All the headlines from our France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2019 // European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from France.The summit deal in...
Apr 5 2019 // Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to delay Brexit until June 30, setting up a battle with the bloc ahead of a key summit next week.May wants an extension to June 30 and aims to avoid holding European...
Mar 26 2019 // French activist fund CIAM will ask reinsurance company SCOR’s CEO Denis Kessler to surrender the chairmanship of the company’s board after he thwarted a takeover attempt earlier this year.CIAM, which has just...
Mar 15 2019 // French authorities are working to contain a fuel spill off the Atlantic Coast after an Italian container ship sank following a fire.French and British rescue teams saved all 27 people aboard the Grande America after it...
Feb 8 2019 // Danske Bank A/S says it’s been placed under formal investigation in France over suspected money laundering at its Estonian branch.The Copenhagen-based bank said the investigation covers transactions from 2007 to 2014...
Feb 7 2019 // A decade-old lawsuit in which a French farmer with neurological problems accuses Monsanto of not providing adequate safety warnings for a weedkiller returns to court on Wednesday, adding to health claims faced by the...
Feb 5 2019 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is expanding its cyber offering by launching CyberSolution 360°, a risk management solution that combines insurance with cyber attack protection services.Developed in the exclusive...
Jan 30 2019 // SCOR SE slumped the most in more than a decade in Paris trading [on Tuesday, Jan. 28] after rival Covea abandoned efforts to buy the French reinsurer, ending one of the country’s most acrimonious takeover attempts in...
Jan 28 2019 // French engineering consultancy Altran Technologies was the target of a cyber attack last Thursday that hit operations in some European countries, it said on Monday.Altran said it had shut down its IT network and...
Jan 25 2019 // France expects to have cut the use of weedkiller glyphosate by 80 percent by early 2021, its agriculture minister said on Friday, less than previously anticipated due to the number of farmers who will qualify for an...
Jan 24 2019 // FRISS, the provider of fraud and risk solutions for the property/casualty insurance industry, announced the opening of its French office in Paris. At the same time FRISS is expanding their team, led by the country manager...
Jan 23 2019 // France’s data protection watchdog fined Alphabet’s Google 50 million euros ($57 million) on Monday [Jan. 21] for breaching European Union online privacy rules, the biggest such penalty levied against a U.S....
Jan 14 2019 // After being accused of “openly lying” to authorities in France, Danske Bank A/S says it now faces the prospect of fresh charges being brought against it in connection with a $230 billion money laundering...
Jan 2 2019 // Chubb European Group announced it has redomiciled its businesses from London to France, effective Jan. 1, consistent with its previously announced Brexit preparations.The move, which was approved by regulators in July...
Dec 14 2018 // AnaCap Financial Partners, a private equity firm, has agreed to sell French insurance broker AssurOne Group to Societe Centrale Prevoir SA, an asset management firm based in Paris. AOG specialises in online distribution...
Nov 15 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Simon Tardif as head Aviation Canada, effective Oct. 29, 2018. In this role, Tardif will be responsible for the growth and strategy of the aviation team across Canada.He has...
Nov 2 2018 // The Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea off Indonesia earlier this week had experienced problems with the sensors used to calculate altitude and speed on its previous flight, an issue that could help explain why...
Oct 24 2018 // French insurer April SA has drawn takeover interest from private equity firms including CVC Capital Partners, KKR & Co. and BC Partners as it weighs a sale amid a wave of industry consolidation, according to people...
Oct 16 2018 // Flash floods tore through towns in southwest France, turning streams into raging torrents that authorities said killed at least seven people and seriously injured five others. Some people had to be helicoptered to safety...
Sep 4 2018 // Specialist corporate insurance broker Verlingue announced it has acquired independent UK broker ICB Group. Financial details of the deal were not released.With the acquisition of Egham, England-based ICB, Verlingue triples...