Latest France Headlines
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EU Should Revisit Bank and Insurer Capital Rules: French President Macron
Apr 26 2024 // French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for a revision of how Europe applies minimum capital rules to banks and insurers so that they are not too risk-averse and Europe is put at an economic disadvantage. The...
People Moves: Aon’s Re Solutions Promotes Sapra as CEO, India; BHSI Names du Ché as France Country Mgr; AXIS Canada Launches EIL Unit, Led by Liberty Mutual’s Nagata
Apr 15 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and AXIS Capital Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Sapra as CEO of...
Markets/Coverages: Lemonade Launches Homeowners Insurance in France
Apr 9 2024 // Lemonade, the New York-based insurtech, announced the launch of homeowners insurance in France in partnership with BNP Paribas Cardif. Millions of occupying homeowners can now purchase extensive coverage for their home and...
Howden to Acquire French Broker OFRACAR
Apr 3 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire OFRACAR, an independent brokerage group headquartered in Rouen, thereby expanding its geographical footprint and...
People Moves: Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and Pun; DUAL France Taps Déal From Everest as Managing Director
Mar 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Reinsurance and DUAL France. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and...
Sompo International Authorized to Write Primary Insurance in France
Feb 14 2024 // Sompo International announced it has been granted a license to write primary insurance in France by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR), further extending the company’s commercial...
French Farmers Head Home but Anger Spreads Elsewhere in Europe
Feb 2 2024 // Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France started lifting blockades countrywide after the government made...
France Now Backing EU AI Rules Ahead of Bloc Endorsement
Feb 2 2024 // France is now backing landmark European Union rules governing artificial intelligence subject to strict conditions, an EU diplomatic source said on Friday, after sources had previously said it was the last holdout in the...
Markets/Coverages: Descartes Launches 1st Parametric Cyber Shutdown Cover in France
Feb 2 2024 // Descartes Insurance, the risk-carrying insurer formed in 2022 by climate-risk managing general agent Descartes Underwriting, has launched the first parametric cyber insurance for corporate clients in France. Described as...
French Regulator Fines Amazon for ‘Intrusive’ Staff Surveillance
Jan 23 2024 // French regulator CNIL said on Tuesday it had fined Amazon France Logistique 32 million euros ($35 million) for what the CNIL said was an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system set up to monitor the...
French Climate Damage Measures Came Late but Were Sufficient, Court Rules
Dec 27 2023 // France’s moves to limit climate damage came late but were sufficient, a French court ruled on Friday, in a blow to attempts by environmental campaigners to impose a 1.1 billion euro ($1.21 billion) penalty on the...
People Moves: DUAL Europe Taps Hiscox’s Hervé to Launch and Lead French Unit; Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance Names Spagnoli as Head of Consumer Lines
Dec 12 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at DUAL France and Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance unit. A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Europe Taps Hiscox’s Hervé to Launch...
France, US Plan to Seek Ban on Private Finance to Coal-Fired Plants at COP28: Sources
Nov 22 2023 // France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the U.N. climate conference later this month, three sources familiar with the deliberations told Reuters in...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Valencia to Lead Portfolio Solutions; Sompo Int’l Taps Allianz’s El Oulhani for Distribution & Client Mgmt. in France
Oct 20 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial and Sompo International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Valencia to Lead Portfolio...
People Moves: Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of N. American Property; Sompo Int’l Names Faugas From AGCS as France Country Manager, Insurance
Oct 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Europe and Sompo International A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of North American...
Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires
Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career. Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...
Apple to Update iPhone 12 Software in France to Settle Radiation Row
Sep 15 2023 // Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France to settle a row with regulators that ordered the suspension of the phone’s sale due to breaches of radiation exposure limits. The...
Apple Says iPhone 12 Meets Radiation Rules, Disputes Findings From French Watchdog
Sep 14 2023 // Apple defended its iPhone 12 model on Wednesday after a French watchdog ordered a halt to its sales citing breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits. The French move raised the prospect of further bans in...
France’s AFP Sues Musk’s X Social Media, Citing Refusal to Discuss Payment for News
Aug 3 2023 // Agence France-Presse (AFP) said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk’s X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, accusing it of failing to discuss potential payment for the...
Insurance Claims From French Riots Rise to $716 Million
Jul 11 2023 // Some 11,300 claims for damages from riots in France had been filed as of July 7 for a total cost of €650 million ($716 million), the insurers federation said in a statement Tuesday. The number of claims has doubled...
