Latest Europe Headlines
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Business Groups Press Emerging Economies over Doha
Jul 22 2010 // Brazil, China and India must use their growing economic might to help revive deadlocked global trade talks, a coalition of business lobby groups said in a letter to U.S. and European Union trade negotiators. The letter,...
Obama, Cameron Push Sanctions on Iran, Including Insurance
Jul 21 2010 // Britain and the United States said Tuesday it was not too late for a peaceful solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program, but said they were determined to enforce new sanctions. The United Nations approved...
Goldman Sachs Deep Pockets May Still Make It Lawsuit Target
Jul 20 2010 // Goldman Sachs put one headache behind it by settling with U.S. securities regulators, but it looks like a tempting deep pocket for banks and hedge funds that bought subprime-backed mortgage securities. A day after the U.S....
Canada Trade Minister Urges Action on Big Doha Issues
Jul 19 2010 // WTO member states must find answers to bilateral squabbles if they want to achieve any global breakthrough in free trade talks, Canada’s trade minister said Friday. In an interview with Reuters, Peter Van Loan said...
Cunningham Lindsey Completes Expansion in Germany, Spain, France
Jul 15 2010 // Claims specialists Cunningham Lindsey Group Limited have completed four strategic acquisitions in Europe. President and CEO Philippe Bès reported that the Group is “ahead of our internal plans in the...
European Union Fails to Reach Accord on Financial Supervision
Jul 14 2010 // Efforts to clinch a deal on the way banks, insurers and markets in the European Union are supervised failed on Wednesday and talks will resume in late August or early September. The talks on creating pan-European...
QBE Europe Promotes Tonchev and Jenny
Jul 13 2010 // QBE’s European division announced that Petko Tonchev has been promoted to General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Felix Jenny will take up the interim position of General Manager of QBE‟s...
The Growing Risks of Social Media
Jul 12 2010 // Asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied: “Because that’s where the money is.” Something similar can be said to explain why companies are paying more attention to social media these days...
AXIS Expands Global Accident & Health Coverage
Jul 9 2010 // AXIS Global Accident & Health (AGAH), a division of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, announced that it is now actively marketing its capability to write accident and specialty health reinsurance cover from Ireland and...
ACE Appoints Furby Division President, Overseas General Operations
Jul 9 2010 // The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies announced the appointment of David Furby as Division President, Commercial Property & Casualty, for ACE’s Overseas General operations. He is based in New York...
IMF Raises 2010 World Wide GDP Forecast; Flags European Risks
Jul 8 2010 // The International Monetary Fund upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast on Thursday, citing robust expansion in Asia and renewed U.S. private demand, but warned the euro area’s debt crisis posed a big risk to...
Ratings Roundup: Glacier AG, Ansvar, Adamjee
Jul 7 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Liechtenstein-based Glacier...
Rough Road for Trucking in the New Economy
Jul 5 2010 // Rising Taxes, Inflation Will Force Insurance Market to a ‘Déjà vu All Over Again’ The insurance industry has a long history for cyclical price adjusting, featuring long periods of marginal to inadequate...
How to Manage the Growing Risks of Social Media
Jul 5 2010 // Advertising, Defamation, Privacy and Security Laws All at Issue Asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied: “Because that’s where the money is.” Something similar can be said to explain why...
Report EU Energy Commissioner to Issue Oil Spill Rules
Jul 2 2010 // EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger plans to issue additional requirements for operators of oil platforms in European waters in the autumn, he said in a German media interview published on Friday. The requirements...
European Insurance Risks Shifting, CEIOPS Sees No Overall Rise
Jun 30 2010 // Overall risks facing the European insurance sector may not have significantly increased in the first half of 2010 but they have changed in their nature, the European Union’s insurance watchdog said on...
Catlin to Establish Swiss Reinsurer
Jun 29 2010 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced that it intends to form a reinsurance company in Switzerland to “significantly expand the European-based reinsurance business underwritten by the...
Aon Benfield, Cologne University to Study European Windstorms
Jun 25 2010 // Aon Benfield announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership with the University of Cologne – “a leading research centre with a long record of wind storms diagnostics, extreme weather modeling and impact...
Catlin Makes Board Changes
Jun 24 2010 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced the resignation of Michael Harper from the Group’s Board of Directors effective July 1st, 2010 “due to the demands of his other commitments. He was appointed...
UK Regulatory Consultant Analyzes Financial Services Regime Change
Jun 22 2010 // The UK’s new Chancellor (Finance Minister) George Osborne has announced plans to fundamentally reform the way financial services, including insurance, are to be regulated [See IJ web site –...
