CRE Legal Regulation
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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…
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March 26, 2024
UK imposes sanctions for China-backed cyberattack on electoral register
The UK government has imposed sanctions on two Chinese nationals and a company after accusing China state-backed actors of orchestrating…
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March 21, 2024
Airmic backs voluntary UK cyber governance code to ‘focus the minds’ of board members
Airmic and its members back a voluntary code for cyber governance in the UK, which is currently under consultation and…
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March 21, 2024
Business confidence in Europe’s competitive position falls
Europe’s business federation believe that there has been no improvement in the position of European companies against global competition, with…
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March 21, 2024
Action groups claim landmark greenwashing victory in KLM case
Dutch action groups have claimed a major victory in the fight against greenwashing by the aviation industry. The District Court…
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March 20, 2024
Ferma remains ‘vigilant’ as CSDDD passes next hurdle
Ferma has told Commercial Risk that it is “relieved” a risk-based approach to due diligence has survived the watered-down version…
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March 20, 2024
Mining giants sued in fresh £3bn lawsuit in the Netherlands over dam collapse
Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil are suing Vale and Samarco’s Dutch subsidiary for £3bn in a…
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March 19, 2024
AI will shift liability rather than create new risks
Artificial intelligence raises challenging questions for liability as the technology continues to outpace regulatory and legal developments, experts have told…
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March 19, 2024
German Cartel Office gives green light to Gothaer-Barmenia merger
The German Federal Cartel Office has approved the planned merger between Cologne-based Gothaer and Barmenia from Wuppertal to create one…
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March 18, 2024
Apple settles shareholder fraud suit led by UK council for $490m
Apple has agreed a $490m settlement with a group of shareholders who accused the company of committing fraud for failing…
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March 18, 2024
BusinessEurope unhappy with revised CSDDD
BusinessEurope, the European confederation that represents 40 national industry and employers’ organisations, is unhappy with the agreement on the EU…
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March 15, 2024
European Council adopts watered down CSDDD
The Belgian presidency of the European Council has finally managed to gain approval for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…
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March 15, 2024
Italy fines TikTok after French Scar probe into child safety
Italy’s competition regulator has fined social media platform TikTok €10m for failing to monitor content that threatened child safety. The…