All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2024 // Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe, carrying around 15% of global sea trade.For the...
Jan 23 2024 // Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European Union antitrust rules reining in Big Tech platforms because watchdogs tentatively...
Jan 22 2024 // Storm Isha is causing travel disruption and power blackouts across northern Europe, as it brought hurricane-force winds to the UK and other parts of the region.The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning across the UK...
Jan 19 2024 // European boutique managing general agent (MGA), Alta Signa Europe B.V., announced the launch of a new European marine underwriting business.The new unit will focus on core marine lines of business, backed by Alta...
Jan 18 2024 // Freezing weather in Germany and other parts of Europe threatened widespread road, rail and flight disruptions as the region braced for snowfall and heavy ice build-up.Frankfurt’s airport operator canceled more than...
Jan 12 2024 // Britain’s departure from the European Union has reduced the size of its economy by 6% so far – an annual cost of 140 billion pounds ($178 billion) – London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Thursday, with the...
Jan 5 2024 // Gallagher Taps AIG’s Loesti as Chief Commercial Officer, European BrokingNepomuk (Nepo) Loesti has joined Gallagher as chief commercial officer of its European broking operations. The newly created role will support...
Jan 4 2024 // Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and...
Jan 4 2024 // Insurance giant Allianz SE is looking to replace the biggest bond remaining under Europe’s old regulatory regime as it taps the market for new issues early on this year.The Munich-based insurer priced a new €1...
Jan 3 2024 // The European Central Bank’s cyber resilience stress test in the coming months will not affect bank-specific capital requirements but instead form part of a broader supervisory assessment, the ECB said in a statement...
Jan 2 2024 // Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how the nation needs international partners more than ever...
Dec 22 2023 // The UK and Switzerland signed an agreement to recognize each other’s laws and regulations in financial services, easing post-Brexit market access for firms including banks, insurers and asset managers.Chancellor of...
Dec 20 2023 // Allianz has sponsored a new catastrophe bond which will provide the group with multi-year risk transfer capacity of €250 million to protect itself against European windstorms.Allianz entered into a three-year reinsurance...
Dec 20 2023 // The UK and Switzerland will sign an agreement around financial services on Thursday, a post-Brexit accord to deepen ties between their respective financial centers.Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will visit Bern to...
Dec 19 2023 // The finance industry will be shielded from the full scope of the European Union’s most consequential piece of ESG legislation to date, as the bloc settles on a compromise to help it get the bill over the finish...
Dec 15 2023 // European Union countries and lawmakers last week agreed a provisional deal for artificial intelligence rules aimed at establishing guardrails for the rapid development of AI and setting a global standard in technology...
Dec 13 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh and Allianz Central Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Announces Group of Promotions in UK, Global Placement TeamMarsh, the...
Dec 12 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at DUAL France and Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance unit.A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Europe Taps Hiscox’s Hervé to Launch...
Dec 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) and Lloyd’s Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as...
Dec 11 2023 // Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such...