All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2019 // Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor must avoid a no-deal Brexit or risk losing the Conservatives’ moniker as the party of commerce, the U.K.’s biggest business lobby group said.The task facing the next...
May 31 2019 // The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will hear a landmark privacy case regarding the transfer of EU citizens’ data to the United States in July, after Facebook’s bid to stop its referral was blocked by...
May 30 2019 // Starr Insurance Companies today announced the appointment of Andrew Hopper as head of Financial Institutions for the UK and Europe. Hopper will be responsible for the strategy and profitable growth of the Financial...
May 30 2019 // Corporate debt insurance that fell out of favor after the financial crisis is returning to vogue as default rates rise and a series of high-profile failures pay off for short sellers.Credit-default swaps trading increased...
May 30 2019 // Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday.Only 50% of European business leaders...
May 29 2019 // Climate change could hit bank balance sheets with a knock-on effect on financial stability, the European Central Bank warned on Wednesday.In a special feature for its semi-annual Financial Stability Review on Wednesday,...
May 29 2019 // European regulators assessing changes to Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max will scrutinize the jet’s entire flight-control system before a return to the skies can be approved.The review by the European Union...
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May 28 2019 // The role of banks as providers of finance has started to erode in Europe and some other parts of the world, the Bank of Finland’s governor Olli Rehn said on Friday, calling for new central bank tools to safeguard...
May 24 2019 // Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.May’s departure deepens the...
May 23 2019 // A landmark European privacy law is making waves worldwide a year after it came into force, fundamentally changing the way data are handled as Facebook, Apple and Google face increasingly frequent complaints.Adopted on May...
May 23 2019 // Verisk’s GeoInformation Group, a provider of geospatial products, has been folded into Verisk’s Geomni business and renamed Geomni UK.The addition of Geomni UK to Verisk’s Geomni business will enhance its...
May 22 2019 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks to buy the Central European assets of MetLife Inc. as the Italian insurer seeks to expand through acquisitions in high-growth markets, according to people with knowledge of the...
May 21 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced that Udo Pützer has joined the company’s European insurance platform as head of Financial Lines...
May 21 2019 // Britain’s finance industry will emerge stronger from Brexit, remaining one of the world’s top financial centers, ministers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government forecast on Monday.Since Britain voted...
May 20 2019 // Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and raised questions about the international influence of the U.S....
May 20 2019 // The top three risks facing UK risk managers are reputational damage, Brexit and cyber attacks, according to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey of thousands of risk managers across 60 countries and 33...
May 20 2019 // As the cost of the Brexit turmoil mounts for British companies, business leaders are fed up with the U.K.’s political class. And with Prime Minister Theresa May’s tenure coming to an end, they worry about the...
May 17 2019 // Weakening rules for banks and insurers after Brexit would be “anathema,” but Britain could change its style of regulating to respond faster to change, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on...
May 17 2019 // Europe’s biggest insurers are on the hook for as much as $450 million from a pair of airline crashes involving Boeing Co. 737 Max planes.Munich Re reckons it could pay 150 million euros ($168 million), an estimate...