Latest France Headlines
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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...
Economic Cost of French Riots Could Top €1 Billion as Unrest Continues to Drop
Jul 5 2023 // President Emmanuel Macron will meet with more than 200 mayors to assess the riots that have rocked France as a massive police deployment led to a continued drop in the level of unrest overnight. French employers’...
French Insurers Say Cost of Riots Totals $305 Million, So Far
Jul 5 2023 // French insurers have so far received around 5,900 claims worth a total of some €280 million ($305 million) resulting from damage caused during a week of riots following the police shooting of a teenager. This compares...
French, UK Cyber Watchdogs Say Hackers-for-Hire Are Targeting Law Firms
Jun 30 2023 // Mercenary hackers increasingly are targeting law firms in a bid to steal data that could tip the balance in legal cases, French and British authorities say, echoing a Reuters investigation that uncovered the phenomenon...
Brégier Appointed Chairman of Board at French Reinsurer SCOR
Jun 26 2023 // SCOR’s Board of Directors, which met on June 25, 2023, has unanimously decided to appoint Fabrice Brégier as non-executive chairman, with immediate effect. This decision was made on the unanimous recommendation of...
Renault Customers to Lodge Criminal Complaint in France Over Faulty Engines
Jun 2 2023 // Renault could face prosecution in France over faulty engines as a group of customers plans to lodge a criminal complaint against the carmaker next week, the group’s lawyer said on Friday. “We are going to file...
France and Germany Show No Sign of Agreement on Role of Nuclear in Clean Energy
May 22 2023 // France and Germany are showing no sign of nearing a compromise on the role of nuclear energy in the European Union’s transition to cleaner energy, highlighting the challenge faced in reaching a deal in the coming...
French Court Clears Air France, Airbus Over Rio-Paris Plane Crash
Apr 17 2023 // A French court on Monday cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of “involuntary manslaughter,” upsetting families of some of the 228 people killed when an airliner vanished into an Atlantic storm...
French Building Collapse Kills at Least 6; Gas Explosion Suspected
Apr 12 2023 // French investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the city of Marseille as a possible “involuntary homicide” case, a prosecutor said...
People Moves: Generali GC&C France Promotes 2 Execs; Gallagher Securities Hires Zanelli as EVP, N. America; Mosaic Names Bakhshi CFO, Haque for Capital Solutions
Apr 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), Gallagher Re and Mosaic Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global...
Building Explodes and Collapses in Marseille, France
Apr 10 2023 // More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within debris to save up to 10 people possibly buried after a building exploded and collapsed early Sunday in the French port city of...
People Moves: Chubb Names Chasseguet as Country President, France; MGA Pen Taps Gallaghers’ Alsegard as Head of IP; McLarens Appoints 5 for Mideast Team
Apr 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb, the MGA Pen Underwriting and loss adjuster McLarens. A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Names Chasseguet as Country President for...
French Bank BNP Paribas Sued by NGOs Over Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Link
Feb 27 2023 // Environmental and human rights activist groups said on Monday they had sued BNP Paribas, the eurozone’s biggest bank, for providing financial services to companies they allege contribute to the deforestation of the...
French (Yes, French) Executives Are the World’s Worst Workaholics: Survey
Jan 30 2023 // Americans have popularized “hustle culture,” but it’s French executives who binge work the most, according to a new survey. Nearly four in ten French business leaders admit to working intense, long hours...
Nepal Plane Crash Data Box Sent to France for Analysis
Jan 18 2023 // POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and were sending the aircraft’s data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what...
France’s Verlingue Buys Broker Cabinet Depeyre and MGA Depeyre Solutions
Jan 12 2023 // French broker Verlingue, a subsidiary of Adelaïde Group and specialist in corporate protection, is continuing its external growth strategy with two new acquisitions that will consolidate its presence in the Grand Est...
French Drugmaker Servier Appeals 2021 Convictions Connected to Weight-Loss Pill
Jan 9 2023 // French drugmaker Servier on Monday launched its appeal against manslaughter and deception convictions handed down by a Paris court in 2021 in connection with weight-loss pill Mediator. At least 500 people died of heart...
France’s Danone Faces Legal Action Over Plastic Use and Reporting Practices
Jan 9 2023 // Some environmental groups have taken legal action against French bottled water and dairy group Danone over its plastic use, accusing it on Monday of failing to sufficiently account for all the plastic used along its...
