France
France : unemployment hits 15 year high
The rising French unemployment figure topped out at 10.8% in the first quarter of 2013, the highest it has been since 1998, according to...
France : ban on chemical BPA in food packaging
The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and...
France : surgeons on strike over pay limits
French surgeons began on Monday an open-ended strike to protest against perceived threats to their freedom and pay.
The protest has been called by 30...
Europe : winter storm Joachim causes power to go out and travel disruptions
Late last week, winter storm Joachim developed over the Atlantic and became a severe extratropical cyclone over Western Europe. With a central pressure that...
AIR Worldwide : widespread flooding across parts of Italy and Southeastern France
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in France and Italy during the first week of November after a low pressure system that developed over...
France sees labelling of contested chemical BPA
France's ecology minister on Tuesday said she would seek labelling requirements for food containers made with bisphenol A (BPA) after a watchdog agency sharpened...
Europe : France urges the rescue plan of Greece
France urged the swift implementation of the July 21 plan to rescue Greece, with Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss with Angela Merkel and Greek Prime...
France : French banks to participate in new Greece bailout
French banks and insurance companies will participate in a new Greek financial rescue programme "on a voluntary basis", French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday....
France : seven French children hospitalised by E. coli outbreak
Seven children were hospitalised in France with E. coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said could come from Germany, where an outbreak of...
Europe : to raise farm aid offer after E. coli outbreak
The European Commission vowed Tuesday to put up more money to aid vegetable farmers reeling from a bacteria outbreak after EU states dismissed a...
France : statistics show drop in premiums for the beginning of 2011
Statistics from the French Association of Insurance (AFA) shows an 8% drop in insurance premiums by the end of April, for the French market....
Explosion : explosive alarm clocks in Ikea stores
Small explosions occurred in Ikea stores in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. The explosives were concealed in alarm clocks.
The explosions in stores in the...
France / Justice : insurance agents gather and assign their company to court
Rare event, French general agent unions from ten insurance companies have gathered to assign to court their company.
News Assurances, the leading online media dedicated...
Appointment : Kadidja Sinz is new Country Manager in France for XL Insurance
XL Insurance announces the appointment of Kadidja Sinz as Country Manager for France.
She succeeds Guy Lallour who is retiring in May. Ms. Sinz has...
Liberty Syndicates new offices in French capital
Liberty Syndicates, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has moved to a new office in Paris to accommodate the Lloyd’s underwriter’s growing team based...
French minister pledges reform over diabetes drug scandal
France's health minister vowed Sunday to rebuild a more transparent health care system following a scandal over a diabetes drug that was linked to...
Swiss Re places EUR 75 million of French windstorm risk on behalf of Groupama S.A. through Green Fields
Swiss Re Capital Markets has successfully structured and placed EUR 75 million of notes issued by Green Fields Capital Limited (“Green Fields”) covering French...
Two dead as flu cases widen in France
French health watchdogs said on Wednesday the country was officially in the grip of a flu epidemic after 176,000 people had fallen sick, two...
French delegation in India
French minister of economy and finance Christine Lagarde has asked India to liberalise its retail and insurance sector further.
"I talked assurance, I talked retail"...
Study : Working with pesticides linked to dementia
Long-term exposure to pesticides may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to a study released Thursday.
Workers "directly exposed"...
