Latest Spain Headlines
All the headlines from our Spain Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Spain Prepares Labor Laws that Could Force Food Delivery Apps to Employ Gig Workers
Feb 17 2021 // The Spanish government is preparing strict labor law changes that could mean food-delivery platforms have to formally employ the couriers they rely on. Under rules expected to be proposed as soon as this week, companies...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Blas to Head of Property, Spain
Feb 8 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Tomas Blas has been promoted to head of Property, Spain. Blas, who has 17 years of industry experience, joined BHSI in 2019 as head of Technical Lines in Spain....
Cross-Border Workers in Gibraltar to Retain Free Movement with Spain After Brexit
Dec 29 2020 // MADRID – Cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from border controls after Brexit even if no agreement on free movement is reached with Britain, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha...
BMS Purchases Spanish Specialist Insurance Broker Montymarq
Dec 3 2020 // BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Mediación Iberia Correduría de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.L.U. (BMS Iberia), has acquired Montymarq Asociados Consultores y...
Europeans Buy Older Cars to Avoid Public Transport During Pandemic
Nov 30 2020 // LONDON/MADRID – Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public transport? Welcome to Pandemic Motors, we have just what you need. Across Europe, people are snapping up old...
Sedgwick Acquires Portuguese Loss Adjusting and Claims Management Firm
Oct 1 2020 // Sedgwick, a global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has acquired Perigest, a loss adjusting and claims management company in Portugal. “The transaction represents an...
How Spain’s COVID Tracing App Navigates Europe’s Privacy Protections
Sep 17 2020 // “What does RadarCOVID not do?” a promotional video for Spain’s contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country’s decentralized healthcare system, it does not locate users,...
EU Countries Give Guarantees to Credit Insurers to Prevent Coverage Cuts
Apr 1 2020 // European Union states are giving guarantees to credit insurers in a bid to keep coronavirus-hit companies afloat, as some firms cut cover for trade involving bloc members such as Italy and Spain, sources said. Without...
BMS Buys Spanish Specialist Insurance Broker Jurado Mata
Mar 24 2020 // BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Iberia, has acquired Jurado Mata, the Granada-based Spanish specialist insurance broker. Financial details of the transaction...
BHSI Expands Team in Spain, Tapping Lovera from Chubb, RSA’s Sanchez
Feb 26 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced two appointments in Spain, naming Alejandro Lovera as head of Executive and Professional Lines and Silvia Sanchez as head of Operations. Lovera has spent nearly 15...
BHSI Taps Villalba from Zurich Insurance as Head of Claims in Spain
Nov 4 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has named Javier Villalba to its expanding leadership team in Spain as head of Claims. Villalba comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of claims experience. He was...
BHSI Names 3 Product Line Leaders in Spain, Hired from RSA, Chubb and Allianz
Oct 17 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has filled three key leadership positions in Madrid, naming Diego Espinosa as head of Property, Juan Madrid as head of Casualty, and Tomás Blas as head of...
EU-Based Britons Fuel Growth in Healthcare Insurance as Post-Brexit Fears Grow
Oct 17 2019 // Some Britons living in the Europe Union are worried about losing access to free healthcare after Brexit, opening up a potentially lucrative new market for European health insurers. “I am indebted to France for my...
BHSI Opens Office in Spain, Names Almazan from RSA as Country Manager
Sep 24 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has further expanded its global footprint, opening a new office in Madrid, naming Ignacio Almazan as country manager for Spain. BHSI will initially underwrite...
Spain Reports Progress in Battling Canary Island Wildfire
Aug 21 2019 // The wind dropped overnight in the Canary Islands, allowing firefighters to make progress Tuesday against Spain’s biggest wildfire so far this year. Canary Islands President Angel Victor Torres said 16 water-dropping...
Madrid Court Rules Deliveroo Food-Delivery Couriers Are Employees, Not Freelancers
Jul 24 2019 // A Madrid court ruled on Tuesday that couriers for online food delivery group Deliveroo are company employees, not just freelancers, clearing the way for workers to demand a formal contract and corresponding...
Europe Faces Heatwave with London and Paris Expected to Break July Records
Jul 23 2019 // Europe is facing a second heatwave this summer, just weeks after the hottest June on record, intensifying concern over climate change and the rise in extreme weather events. Swathes of northwest Europe will struggle to...
Blast of Hot Air from Sahara Triggers Record Heatwave Across Europe
Jun 28 2019 // Europeans fought to stay cool as a blast of hot air from the Sahara desert sent temperatures to records in large parts of the continent and whipped up concern about climate change. Germany imposed speed restrictions on...
Santander Pays $1.1B to Replace Allianz with Aegon, Mapfre in Spain Joint Venture
Jun 25 2019 // Banco Santander SA agreed to pay 937 million euros ($1.1 billion) to buy Allianz SE out of an insurance joint venture in Spain, more than halving the value of the German insurer’s assets under management in the...
Notre Dame Fire Should Be Wake-Up Call for State of Other European Monuments
Apr 23 2019 // It’s a thin line where the patina of age on Europe’s countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it’s not. In the wake of...
