Hannah Roscoe

Business Correspondent, The Continental Times

Hannah covers business for The Continental Times and has reported from more than a dozen countries.

After a Summer of Floods, Reinsurers Tell European Insurers the Price of Protection Is Going Up

At the industry’s annual gathering in Baden-Baden, the companies that insure insurers are seeking increases of 10 to 25 percent for flood and hail cover, and some are refusing to cover certain river basins at all.

Oct. 7, 2026 6 MIN READ

A flooded street after heavy rain. Insured losses from floods and hail in Europe reached about 14 billion euros this summer.

Private Equity Owns Thousands of European Companies. It Is Having Trouble Selling Them.

Buyout firms are sitting on a record 1.1 trillion euros of unsold holdings, and the investors who backed them are losing patience. The result is a boom in deals that are not quite sales.

Oct. 7, 2026 7 MIN READ