Spain/Portugal
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April 28, 2023
Mapfre posts healthy growth at global risks
Mapfre Global Risks (MGR), the Spanish group’s large corporate and industrial insurance arm, posted further strong growth in premium during…
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April 19, 2023
Allianz Trade expands XoL solution to Spain and Brazil
Allianz Trade has expanded its excess of loss (XoL) reach with additional resources in Germany and Singapore, and new teams…
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April 13, 2023
Sompo continues European expansion with Iberian hire
Sompo International has announced the appointment of Jamie Cañellas as country manager for its insurance operations in Spain and Portugal,…
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April 4, 2023
Igrea urges Spain to follow France with captive legislation
Spanish risk management association Igrea has told Commercial Risk Europe it wants new captive rules implemented in Spain, following the…
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March 24, 2023
Agers and Igrea publish risk retention guide to support Spanish firms
Top risk managers in Spain have joined forces to launch a handbook to help companies use risk retention and self-insurance…
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March 24, 2023
Ardonagh reveals five-fold growth in five years
Fast-growing UK-based broking firm Ardonagh Group announced further impressive growth in income and profit last year, on the back of…
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March 22, 2023
European insurance M&A hits record high in 2022
Investor appetite for European insurance assets hit a new record high in 2022, with a total of 435 deals recorded…
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February 27, 2023
Allianz Trade buys out joint venture partner in Portugal
Trade credit insurer Allianz Trade will buy the remaining 50% stake in Portuguese firm Companhia de Seguro de Créditos (Cosec)…
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February 16, 2023
EC refers eight member states to ECJ for failing to implement whistleblower rules
Eight EU countries will face the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) for failing to implement rules designed…
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February 14, 2023
BMS Iberia to acquire Spanish specialty (re)insurance broker
BMS Iberia has signed a deal to acquire Seguros Viafina, a Spanish specialty insurance and reinsurance broker. The acquisition is…
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February 9, 2023
Mapfre Global Risks posts ‘spectacular’ 2022 result
Spanish insurance giant Mapfre described the performance of its Mapfre Re business unit, including Global Risks, as “spectacular” in 2022.…
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February 2, 2023
Everest enters Spanish primary market
Everest Insurance, the primary arm of Everest Re, is entering the Spanish market, offering a wide range of P&C and…
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January 9, 2023
Allianz Trade launches online B2B commerce solution for multinationals
Allianz Trade has launched a buy now pay later (BNPL) solution for large multinational corporates designed to foster online business-to-business…
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January 3, 2023
Howden beefs up Spanish presence with March Risk Solutions deal
Fast-growing broker Howden signalled its intention to continue expanding in Europe with news that it is buying Spain’s March Risk…
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December 19, 2022
Zurich keeping ‘close eye’ on potential US-style social inflation in Europe
Zurich is keeping a “close eye” on the litigation landscape in Europe as we head towards the introduction of the…
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December 14, 2022
European business demands ‘regulatory breathing space’ from EU
European companies urgently need regulatory breathing space as they face up to a fast-rising raft of global competitive pressures, according…
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December 14, 2022
Risk managers face growing ESG risks
The interconnectivity of ESG risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot afford to ignore. ESG…
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December 14, 2022
Conflict on the rise over EU’s focus on the ‘S’ in ESG
Brussels-based European business confederation BusinessEurope is “deeply concerned” about what it describes as the “overly detailed and prescriptive” requirements that…
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December 8, 2022
Eiopa publishes dashboard to help tackle nat cat protection gap
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released a dashboard that depicts the insurance protection gap for natural…
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December 8, 2022
Insurers criticise inclusion of sector in EU’s AI Act high-risk list
Insurance Europe, the representative body of the European insurance sector, has said it is disappointed by the decision by the…