France
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February 9, 2024
Insurers must adapt to energy transition or disappear, warns risk manager
The insurance industry runs the risk of disappearing if it does not adapt to climate change and the ESG agenda,…
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February 9, 2024
Risk management making steps forwards on ESG
In a world of interconnected risks, the need to comply with environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations, not to mention…
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February 8, 2024
Market remains reticent over certain risks, say French buyers
Despite the market stabilising during recent renewals, French risk managers that took part in this year’s Risk Frontiers Europe survey…
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February 8, 2024
Fresh capital needed to tackle protection gap: Case
Aon’s CEO Greg Case has told the French risk and insurance management community that he sees great potential in the…
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February 8, 2024
Dalkia CEO demands more insurance support for renewable energy
The CEO of a renewable energy company in France has asked the insurance market to provide more support for innovative…
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February 8, 2024
AMRAE members warned of continued insurance challenges in Africa
Companies working in French-speaking countries in Africa must be prepared to deal with risks such as civil conflicts and natural…
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February 8, 2024
AI: Finding the balance between risk and reward
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will create big opportunities for companies but also raises the prospect of aggravating some of the…
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February 8, 2024
Protecting the continued rise of intangible assets
Back in the 1970s, approximately 80% of the value of any business was to be found in its tangible assets…
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February 8, 2024
Specialist insurance and worldwide coverage
RSA has a long history in France and Europe as a specialist insurer. RSA France, which operates as a branch…
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February 8, 2024
After the storm
One year ago, at the annual conference of the French risk and insurance management association AMRAE, the feeling among risk…
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February 8, 2024
Wild demands clarity on ESG underwriting policies
The head of France’s risk management association has urged insurers to be more coherent with their underwriting policies because they…
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February 7, 2024
Competition set to further ease French market in 2024
The rapid blanket hardening in the French insurance market appears over for now, with brokers, buyers and even insurers expecting…
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February 7, 2024
Cyber, climate change and economy top risk list for French carriers
Over a five-year horizon, cyberattacks, climate change and the economic environment are the main threats to French insurers and reinsurers,…
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February 7, 2024
No sign of softening in French cat market as losses mount
The state-backed Caisse Centrale de Réassurance Group (CCR) has updated its estimate for the cost of flooding in Haut-de-France at…
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February 7, 2024
HDI Global appoints Vigier as it eyes captive opportunities in France
Industrial lines insurer HDI Global has appointed former AMRAE board member David Vigier as chief commercial officer (CCO) for France,…
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February 5, 2024
Political risks and fire jump up French ranking as energy crisis and economy fall
Fire and explosion, climate change, political risks and changing regulation have risen up the ranking among French firms taking part…
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February 1, 2024
Supply chain risk management not up to scratch at nearly two-thirds of firms, survey finds
Unpredictable demand is currently seen as the number one supply chain headache for European companies, and voted a bigger risk…
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February 1, 2024
Descartes launches parametric cyber offering for French SMEs
Descartes, the Paris-based parametric underwriting agency, is expanding into the cyber insurance market through the launch of its first parametric…
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January 30, 2024
New York, LA and London top world’s most resilient cities list
US cities New York and Los Angeles top a list of the world’s 25 most resilient cities in a report…
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January 24, 2024
French regulator fines Amazon €32m for ‘excessive’ surveillance of warehouse staff
French data protection authority CNIL has fined Amazon €32m for excessive surveillance of staff at its warehouses in France. Amazon…