All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 20 2018 // Andrea Rossi doesn’t buy into the story that Europe is a dead end for growth. In fact, he sees luring Asian investors to his continent as one of the key ways AXA Investment Managers will expand in years to come.The...
Mar 20 2018 // London-based banks and other financial firms won’t put their Brexit moves on hold despite a transition deal between Britain and the European Union as it lacks full legal certainty, industry officials said on...
Mar 20 2018 // The European Union will consider offering the U.K. “improved equivalence” for financial services after Brexit, according to the bloc’s latest negotiating guidelines, a system Britain has rejected as...
Mar 19 2018 // Britain’s government and regulators will look in detail at the potential risks from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, British junior finance minister John Glen said on Monday.Glen said there had been an “explosion...
Mar 19 2018 // The U.K. clinched a deal that will buy it time in Brexit talks in a move the European Union’s chief negotiator hailed as a decisive step. But it’s all still contingent on finding a solution to the most...
Mar 19 2018 // XL Catlin’s London-based insurance operation has introduced a Brexit contract continuity clause. The clause addresses the risk that contracts written by XL’s London-based entities prior to Brexit may become...
Mar 16 2018 // Luxembourg is seeking to persuade at least two additional global insurers to make their post-Brexit home there after attracting American International Group Inc. and Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the head of its...
Mar 15 2018 // The frequency of extreme winter weather in the U.S. is sensitive to Arctic temperatures, and that’s something those paying weather-related losses may want to take note of.After all, you can’t spell polar vortex...
Mar 15 2018 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, today announced the appointments of Geoffrey Bull, as casualty treaty underwriter, and Jaime Garcia-Anton Lopez, as professional indemnity (PI) underwriter....
Mar 15 2018 // London’s future as a global financial center is uncertain because of Brexit and Britain faces a tough task to secure European Union market access for its banks and insurers, a top UK regulator said on Wednesday as he...
Mar 14 2018 // Argo Group International Holdings is the proud new owner of Italian specialty insurer Ariscom, giving it an efficient way to expand through Europe.Neither side disclosed financial details. Argo Group CEO Mark E. Watson III...
Mar 12 2018 // Companies in Britain and the European Union face an extra 58 billion pounds ($80 billion) in annual costs if there is a no-deal Brexit, with Britain’s vast financial sector set to be the worst-hit industry, according...
Mar 9 2018 // Financial businesses have realistic expectations about serving European Union customers after Britain leaves the bloc next year and could deal with a so-called hard Brexit, a top EU official said on Thursday.The EU was not...
Mar 8 2018 // A stand-off between Britain and the European Union over the future of London’s vast financial services industry is shaping up as one of the key Brexit battlegrounds of this year.The EU said on Wednesday that there...
Mar 7 2018 // Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasksRomanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture financing, marking both the company’s rapid ascent as a leader in automating routine...
Mar 6 2018 // The final estimate of insured property market losses for extratropical cyclone Zeus, which mainly hit France last year on March 6-7, have been revised to €272 million (US$335.1 million), according to PERILS, the...
Mar 6 2018 // Sompo International announced it will launch a specialty insurance underwriting operation in Barcelona, Spain.Sompo currently has a London-based operation but must open EU-based headquarters in order to conduct business...
Mar 5 2018 // Prime Minister Theresa May defended her decision to rule out so-called “passporting” rights for banks after Brexit, saying Britain could not become a “rule taker” when it came to financial...
Mar 1 2018 // More than 20 major international institutions chose to set up all or part of their activities in Luxembourg last year, the country’s financial development agency said on Thursday, linking the decisions to...
Feb 28 2018 // Wild bees and honeybees are put at risk by three pesticides from a group known as neonicotinoids, Europe’s food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, confirming previous concerns that prompted an EU-wide ban on use of...