All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2020 // Goldman Sachs has poached Barclays’ insurance banker Marguerite Bion to win more business from Europe’s biggest insurers as industry consolidation heats up amid anemic profitability and tightening...
Nov 12 2020 // The U.S. is drawing up additional sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, the latest obstacle in the path of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) Russia-to-Germany link that’s been halted almost...
Nov 12 2020 // Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition...
Nov 10 2020 // The European Commission is still waiting for Britain to say if it will diverge from European Union rules before Brussels can decide on UK financial market access, a spokesman for the EU executive body said on...
Nov 9 2020 // Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.The following is what we...
Nov 9 2020 // The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Europe and said they need to work harder against the spread of...
Nov 5 2020 // AEC Wholesale Group, a subsidiary of Coverys European Holdings (CEH), announced the acquisition of Gava S.R.L, a Lloyd’s coverholder based in Brindisi, Italy.AEC Group will assume 100% ownership of Gava, bringing the...
Nov 2 2020 // EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks in Brussels on Monday and until around mid-week, sources on both sides said on Sunday, in a sign both sides are still pushing to avoid a damaging breakdown in trade in...
Oct 29 2020 // Facebook Inc. risks being dragged into a UK legal dispute involving almost 1 million British users affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, two years after revelations about the misuse of private data caused a global...
Oct 28 2020 // Britain must spell out how far it wants to diverge from European Union rules if it wants access to the bloc’s financial market from January, a top European Commission official said on Tuesday.Britain has left the EU...
Oct 28 2020 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced the appointment of Johan Slabbert as chief executive officer. Slabbert will take up the role on Nov. 1, 2020, subject to regulatory...
Oct 27 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Carolina Klint as risk management leader for Continental Europe. Based in Stockholm, Klint will report to Siegmund Fahrig, CEO of Marsh Continental Europe. In her role,...
Oct 27 2020 // When Captain Will Whatley guides a ship through Arctic waters, he is starkly aware of what can go wrong.Double the manpower is needed to navigate. Lookout shifts are kept to just one hour, so sailors don’t lose...
Oct 26 2020 // Coverys European Holdings (CEH), an agency platform and network specializing in European markets, has completed the 100% acquisition of Bridge Insurance Broker S.R.L, a Lloyd’s wholesale broker and coverholder based...
Oct 26 2020 // Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and illegal content as government scrutiny over how platforms manage user posts grows worldwide.A...
Oct 26 2020 // Fed up with rising prices and more stringent terms and conditions for their insurance policies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, companies are turning to in-house insurance firms.These so-called...
Oct 21 2020 // About half of UK firms are less prepared for Brexit compared to last year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of Britain’s vulnerability to disruption when it quits the European Union’s single...
Oct 20 2020 // First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG.Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the...
Oct 20 2020 // Brexit could one day give the European Union an opportunity to challenge the City of London’s dominance as a global financial hub. Right now, however, the EU is in no condition to take advantage.As talks on...
Oct 19 2020 // Britain should tweak financial rules after full Brexit to keep London’s financial hub competitive and deepen ties with growth markets in Asia, a think tank said in a study on Monday.Britain accounted for nearly a...