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Air pollution could reduce life by almost two years
Curbing air pollution in major European cities could save 19,000 lives per year, add almost two years to local life expectancy and save 31.5...
Heart attack, fire? Europe blows cold over 112 hotline
Europe's continent-wide emergency call number might save lives if anybody knew about it. But after years of existence only one out of...
Europe makes cross-border ‘health tourism’ easier
European travellers short of prescription drugs, or on waiting-lists for surgery at home, will be reimbursed for care anywhere in the EU by late...
East European states face ageing population
Four eastern and southern European states face a shrinking and ageing population, the World Bank warned Thursday, calling for urgent policy changes to prevent...
European insurance sector remains stable despite economic turbulence
The European insurance sector remained stable in 2009, according to key figures released by the CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation.
Provisional figures for...
European winter storms: traditional perils posing new challenges
Aon Benfield has issued a briefing on uncommon European winter storm tracks in conjunction with the University of Cologne. The research points to a...
Europe to knock down barriers for disabled
The one in six Europeans with a disability should be able to cross EU borders carrying a single card offering bloc-wide entitlements from next...
Study : 40% of EU’s insurance companies not ready for Solvency II
Approximately 40 % of the larger European insurers consider that they will not be ready for the passage for the new regulatory framework of...
EU ‘monitoring situation’ after US travel alert
The European Commission said Sunday it was "monitoring the situation" after US authorities urged Americans traveling in Europe to remain vigilant about potential terrorist...
Auto insurance : EU equality laws will have women drivers pay higher insurance premiums
European judges were urged today to rule that insurance companies are breaking EU law if they charge women lower premiums than men because they...
Good to know : How to value an insurance company
General insurance, such as home and car insurance, is mainly short-term business. Broadly, the insurer collects a premium and for the following twelve months...
EU eyes new rules to supervise financial giants
The European Union's executive arm proposed on Monday to give national supervisors more power to oversee financial conglomerates as part of efforts to prevent...
Aon Benfield recommends internal models to boost reinsurance value under Solvency II
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today launches a new report that examines the many different facets of the Solvency...
Europe should tax banks whatever G20 decides: commissioner
Europe should tax its banks in order to build up an emergency bail-out fund whatever other major economies decide at this weekend's G20 summit,...
European trade credit and political risk appointment for Liberty International Underwriters in Europe
Continuing its expansion into continental Europe, Liberty International Underwriters in Europe (LIU Europe), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has established a local underwriting...
Europe braces for the release of bank stress tests
European governments are taking big steps towards revealing if banks can withstand shocks such as hit the global economy two years ago, and now...
More deregulation would boost Italy: antitrust head
Italy's competition watchdog on Tuesday called for more deregulation of the transport, energy and finance sectors to breathe "oxygen" into the economy struggling in...
Merkel, Sarkozy in joint push for market reform
France and Germany on Wednesday called for a European ban on certain high-risk market dealings such as naked short selling in a joint appeal...
Credit insurers could challenge ratings agencies
Credit insurers have what it takes to be fully-fledged financial ratings agencies and compete with existing ones, French central bank governor Christian Noyer said...
Europe moves to levy bank failure tax
Banks will never again be allowed to call on taxpayers to clean up their mess under plans for a new Europe-wide crisis insurance levy...
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