All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2019 // There are only so many ways U.K. business chiefs can express their dismay at the Brexit deadlock engulfing the country.Frustration at politicians has morphed into outright anger in the three years since the referendum on...
Jun 17 2019 // ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has announced that Riskbook was the winner of the London semi-final round of the ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge (AIIC), with RITA and Optimiz.Claims named...
Jun 14 2019 // Threatening to leave the European Union without a deal isn’t likely to win Britain concessions from the bloc, the country’s biggest business group said in a warning to candidates jostling to succeed Prime...
Jun 13 2019 // The European Union said it’s ready for the U.K. to leave the bloc without a deal and isn’t planning any further contingency measures.In a progress report on its no-deal Brexit planning, the European Commission...
Jun 12 2019 // Lemonade is making good on its promise to expand into Europe, with news that it is now open for business in Germany.The New York-based startup said it has started offering contents and liability insurance in Germany,...
Jun 11 2019 // The steady drumbeat of warnings over the surge in risky corporate borrowing is growing louder and louder. Time and again, regulators in the U.S. and Europe have pointed to the hazards of businesses taking on too much...
Jun 11 2019 // A managing general agent in Germany that relies on artificial intelligence for its customer platform has raised $17 million in first-round financing. Getsafe’s new money will help propel an expansion into Great...
Jun 7 2019 // PERILS AG has disclosed its second loss estimate of €798 million ($898.1 million) for windstorm Dragi-Eberhard. This estimate compares to the initial loss estimate of €740 million ($832.9 million) which was issued by...
Jun 7 2019 // Swiss Re is pressing ahead with plans to float its $4.5 billion UK life insurance business in London to put it under a more favorable regulatory regime and give it easier access to capital to fund its expansion.ReAssure,...
Jun 6 2019 // Eleven Conservatives are in the running to succeed Theresa May as U.K. prime minister. Each has their own vision of how to fix Brexit, and their views are so divergent that whoever wins will struggle to unite the party...
Jun 5 2019 // Policymakers should “tether” London to the European Union to avoid isolating the region’s largest financial hub, harming the euro zone economy and spawning an offshore financial center, the head of the...
Jun 5 2019 // More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of inhaling vapors, gas, dust or fumes at work, according to a joint American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory...
Jun 3 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based insurance broker, confirmed the previously announced acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc’s (JLT) global aerospace operations was completed on June 1,...
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...