All the headlines from our Spain Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2024 // Six months after a federal appeals court upheld a $12 million verdict against a waste-hauling company in a crash that killed four Spanish women in the Florida keys, a jury has found that the firm’s insurer did not...
Jan 12 2024 // Tiny white plastic pellets are washing ashore in Spain’s northwestern coast by the millions, with hundreds of volunteers leading the clean up as authorities struggle to coordinate and companies decline any...
Oct 12 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Allianz Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Taps Allianz’s Fuertes as Head...
Aug 1 2023 // A Spanish court on Friday exempted a Swedish mining firm from paying 89 million euros ($98 million) in compensation for the cleaning of a toxic sludge spill that occurred in 1998 at a heavy metals mine in southern...
Jul 31 2023 // The focus of Europe’s heat is switching to Spain, with a high risk of wildfires in southern parts of the Iberian peninsula.Southern Spain is expected to exceed 40C (104F) on Monday, with regions around Cordoba under...
May 9 2023 // Spain and Portugal recorded their hottest April on record as a mass of hot air brought temperatures above 30C and close to 40C in some areas at the end of the month.Last month was the fourth-hottest month of April on...
Mar 23 2023 // MADRID (AP) – Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires.The...
Feb 23 2023 // A tanker that was detained by Spain and accused of discharging fuel in open waters near the northeastern port city of Tarragona did not cause any pollution and followed regulations, its Turkish manager said on...
Feb 1 2023 // Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Re Group Ltd., announced its expansion into the Spanish market following regulatory approval from the relevant authorities to operate in Spain — trading as Everest...
Nov 9 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Vantage Group Holdings, Hamilton Insurance Group and Liberty Specialty Markets.A summary of these new hires follows here. Vantage Group Holdings Ltd....
Sep 22 2022 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the introduction of new property damage, general liability, D&O, professional indemnity and marine cargo insurance policies in Spain.“Launching our...
Jul 19 2022 // Britain was forecast to see temperatures hit 40C (104F) for the first time on Tuesday after logging its warmest night on record, while wildfires raged across parched countryside in France, Spain and elsewhere.As a heatwave...
Jul 11 2022 // BHSI Names Guinea to Customer Engagement Post in SpainBerkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Eduardo Guinea has joined the organization as head of customer and broker engagement in Spain. He will be...
Jun 9 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh Spain and Markel International.A summary of these new announcements follows here. Marsh Promotes Trueba to CEO of Marsh SpainMarsh, the insurance...
Mar 3 2022 // Michigan, U.S.-based financial services and insurance brokerage firm Acrisure reports it has acquired a top insurance brokerage in Spain, Summa Insurance Brokerage.Since its founding in 2005, Summa has grown revenues to...
Feb 14 2022 // Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago...
Feb 7 2022 // Global insurance services provider McLarens has opened a new office in Madrid, Spain. In addition to expanding its European footprint, and handling losses in Spain for McLarens’ global client base, the office will...
Dec 30 2021 // MADRID (AP) – Authorities on one of Spain’s Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished Saturday [Dec. 25] following 10 days of no lava flows, seismic activity or...
Sep 2 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance with London-based roles, MGA Alta Signa with a role in Germany, and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance in Spain.A summary of these new...
Aug 17 2021 // Firefighters are struggling to control blazes in France’s Gulf of Saint Tropez and in the Spanish province of Avila, another manifestation of dangerous global warming that’s already caused a long list of...