AerCap CEO Sees No Quick Return to Russia if Market Reopens, on Insurance Concerns February 27, 2025 By Tim Hepher, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries The head of the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said on Wednesday that Russia may look to buy used...
Avolon, BOC Settle Lawsuit Against Insurers Over Stranded Russian Jets February 7, 2025 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries Avolon and BOC Aviation, two of the world’s largest aircraft lessors, have settled lawsuits in the Irish courts against insurers...
Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google’s AI Compliance September 12, 2024 By Padraic Halpin The top EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether search engine giant Google adequately protected European Union...
Meta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers May 22, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over...
Aircraft Leasing Companies Cautious About Risky Markets After $10B Hit in Russia January 23, 2023 By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin Aircraft leasing companies, which own most of the world’s passenger jets, face a tricky balance between risks and rewards after...
Meta’s WhatsApp Fined 5.5M Euro by Lead EU Privacy Regulator January 19, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead...
Aircraft Lessors Begin ‘Vigorous’ Pursuit of Insurance Claims for Seized Jets in Russia May 11, 2022 By Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries and Tim Hepher Lessors with hundreds of jets stuck in Russia are preparing for what one said would be a “vigorous” pursuit of...
Aircraft Lessors Seeing ‘Horrendous’ Hikes in Insurance Premiums: BOC Aviation April 7, 2022 By Padraic Halpin The likely huge insurance claims related to the cancellation of aircraft leases in Russia is already leading to “horrendous” hikes...
Ireland’s Health Service Operator Hit by ‘Significant’ Ransomware Attack May 14, 2021 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN – Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a “significant”...
Irish Regulator Presses Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Claims Following Court Ruling February 12, 2021 By Padraic Halpin Ireland’s central bank governor told insurers to urgently honor and pay valid claims related to COVID-19 disruption, following a successful...