All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2009 // It’s a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And it’s not just upset...
Dec 21 2009 // The chief executives of Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer, and ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s biggest steelmaker, have warned of new bubbles that they see developing in global markets.“You know why nothing has...
Dec 21 2009 // U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement Saturday, Dec.19, when delegates “noted” an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the...
Dec 20 2009 // It’s the end of the decade that apparently has no name as yet, but that doesn’t stop those of us at Insurance Journal from looking back at the past 10 years and beyond for known and little-known insurance...
Dec 18 2009 // QBE European Operations (QBE EO), the specialist business insurer, announced its purchase of the brand and renewal rights of the Evergreen portfolio from MSP Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd’s underwriting agency,...
Dec 17 2009 // Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion fund to aid poor countries, as world leaders gathered on the eve of a U.N. deadline to reach a deal to slow global warming.Environment...
Dec 16 2009 // ING won strong support from shareholders for a heavily discounted rights issue, helping the Dutch bancassurer cut its reliance on state aid and clearing the way for it to launch a program of mandated asset sales.ING said...
Dec 15 2009 // The Norwegian Risk Management Association (NORIMA) has been accepted as a member of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), bringing the total to 20 associations from 18.Risk management...
Dec 15 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it withdrew its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on XL Europe Ltd. on Dec. 10, 2009. “We withdrew the ratings because of...
Dec 15 2009 // Aon Risk Services said that it has agreed to acquire FCC Global Insurance Services, the in-house captive brokerage subsidiary of FCC. FCC Global Insurance Services is a subsidiary of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas,...
Dec 14 2009 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations, has issued a bulletin welcoming the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s latest draft of the block exemption requirements (BER) for the...
Dec 11 2009 // The European Union increased pressure on the International Monetary Fund on Friday to consider a global tax on financial transactions to limit the risk of another economic crisis.In a draft statement expected to be...
Dec 4 2009 // The rest of that phrase, from a long ago Times headline, reads “- Continent Cut Off.” It succinctly summarizes the past, present and probably future state of relations between two of Europe’s oldest...
Dec 3 2009 // Willis Group Holdings announced that Michiel Bakker has been appointed Managing Director and Head of Europe for its Willis Capital Markets and Advisory unit, formed earlier this year to expand the broker’s capital...
Dec 3 2009 // China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said Wednesday.China, the...
Dec 3 2009 // France tried to reassure Britain on Thursday that its push for tougher financial regulation in the European Union would not undermine the City of London, saying new rules would not hurt anyone system in particular.Tensions...
Dec 3 2009 // Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to give government regulators the power to break up financial firms that threaten economic stability, and to expose the Federal Reserve to unprecedented...
Dec 2 2009 // The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, backed tougher Europe-wide financial regulation in a Times article on Wednesday, but stressed that the UK’s financial services industry must not be...
Dec 2 2009 // The Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association has given its view of the European Union’s Block Exemption Regulation (BER). In a notice on its web site (www.abanet.org) the Section said it “appreciates...
Dec 1 2009 // Swiss Re’s Economic Forum, held today at the reinsurer’s iconic London headquarters, presented a far more encouraging picture of the world’s financial condition than a year ago. However, there may be...