All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2019 // Michael Peterson has had about five months to come in and tackle what promises to be unique job.Peterson is California’s deputy commissioner for climate and sustainability. After California Insurance Commissioner...
May 15 2019 // Bayer said on Monday its Monsanto unit, which is being investigated by French prosecutors for compiling files of influential people such as journalists in France, likely did the same across Europe, suggesting a potentially...
May 9 2019 // Allianz SE won shareholder approval for its new policy on management-board pay, avoiding the sort of investor backlash seen at some European firms in recent years.The German insurer proposed increasing the importance of...
May 7 2019 // Italy’s biggest insurer Generali is looking at small and medium-sized insurance companies in Europe to strengthen its presence in the region, it said on Tuesday.Generali said in November it had up to 4 billion euros...
May 6 2019 // Billionaire Warren Buffett wants to do more business in the United Kingdom and Europe regardless of how Brexit turns out.The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman and chief executive officer said he would “love to put...
May 1 2019 // A group of banks are directly feeding the British government ideas for a Brexit financial services trade deal, bypassing the industry’s major lobby groups after their blueprint for a future relationship with the EU...
Apr 29 2019 // As talks on a Brexit deal fumble on, the uncertainty it has brought is hurting U.K. property firms and the financial services sector.The number of companies classed as being in “critical distress,” often a...
Apr 26 2019 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurer of seafaring vessels, is facing its own perfect storm.Old-fashioned business practices, exposure to natural disasters, competition from rival centers and Brexit are...
Apr 23 2019 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Emmanuel Silvestre to deputy general manager of its French operation.He reports to Richard Deguettes, general manager for France. Based...
Apr 23 2019 // It’s a thin line where the patina of age on Europe’s countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it’s not.In the wake of...
Apr 22 2019 // The initial insured property losses for extratropical cyclone “Dragi-Eberhard,” which hit the British Isles, and Western and Central Europe on March 9-10, 2019, are estimated at €740 million ($831.8 million),...
Apr 22 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced that Thomas Brazil will become chief executive officer of SI Insurance (Europe), SA, the...
Apr 17 2019 // Britain’s markets watchdog will review its rules as the country readies to leave the European Union, the source of its financial regulation for decades.“Post-Brexit, we need to consider the future of regulation...
Apr 16 2019 // The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a law setting minimum rights for workers in the “gig economy,” a move that may benefit Uber drivers, Deliveroo and Just Eat food couriers and others.Gig workers are...
Apr 15 2019 // Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed at ensuring fair compensation for the European Union’s $1 trillion creative industries.EU...
Apr 15 2019 // The International Monetary Fund warned governments not to rock the boat with trade wars and other disruptions at a time when the global economy is already sailing through choppy waters.“We see downside risk and that...
Apr 15 2019 // Job vacancies in London’s finance industry have halved in two years as uncertainty over Brexit knocks business confidence, a survey by recruiter Morgan McKinley has found.The number of jobs available in the...
Apr 15 2019 // An increasing number of chief financial officers expect Britain’s long-term business climate to worsen after the U.K. leaves the European Union, according to a Deloitte survey.More than 80 percent of 89 British...
Apr 12 2019 // If you’ve bought a new car lately, chances are it has some basic communication skills. One day, cities and highways could be full of self-driving vehicles, all talking directly with each other to coordinate traffic...
Apr 12 2019 // Germany’s Rhine River could be impassable to ships again this summer if Europe has another drought, a once-rare weather phenomenon that’s becoming more likely with an increase in the temperature.That’s...