance...
Jan 17 2023 // LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – European Union regulators should not define greenwashing in law, fund industry groups have told the bloc’s markets watchdog, citing concerns this would complicate a sector in...
Jan 10 2023 // UK finance firms now have a higher proportion of women on their boards than their European counterparts, a rare boost for the City of London’s attempts to improve the industry’s diversity.Women made up 58% of...
Jan 9 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL, Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Coxall to Head of Underwriting Mgmt, UK...
Jan 6 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Chubb Global Markets and the insurtech bolttech.A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes 3 Senior...
Jan 5 2023 // Aon Names Fulciniti as Head of Strategy Execution for Commercial Risk Solutions, EMEAInsurance broker Aon plc has named Agostino (Ago) Fulciniti as head of strategy execution for Commercial Risk Solutions in EMEA,...
Jan 4 2023 // Europe has broken temperature records already this year, with cities from Berlin to Warsaw recording their warmest ever start to the month.Temperatures in the German capital reached 16C (60.8F) on New Year’s Day, a...
Dec 29 2022 // U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy.Record profits...
Dec 20 2022 // The European Union reached an agreement to strengthen and expand its flagship carbon market, endorsing the centerpiece of the Green Deal strategy that aims to make its economy climate-neutral by mid-century.Under a...