Latest Europe Headlines
All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes
Apr 24 2025 // Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big...
People Moves: Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East; DUAL Europe Expands Marine Business With New Team in Hamburg, Germany
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East Specialty MGA Africa & Middle East, part of MNK Group and a sister company of Specialty MGA UK, announced the appointment of two new senior...
Central European Foot-and-Mouth Disease Leads to Animal Culls and Border Closures
Apr 15 2025 // Authorities in several countries in Central Europe are working to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle populations that has caused widespread border closures and required the killing of thousands of...
Europe’s Hottest Year Turbocharged Extreme Weather Across Region
Apr 15 2025 // Europe experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, as climate change combined with a strong El Niño to generate a series of extreme weather events and force glaciers into retreat. Half the continent reported new heat...
People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie, Europe; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Gormley and Reddin in Ireland
Apr 11 2025 // Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie for Europe Arch Insurance announced the appointment of Paul Seip as head of Fine Art & Specie, European Markets, with immediate effect. Seip joins Arch...
Markets/Coverages: Cyber MGA Resilience Launches Tech E&O Cover in UK and EU
Apr 11 2025 // Resilience, the specialist in cyber risk solutions, announced the introduction of coverage for technology errors and omissions (tech E&O) in the UK and Europe, supported through a new partnership with Accredited...
Hopes of ‘Brexit Benefit’ From Tariffs in UK Were Short-Lived
Apr 11 2025 // The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration...
People Moves: Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and Terrorism; BHSI Promotes Kidd to Newly Created Role of Head of Underwriting in Europe
Apr 10 2025 // Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and Terrorism Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced that Matthew Brooke has been promoted to senior underwriter, War and Terrorism,...
EU Weighs International CO2 Credits to Meet New Climate Goal, Sources Say
Apr 7 2025 // The European Commission is considering counting international carbon credits towards its next climate target, a move that could weaken the CO2-cutting efforts it demands from domestic industries, sources familiar with the...
Update: North Korean IT Warriors Push to Infiltrate European Firms
Apr 2 2025 // North Korean IT workers are increasingly posing as remote freelancers from other countries to infiltrate companies in Europe, putting organizations at risk of espionage, data theft and disruption. The workers, who refer to...
Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament
Apr 1 2025 // Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the first major European asset managers to change their policies to help finance...
Zurich Buys Stake in UK M&A Insurer to Fuel US, Europe Expansion
Apr 1 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Icen Risk, a company that specializes in insuring mergers and acquisitions. The transaction will see Zurich take a “significant minority” in...
EU Agencies Seek to Cut Red Tape in €1.2 Trillion ABS Market
Mar 31 2025 // European financial authorities are exploring ways to streamline oversight of the €1.2 trillion ($1.3 trillion) asset-backed securities market and simplify reporting requirements, according to a report that offers...
Western Officials Say Russia Is Behind Campaign of Sabotage Across Europe
Mar 27 2025 // Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press. They...
People Moves: Everest Group’s Chair Taranto to Retire, Succeeded by Graf; VIG Re Taps RenRe’s Haushofer, Promotes Faucret to Build International, European Footprints
Mar 26 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Group and VIG Re. A summary of these hires follows here. Everest Group’s Chairman Taranto to Retire, Succeeded by Graf Everest Group Ltd.,...
AI Chatter Hits Record on European Earnings Calls Across Sectors
Mar 24 2025 // The chatter around artificial intelligence on earnings calls in Europe is scaling new peaks as even companies beyond technology-related sectors are embracing it to boost efficiency and competitiveness. Mentions of...
AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns
Mar 20 2025 // The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes...
Trump Has Companies in Europe and Asia Walking a DEI Tightrope
Mar 18 2025 // Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and beyond — but only on the surface. Quietly, many businesses are...
Europe’s Winter Storms Will Get Worse as Emissions Rise, Study Says
Mar 14 2025 // Global carbon emissions are amplifying a North Atlantic wind pattern that drives northern Europe’s biggest winter storms, new research shows. According to projections from scientists at the UK’s Met Office and...
US Anger Grows Over Global Reach of EU’s ‘Hostile’ ESG Rules
Mar 6 2025 // As trans-Atlantic relations grow increasingly fraught, Europe’s ESG regulations are becoming yet another flashpoint that threatens to sour ties. The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) says...
