CRE Legal Regulation
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April 25, 2024
European Parliament approves regulation to tackle forced labour
The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new regulation that enables the EU to prohibit the sale,…
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April 25, 2024
Europe records 300% surge in farmer protests this year
Farmer protests have spiked 300% in Europe so far this year to 4,000 incidents, compared with a total of 1,000…
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April 24, 2024
European Parliament votes for ‘hard-fought compromise’ on CSDDD
MEPs have voted in favour of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), giving the final green light to rules…
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April 24, 2024
UK regulator widens net for sustainability disclosure rules
The UK’s financial services regulator said it wants to extend sustainability disclosure requirements for asset managers, due to begin from…
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April 23, 2024
Insurance Europe calls for EC to ‘get it right’ on Solvency II
Changes to Europe’s Solvency II regulation at technical level must be “fully aligned” with the intentions of the political agreement…
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April 22, 2024
Rates drive change in AM Best’s London market outlook to positive
Rating agency AM Best says strong pricing is driving underwriting profitability and behind its positive outlook on the London insurance…
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April 19, 2024
Insurers defend Nord Stream’s €400m lawsuit as act of war
Insurers for the Nord Stream gas pipeline damaged by blasts in 2022 have denied coverage in defence of a lawsuit…
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April 17, 2024
EU brings in revised directive on energy performance of buildings
The European Council has formally adopted a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings designed to help reduce greenhouse…
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April 16, 2024
Climate campaigners take Portuguese state to appeals court
Climate action groups have launched an appeal to Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice in the country’s first climate litigation case.…
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April 16, 2024
Spain’s data privacy agency reports 43% rise in consumer complaints
Spain’s data privacy agency reports that complaints by consumers against companies and public entities reached a new record last year,…
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April 12, 2024
European Parliament adopts framework for carbon removals
As the EU council attempts to placate business concerns about the pace of the energy transition while keeping progress roughly…
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April 11, 2024
EU promises action on regulatory burden in clean transition effort
Europe’s risk and insurance managers’ regulatory burden and the inability of the insurance market to come up with adequate solutions…
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April 9, 2024
EU says deforestation regulation on track despite opposition
Virginijus Sinkevicius, European environment commissioner, reportedly told Reuters during a visit to a cocoa-producing cooperative in Ivory Coast on Sunday…
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April 5, 2024
Darim keeping on top of constantly changing legislation
Regulation has become an increasingly onerous part of the corporate world and one that carries its own risks – from…
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April 4, 2024
European commercial market to soften in 2025: Fitch
Fitch predicts that the commercial European insurance market will soften next year as competition among insurers mounts to the point…
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April 4, 2024
Eiopa consults on reassessment of nat cat risks
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has launched a public consultation on reassessing natural catastrophe risks in the…
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April 4, 2024
Eiopa ready to back PPPs to cope with nat cat risk
Petra Hielkema, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), has told chief risk officers at Europe’s leading…
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April 2, 2024
UK insureds slowly winning the war on Covid-BI litigation
As Covid-19 business interruption (BI) insurance claims continue to grind their way through the English Courts, UK businesses are slowly…
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April 2, 2024
Judge rules $10bn aircraft leasing dispute to be heard in London
A UK High Court judge has ruled that the $10bn battle between reinsurers and aircraft leasing companies seeking payouts for…
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March 26, 2024
EC adopts tougher criminal sanctions for environmental crime
The European Council has formally adopted a directive to protect the environment through criminal law. It said that the law…