France
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March 15, 2024
French nat cat carrier posts big technical loss from rising weather events
French state-backed catastrophe carrier CCR recorded a significant technical loss of €112m for 2023 due to heavy natural disasters in…
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March 12, 2024
Déal named MD of DUAL France as MGA builds out French team
DUAL Europe, Howden’s MGA, has appointed Guillaume Déal from Everest as managing director of its recently created French business. The…
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March 8, 2024
France, Italy and UK set to become collaborative captive domiciles, hears Airmic Forum
In five years’ time, the European captive market will likely see strong domiciles in France, Italy and the UK, with…
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March 8, 2024
Captives, delicate market, ESG and AI dominate Amrae discussions
As this year’s risk and insurance management conferences kicked off in France, Amrae and its members were focused on several…
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March 6, 2024
Scor plans to ‘fully benefit’ from supportive market conditions
Scor continues its strong growth in the specialty insurance segment, and chairman Fabrice Brégier said during the company’s latest set…
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March 6, 2024
France steps up cyber defence efforts
French state cyber agency ANSSI has reported that cyber espionage remained high last year, with a significant increase in attacks…
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March 4, 2024
European companies lead on board-level gender diversity
Europe is leading gender diversity league tables, according to Fitch Ratings, with nine European countries achieving the highest proportion of…
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March 1, 2024
Coface pricing down 1.9% but claims costs now above pre-pandemic levels
Trade credit insurer Coface said rates were down 1.9% last year but has so far avoided a spike in claims…
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February 28, 2024
Global insolvencies set to peak this year before levelling off, says Allianz
Global insolvencies continued to rebound last year and are now above pre-pandemic levels in most advanced economies, finds Allianz Trade,…
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February 27, 2024
Beazley highlights global cyber regulatory changes
The Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority has recently declared that insurance contracts indemnifying the ransom payment associated with…
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February 26, 2024
Finland, Portugal and France top EU workplace gender-equality ranking
Finland has the most gender-equal workplaces in the EU, followed by Portugal and France, with Hungary bottom of the ranking…
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February 23, 2024
Only half of firms retrieve data after ransomware payments
Most cyberattacks breached organisations’ networks through their supply chain, according to US-based cybersecurity firm Cybereason. It found that 41% of…
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February 22, 2024
AXA targets above-GDP growth in healthy commercial lines
AXA has revealed a new strategy for 2024 to 2026 that includes an ambition to continue growth in its core…
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February 21, 2024
European product recalls hit record high in 2023, Sedgwick reports
Product recalls in Europe reached a record 12,498 events in 2023, up 18.5% on the previous 12 months and setting…
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February 20, 2024
Rate increases in Europe will need to rise above inflation, Moody’s warns
Europe’s property/casualty insurers will need to “push through” further rate increases to balance increases in claims costs, according to Moody’s.…
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February 14, 2024
Sompo International gets insurance licence in France
Sompo International has been granted a licence to write primary insurance in France as it continues to expand across continental…
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February 13, 2024
Covid BI litigation slowly favouring policyholders but key questions remain
Policyholders continue to make progress in their fight to recover Covid-19 business interruption losses from insurers, although the settlement of…
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February 12, 2024
French data commission confirms data breach hits 33 million citizens
The French National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL) is carrying out investigations into a data breach affecting more…
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February 9, 2024
Supply chain solutions creating more risks
In a world that becomes more dangerous by the day, risk managers are setting aside extra time to find alternatives…
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February 9, 2024
Amrae and market expect French-based captive boom in 2024
Brokers and insurers say that a growing number of clients are looking at the possibility of setting up captives in…