All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 26 2022 // European companies turning to coal as an alternative to Russian gas face a hit to their environmental, social and governance ratings, leaving them scrambling to impress investors still vocal on sustainability.Despite an...
Jul 25 2022 // London is in danger of becoming a mere “regional stock market” down the line unless it significantly raises its game — that is the warning from Mark Austin, the latest person charged with sprucing up the...
Jul 22 2022 // Damage from large wildfires in Europe has jumped dramatically, with a 75% increase in the amount of land burned in the latest year, according to analysis by Chaucer, the specialty re/insurer, which warns that modeling for...
Jul 21 2022 // Britain’s reform of post-Brexit financial services is more about catching up with rivals than unleashing a “Big Bang 2.0” as it sidesteps calls to cut taxes on banks or ease curbs on hiring foreign staff...
Jul 20 2022 // Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be...
Jul 20 2022 // British financial regulators will have to promote the global competitiveness of the country’s financial sector, though a plan for more government oversight of their work has been put on hold for now, finance minister...
Jul 19 2022 // Britain was forecast to see temperatures hit 40C (104F) for the first time on Tuesday after logging its warmest night on record, while wildfires raged across parched countryside in France, Spain and elsewhere.As a heatwave...
Jul 19 2022 // Britain’s government must focus on sound public finances and avoid further fueling inflation by pumping up demand, new finance minister Nadhim Zahawi is due to say in his first major speech on Tuesday.Zahawi will...
Jul 19 2022 // The Bank of England may not have enough resources to implement an extra objective of maintaining Britain as a competitive global financial center, a policymaker designate said on Monday.Britain’s government is due...
Jul 18 2022 // JERTE, Spain – Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say...
Jul 15 2022 // Greece on Thursday scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term ‘Feta’ as Europe’s top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the...
Jul 14 2022 // Volkswagen’s software that altered car emissions constituted an illegal defeat device in certain driving conditions, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday, while the automaker said the ruling confirmed its...
Jul 8 2022 // Lloyd’s Europe reports the appointment of Bertrand Heugues as chief underwriting officer effective 14 July.He will be responsible for overseeing underwriting, delegated authority management, claims and the...
Jul 7 2022 // Ryan Specialty announced it has opened an office in Madrid as a next step in the evolution of the firm’s transactional risk managing general underwriter, Ryan Specialty Transactional Risks International.Madrid is the...
Jul 7 2022 // City of London executives have expressed anxiety that the turmoil rocking the UK government may delay or derail post-Brexit reforms aimed at boosting competition and growth.The resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and...
Jul 6 2022 // Europe’s landmark test of banks’ resilience to global warming was far softer than many lenders had expected, according to people familiar with the matter.Even the toughest hypothetical scenarios in the European...
Jul 6 2022 // EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators’ limited...
Jul 6 2022 // Leonardo Del Vecchio’s right-hand man was named on Monday to succeed the Italian billionaire — who died last week — as chairman of the family’s Delfin holding company.Francesco Milleri, the...
Jul 5 2022 // Ardonagh Europe Ltd., the Dublin-based subsidiary of The Ardonagh Group, announced it has agreed to acquire Léons Group, an independent family-owned insurance brokerage and consultancy firm in the...
Jun 30 2022 // Insurance broker Aon has incorporate the latest climate science into its Impact Forecasting’s European flood models to help enable insurers to access more accurate loss estimates to help make better decisions for...