Google Loses Fight Against Record €4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine July 6, 2026 By Foo Yun Chee and Sudip Kar-Gupta Alphabet’s Google on Thursday lost its long-running fight against a record EU antitrust fine for using its Android mobile operating...
Europe Targets Shadow Fleet Tankers Falsely Using Cameroon Flag, Sources Say July 6, 2026 Europe is taking tougher action against tankers falsely using Cameroon’s flag registry to transport Russian oil, including boarding vessels at...
AI Poses Biggest Security Challenge of Decade, UK’s Cooper Warns July 6, 2026 By Tom Rees The world must urgently develop guardrails to contain the threat posed by artificial intelligence, Britain’s foreign secretary is set to...
The Race to Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz July 3, 2026 By Weilun Soon and Stephen Stapczynski At anchor in the Persian Gulf, Abhijit Chopra found out about the US-Iran peace deal when his phone lit up...
Cedents Find Competitive Market Conditions at Midyear Reinsurance Renewals: Brokers July 2, 2026 By L.S. Howard Record levels of reinsurance capital and strong reinsurer profits are driving increasing reinsurer risk appetites and softening prices during the...
Flood Re to Cut Insurance Payouts to Richest UK Households July 2, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK’s flood insurer of last resort is unfairly favoring wealthier households and will be reformed to reduce the burden...
Germany Charges Former Ukrainian Army Officer With Nord Stream Pipeline Attack July 2, 2026 German federal prosecutors have charged a former Ukrainian army officer with being the co-perpetrator of a war crime over the...
Specialist Risk Group Acquires UK-Based Broker Superian Insurance Group July 2, 2026 Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the UK specialist insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of London-based independent insurance broker Superian Insurance Group....
Europe’s Climate Adaptation Efforts Have Lagged its Net-Zero Drive July 2, 2026 By Maria Martinez and Kate Abnett The June heatwave that broke a series of temperature records in Europe has focused minds on the urgency of adapting...
BlueCrest Slams UK as Bad for Business After Top Court Tax Case Loss July 2, 2026 By Lucca de Paoli and Nishant Kumar Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management said the UK is “no longer a serious contender” as a place to do business...