All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the European managing general agent Geo Underwriting Europe BV (Geo...
Aug 29 2024 // The European Union’s mission in the Red Sea said on Wednesday there was no oil spill in the waters near the Greek-flagged tanker hit by a fiery Houthi militant attack off Yemen’s coast.The mission, called...
Aug 27 2024 // Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030 and, in a second case, scrap rules that label some planes as climate-friendly...
Aug 27 2024 // Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from the south of France to the Balkans.There are orange warnings for Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany and Umbria in Italy, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms....
Aug 26 2024 // Fires were burning around the oil tanks of a ship that was attacked by Houthi militants in the Red Sea, but there were no signs of a spill so far, the European Union naval force in the region said.Flames were seen in at...
Aug 21 2024 // Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from Poland and Hungary to Italy and Greece.There are orange warnings for northern Greece, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms and the risk of flooding....
Aug 19 2024 // Europe is spending tens of billions of euros a year to fight wildfires, yet it hasn’t stopped blazes from flaring up across Greece and other parts of the continent this summer.This week fires on the outskirts of...
Aug 16 2024 // Shipping containers bound for Thailand allegedly filled with tons of hazardous industrial waste from Albania are now slated to return to Europe, after environmental groups sounded the alarm they were being illegally...
Aug 14 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at program manager Accredited UK & Europe and insurance broker Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. Accredited Taps SCOR’s McMurdo to Lead...
Aug 14 2024 // Extreme heat in parts of Spain and France is giving way to storms and flood warnings, while Greece is bracing for more blazes after the huge wildfire near Athens was brought under control.Orange alerts are in place for a...
Aug 12 2024 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s second-quarter profit fell 24% from a year earlier, as claims from storms and flooding in Europe weighed on results.Net income in the three months through June declined to €797 million...
Aug 12 2024 // In the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, an explosion occurred in a bank in the German town of Bad Homburg, sending shattered glass as far as 30 meters away. Two men had broken into the building and filled the ATM with...
Aug 8 2024 // Several European insurers recorded bumper first-half profits on Thursday, as customers burnt by a pandemic, war and a pick-up in natural catastrophes in recent years continue to face higher premiums on policies.Higher...
Aug 1 2024 // Potential initial public offerings by a slew of UK financial services firms could drive the next stage of Europe’s recovery after momentum in new listings slowed sharply.Such hopes have arisen after Bloomberg...
Aug 1 2024 // SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia said it was seeking further assistance from the European Union Tuesday to combat wildfires that continue to burn out of control in heatwave temperatures and have crossed the...
Jul 15 2024 // The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers that Russia uses to skirt international sanctions, according to people...
Jul 9 2024 // Europe’s financial markets watchdog said companies shouldn’t anticipate that the complexity of new ESG reporting requirements will excuse sloppy disclosures.The European Securities and Markets Authority...
Jul 5 2024 // Switzerland and the European Union resumed talks on financial market regulation on Thursday after dialog was suspended in 2017, the Swiss government said.Issues relating to financial market stability, cross-border...
Jul 3 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest in Europe and CNA Hardy.A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Taps BHSI’s d’Huart as Head of France, Charon Named Head of...
Jul 1 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global and AXA XL.A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Canada Promotes Navarrete to Managing DirectorHDI Global Canada announced the...