All the headlines from our France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2019 // Large companies in France are increasingly the targets of cyber attackers who lock up data and demand a ransom, but often refrain from reporting the assaults for fear of hurting their image, according to the French...
Jul 11 2019 // Severe European storms during June had an economic price tag of US$2 billion, while insurers anticipated claims topping $1.5 billion, according to the latest edition of Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap...
Jul 11 2019 // Electricite de France SA is preparing its nuclear power facilities to operate in more severe heatwaves in the coming decades as a changing climate may interfere with key electrical equipment.The utility, which produces...
Jul 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the specialist global re/insurer, announced it has appointed Véronique Perottino as country manager for France. Perottino will join the business beginning of September reporting to Rudy Benmeridja, CEO of MS...
Jun 28 2019 // Europeans fought to stay cool as a blast of hot air from the Sahara desert sent temperatures to records in large parts of the continent and whipped up concern about climate change.Germany imposed speed restrictions on...
Jun 28 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has added Denise French to its employee benefits team as an account administrator for special projects. French serves as the primary customer service person for enrolled...
Jun 26 2019 // A group of former traders and managers at American International Group Inc. won a London judge’s backing in their battle to obtain $100 million dating back to the financial crisis, after he said that the insurance...
Jun 21 2019 // Two former American International Group Inc. employees won awards totaling about $10 million after French judges chastised the insurance giant for trying to block the payment of bonuses they’d already earned to cover...
Jun 11 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has received its insurance license in France, established a new office in Paris, and appointed François-Xavier d’Huart as country manager.Beginning...
Jun 3 2019 // Reid French has stepped down as CEO of the insurance agency technology firm Applied Systems, and cloud technology executive Taylor Rhodes has joined as Applied’s new chief executive officer.French, who served as CEO...
May 22 2019 // A French woman whose husband died in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit against the planemaker, seeking at least $276 million in damages.The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302...
May 15 2019 // Bodum Holding AG sued Starbucks Corp. on Friday for alleged product disparagement in connection with the coffee company’s recent U.S. and Canadian recall of 263,200 co-branded French presses made from recycled...
May 15 2019 // French nuclear regulator ASN said it had launched an investigation into elements of fraud and falsification regarding nuclear safety, after receiving several warnings from whistleblowers.Last November, the ASN launched a...
May 13 2019 // Leading Western industrial powers will for the first time jointly simulate a major cross-border cyber-security attack on the financial sector next month, French officials said on Friday.The exercise, organized by the...
May 12 2019 // Cyber risks will soon become bigger risks than natural catastrophes for the insurance sector, Scor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Denis Kessler said, recommending the industry build a comprehensive, common global...
May 6 2019 // Former bosses at leading French telecoms group Orange were due to go on trial on Monday over a series of suicides at the company in the late 2000s – a traumatic episode that shocked the nation and raised questions...
Apr 23 2019 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Emmanuel Silvestre to deputy general manager of its French operation.He reports to Richard Deguettes, general manager for France. Based...
Apr 23 2019 // It’s a thin line where the patina of age on Europe’s countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it’s not.In the wake of...
Apr 17 2019 // Some 90 percent of the priceless relics and art works housed within the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral were saved from Monday’s devastating fire as contingency plans to evacuate the treasures worked, a leading...
Apr 16 2019 // French insurance firm AXA said on Tuesday it provided insurance coverage for two of the contracting firms that were working on Notre-Dame’s restoration prior to the blaze that devastated the cathedral.The fire ripped...