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Mapfre Assistance offers travel assistance product to MOL oil companies
Mapfre Assistance has won a tender to provide travel assistance to the clients of the MOL oil company in Hungary and bordering countries.
Europe: Cracking the whip
The UK has been dubbed the whiplash capital of Europe but what can it learn on the continent as it looks to crack the problem? Tim Evershed investigates.
Hiscox adds new lines to overseas property cover
Hiscox has made several additions to the home insurance available to UK private clients with overseas homes.
Google under fire from EU data watchdogs
Google’s treatment of user data has come under fire from data protection watchdogs in France and Spain.
Dutch policyholders had EHIC rejected
Dutch policyholders have had their European Health Insurance Card's refused in Spanish hospitals, The Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB has confirmed.
Hiscox appoints Axa's Tondu-Melique as European chief operating officer
Hiscox has appointed Florence Tondu-Melique as its new European chief operating officer.
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Spain protests innocence as more countries refuse EHIC
European hospitals accused of trying to profit from insurers
Editor's comment: Hit in the pocket home and away
Last week I described fraudsters as the long-standing foe insurers are unable to rid themselves of, and this week, true to form, they struck both home and away in the place it hurts insurers most – their pockets.
Portugal implicated for EHIC failings
The European Commission has confirmed that Spain is not the only country it has received complaints about for failing to honour the European Health Insurance Card.
DAC Beachcroft appoints former regulator to Madrid practice
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has appointed a new partner to its Madrid-based insurance regulatory practice.
Spain investigated by EC over health insurance card failures
The European Commission has demanded information from Spain over complaints that Spanish hospitals are refusing to honour the European Health Insurance Card scheme.
EC investigates Spain for failing to honour EHIC scheme
The European Commission has demanded information from Spain over complaints that Spanish public hospitals are refusing to honour the European Health Insurance Card scheme.
Regional players may miss Solvency II deadline
Solvency II must be implemented in January 2016, whether or not the continent's smaller, regional are prepared, according to Charles Juniper, analyst at Ovum.
Travel insurers' costs rise as Spain ignores European agreement
Travel insurers are picking up the bill for treatments their policyholders are entitled to under European conventions, after Spanish hospitals are refusing to accept their European Health Insurance Cards.
ABI blames Spanish hospitals for unnecessary travel insurance payouts
British holidaymakers in possession of a European Health Insurance Card are being urged not to accept refusal of state medical treatment in Spain.
Internationalisation: Taking Flight
The economic downturn has led many European companies to look to emerging markets for growth. Can insurers capitalise on the trend? Anna Pitton explains.
Aegon to complete Santander deal in Q2
Aegon’s acquisition of Santander’s Spanish insurance business is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013, a spokesman confirmed to Insurance Insight.
The changing face of political risk cover
Traditionally political risk has been seen as an insurance product designed to protect businesses operating in the emerging markets and politically volatile areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
VFTT: Anticipating client growth aspirations
Europe's slow recovery is encouraging firms to seek growth in unfamiliar markets, but few consider whether their insurer is equipped to support them in their expansion, QBE's Barbara Chandler says.
Mapfre's Q1 revenue boosted by international business
Spain’s Mapfre increased its first quarter revenues by 1.6% to reach €6,942m, driven mainly by the international business.
XL moves Spanish office
XL Group is moving its insurance team in Catalonia to a larger office on Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia avenue to accommodate its growing operation in the region.
Generali opens Global Corporate and Commercial unit
Operations have begun at Generali’s Global Corporate & Commercial business unit, a platform established to integrate insurance services for medium and large multinationals.
Insurance Insight Q+A: Frank Pinder, Global Options
Global Options president Frank Pinder speaks to Francesca Nyman about fraud, special investigative units and the US company’s European ambitions.