All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 28 2025 // Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone service, leaving authorities scrambling to find the causes for one of the worst outages in Europe in...
Apr 24 2025 // Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big...
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle EastSpecialty MGA Africa & Middle East, part of MNK Group and a sister company of Specialty MGA UK, announced the appointment of two new senior...
Apr 15 2025 // Authorities in several countries in Central Europe are working to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle populations that has caused widespread border closures and required the killing of thousands of...
Apr 15 2025 // Europe experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, as climate change combined with a strong El Niño to generate a series of extreme weather events and force glaciers into retreat.Half the continent reported new heat...
Apr 11 2025 // Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie for EuropeArch Insurance announced the appointment of Paul Seip as head of Fine Art & Specie, European Markets, with immediate effect. Seip joins Arch...
Apr 11 2025 // Resilience, the specialist in cyber risk solutions, announced the introduction of coverage for technology errors and omissions (tech E&O) in the UK and Europe, supported through a new partnership with Accredited...
Apr 11 2025 // The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration...
Apr 10 2025 // Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and TerrorismMarkel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced that Matthew Brooke has been promoted to senior underwriter, War and Terrorism,...
Apr 7 2025 // The European Commission is considering counting international carbon credits towards its next climate target, a move that could weaken the CO2-cutting efforts it demands from domestic industries, sources familiar with the...
Apr 2 2025 // North Korean IT workers are increasingly posing as remote freelancers from other countries to infiltrate companies in Europe, putting organizations at risk of espionage, data theft and disruption.The workers, who refer to...
Apr 1 2025 // Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the first major European asset managers to change their policies to help finance...
Apr 1 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Icen Risk, a company that specializes in insuring mergers and acquisitions.The transaction will see Zurich take a “significant minority” in...
Mar 31 2025 // European financial authorities are exploring ways to streamline oversight of the €1.2 trillion ($1.3 trillion) asset-backed securities market and simplify reporting requirements, according to a report that offers...
Mar 27 2025 // Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press.They...
Mar 26 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Group and VIG Re.A summary of these hires follows here. Everest Group’s Chairman Taranto to Retire, Succeeded by GrafEverest Group Ltd., the...
Mar 24 2025 // The chatter around artificial intelligence on earnings calls in Europe is scaling new peaks as even companies beyond technology-related sectors are embracing it to boost efficiency and competitiveness.Mentions of...
Mar 20 2025 // The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes...
Mar 18 2025 // Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and beyond — but only on the surface. Quietly, many businesses are...
Mar 14 2025 // Global carbon emissions are amplifying a North Atlantic wind pattern that drives northern Europe’s biggest winter storms, new research shows.According to projections from scientists at the UK’s Met Office and...