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MS Amlin Appoints Perottino from HDI as Country Manager for France

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...

Blast of Hot Air from Sahara Triggers Record Heatwave Across Europe

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...

Cavignac & Associates in California Names French Employee Benefits Account Administrator

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...

Ex-AIG Employees, Seeking Back-Bonuses of $100M, Win British Court Ruling

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...

2 Ex-AIG Employees Win $10M in France, Ahead of Separate $100M Bonus Case in UK

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...

BHSI Gets French Insurance License, Names d’Huart from AXA XL as Country Manager

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...

Applied Systems Names Rhodes New CEO as French Steps Down

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...

Boeing Sued by French Widow in U.S. for $276 Million Over Ethiopian Crash

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...

French Press Maker Denies Defect, Sues Starbucks for Product Disparagement

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...

Whistleblowers Trigger French Probe into Potential Nuclear Safety Fraud

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...

G7 Countries Will Simulate Major Cross-Border Cyber Attack on Financial Sector

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...

Warning: Cyber Will Soon Cost Insurers More Than Natural Disasters

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...

Ex-Executives at French Telecoms Group Orange on Trial over Wave of Staff Suicides

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...

Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Silvestre to Deputy Manager for France

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...

Notre Dame Fire Should Be Wake-Up Call for State of Other European Monuments

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...

Insurance Adjuster Reports 90% of Notre Dame Cathedral Treasure Saved from Fire

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...

France’s AXA Insures 2 Notre Dame Contractors, Some Religious Artworks

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...

Government and Benefactors, Not Insurers, to Bear Cost of Notre Dame Rebuilding

Apr 16 2019 // Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday.The cost of a likely multi-year...

Corporate, Individual Donations Pour In for Effort to Restore Notre Dame

Apr 16 2019 // France’s luxury-goods tycoons are among the country’s wealthiest individuals and companies to pledge at least 600 million euros ($678 million) to help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral a day after...

French Court Rules Bayer’s Monsanto Weedkiller Liable for Farmer’s Health Problems

Apr 11 2019 // A French appeals court ruled on Thursday that Bayer’s Monsanto business was liable for the health problems of a farmer who had inhaled a weedkiller product.The ruling in favor of farmer Paul Francois was announced in...