France
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December 13, 2022
MGA Descartes Underwriting launches French-regulated ‘full-stack’ insurer
Climate risk managing general agent (MGA) Descartes Underwriting has launched an insurer licensed to underwrite risk by the French regulator,…
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December 8, 2022
Italian, French and German business groups call for regulatory truce
The Italian, French and German confederations of industry have sent a joint declaration to national governments and the EU, calling…
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December 8, 2022
Eiopa publishes dashboard to help tackle nat cat protection gap
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released a dashboard that depicts the insurance protection gap for natural…
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December 8, 2022
Insurers criticise inclusion of sector in EU’s AI Act high-risk list
Insurance Europe, the representative body of the European insurance sector, has said it is disappointed by the decision by the…
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December 8, 2022
French insurers expect climate change cost to double by 2050
The French insurance association, France Assureurs, has published its Impact of climate change on insurance by 2050 study and concludes…
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December 6, 2022
AXA wins Covid-19 exclusion case in Court of Cassation
The French Court of Cassation has confirmed its refusal to compensate the operating losses suffered by restaurateurs during lockdown in…
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December 6, 2022
German insurers report progress on ESG goals
German insurance companies have become the first in Europe to publish the carbon footprint for part of the entire industry’s…
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December 6, 2022
EIOPA opens debate on prudential treatment of sustainability risks
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has today published a discussion paper on the prudential treatment of sustainability…
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December 1, 2022
ESG is worth it… despite the global meltdown
The Commercial Risk team arrived in Antwerp this week to host our latest annual conference, with Belgian risk and insurance…
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December 1, 2022
European packaging sector faces up to radical change through new EC waste rules
The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new set of EU-wide rules on packaging that it hopes will tackle “this…
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December 1, 2022
European court erases years of progress in battle against dirty money, claims Transparency International
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has set back the fight against cross-border corruption by years, according…
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November 30, 2022
Risk map reveals rising threats to business travel in 2023
Ukraine has entered the top five most dangerous countries to visit, after the outbreak of war increased its security risk…
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November 24, 2022
Cat claims to drive double-digit reinsurance renewal hikes: Fitch
Reinsurance rates for property catastrophe cover will increase by well over 10% at upcoming January 2023 renewals, according to Fitch…
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November 23, 2022
Descartes makes key hire as parametric interest grows
Louis Bollaert has joined fast-growing, Paris-based and parametric-focused managing general agent (MGA) Descartes Underwriting as chief revenue officer to expand…
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November 23, 2022
European insurance M&A falls in Q3 but remains at yearly high
The number of insurance mergers and acquisitions (M&A) dropped to 76 in the third quarter from 78 in the same…
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November 17, 2022
European corporate resilience will be tested by energy prices and borrowing costs: ECB
Following the sharp recovery and high profits seen during the past year, euro area corporates now face stagnating activity and…
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November 9, 2022
Strategic Risk Solutions opens Paris office
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has expanded its European network with the opening of an office in Paris. France is looking…
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November 3, 2022
French insurers significantly increase green investments
French insurers are following up promises to support the green transition with a significant increase in the level of green…
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October 31, 2022
Closing the cyber protection gap
Q: Who is affected by cyber risk? Laetitia Fouquet (LF): Cyber risk is, of course, linked with our increasing digitalisation.…
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October 31, 2022
Companies must ‘walk the talk’ as modern slavery risk escalates, warns Verisk Maplecroft
A quarter of countries have recorded a significant increase in modern slavery risk since the launch of a key tracker…