All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2019 // The growing tally of UK-based banks, insurers and asset managers opening hubs in the European Union means that a post-Brexit trade deal in financial services may be of limited importance to either side, the New Financial...
Oct 15 2019 // French insurer AXA is considering selling its Central European business as part of a restructuring to quit markets where it lacks scale, three sources familiar with the situation said.AXA is undergoing a deep restructuring...
Oct 15 2019 // Britain’s vast financial services industry will lose more jobs to Europe over the coming years because of Brexit, the City of London’s policy chief told Reuters, warning people not to be duped by the low number...
Oct 15 2019 // From the pinnacle of the City of London’s largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the British capital remains a master of the international financial universe no matter what happens with...
Oct 11 2019 // If Britain hasn’t secured a deal to leave the European Union as the clock ticks past 11 p.m. on Oct. 31, billions of data transfers could be thrown into legal limbo.Though not as visible as lines of trucks backing up...
Oct 10 2019 // Gross written premiums written by the London company market have increased by 8.1% to £28.437 billion ($34.7 billion) in 2018, according to a report published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA)Gross...
Oct 9 2019 // Andreas Utermann has long brushed off the risk of a hard Brexit, arguing even a managed separation would be a nightmare for the U.K. Now that scenario is shaping up as the biggest worry for the money managers at Allianz...
Oct 7 2019 // Prospects of a Brexit deal faded after talks between the two sides stalled and European leaders cast doubt on reaching an agreement in time for Oct. 31.French President Emmanuel Macron and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar...
Oct 4 2019 // Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union have given themselves a week to agree on a Brexit plan. Otherwise, the U.K. will be heading for either a no-deal exit or another humiliating postponement of its departure...
Oct 4 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it has completed the acquisition of three European subsidiaries of AmTrust Financial Services: Nationale Borg, Nationale Borg Reinsurance, and AmTrust Insurance Spain.“Completing...
Oct 4 2019 // Rachel Conran has been appointed as the permanent CEO of RSA Luxembourg, subject to regulatory approval.Conran has been the interim CEO since August 2018 and joined RSA earlier this year as chief underwriting officer for...
Oct 3 2019 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday ordered his administration to start working on regulations to bring Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.The initiative is a nine-state consortium that sets prices...
Oct 3 2019 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy’s biggest insurer, may invest at least 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to grow through mid-size acquisitions in insurance and asset management, according to Chief Executive Officer...
Oct 2 2019 // Boris Johnson is poised to issue an ultimatum to the European Union on Wednesday: negotiate Brexit on his terms within the next nine days, or face a no-deal divorce. A key EU player has already rejected the prime...
Oct 1 2019 // Cyber-attacks are named as the leading risk for business executives in the United States, Canada and Europe, according to a survey of business leaders published by the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Zurich...
Sep 30 2019 // It’s endgame time (again) on Brexit. A month before the U.K.’s scheduled departure, it seems to be anyone’s guess whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will get a revised divorce deal with the European...
Sep 27 2019 // Europe’s widening money laundering scandals took a new turn as ABN Amro Bank NV disclosed a criminal probe over alleged failures to check on clients and report suspicious transactions, a further sign of woe in an...
Sep 27 2019 // AXA XL Insurance announced the appointment of Saverio Longo as country leader, Italy. He will join AXA XL in November and will be based in Milan. He succeeds Simona Fumagalli, who was appointed head of International...
Sep 27 2019 // The European Union is rapidly losing faith that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson can deliver a divorce deal by the Oct. 31 deadline, as Brexit talks stumble.EU officials view Johnson’s inflammatory rhetoric against...
Sep 26 2019 // Artificial intelligence provider, omni:us has been awarded €1.6 million ($1.8 million) from the European Commission* to help it further develop its machine learning powered insurance claims platform.The grant to...