EU Orders Hungary to Cancel Its Veto of Sale of Aegon Unit to Vienna Insurance February 22, 2022 By Aoife White Hungary was ordered by the European Union to cancel its decision to block the sale of Dutch insurer’s Aegon NV’s...
Broker Gallagher in Talks to Buy Aon, Willis Assets for $3 Billion May 9, 2021 By Aaron Kirchfeld, Aoife White and Jan-Henrik Förster Insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is in talks to buy a portfolio of assets from Aon Plc and...
UK Accounting Watchdog Asks Big Four to Ring-Fence Audit Practices July 6, 2020 By Aoife White The UK dominant accounting firms must separate their audit units from other businesses by June 2024 as the country’s accounting...
Facebook Faces Lawsuit for Data Breach Affecting Nearly 30 Million Users June 24, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Aoife White Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of...
EU Court Backs ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ in Ruling Against Google May 13, 2014 By Aoife White Google Inc. may be ordered to remove personal information from its search engine after the European Union’s top court paved...
Europe Votes to Adopt New Solvency Rules for Insurance by 2012 April 23, 2009 By Aoife White The European Parliament voted this week for new regulation of insurers that aims to cut costs by giving one national...