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French Climate Damage Measures Came Late but Were Sufficient, Court Rules

Dec 27 2023 // France’s moves to limit climate damage came late but were sufficient, a French court ruled on Friday, in a blow to attempts by environmental campaigners to impose a 1.1 billion euro ($1.21 billion) penalty on the...

People Moves: DUAL Europe Taps Hiscox’s Hervé to Launch and Lead French Unit; Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance Names Spagnoli as Head of Consumer Lines

Dec 12 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at DUAL France and Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance unit.A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Europe Taps Hiscox’s Hervé to Launch...

France, US Plan to Seek Ban on Private Finance to Coal-Fired Plants at COP28: Sources

Nov 22 2023 // France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the U.N. climate conference later this month, three sources familiar with the deliberations told Reuters in...

People Moves: Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Valencia to Lead Portfolio Solutions; Sompo Int’l Taps Allianz’s El Oulhani for Distribution & Client Mgmt. in France

Oct 20 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial and Sompo International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Valencia to Lead Portfolio...

People Moves: Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of N. American Property; Sompo Int’l Names Faugas From AGCS as France Country Manager, Insurance

Oct 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Europe and Sompo InternationalA summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of North American...

Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires

Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career.Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...

Apple to Update iPhone 12 Software in France to Settle Radiation Row

Sep 15 2023 // Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France to settle a row with regulators that ordered the suspension of the phone’s sale due to breaches of radiation exposure limits.The...

Apple Says iPhone 12 Meets Radiation Rules, Disputes Findings From French Watchdog

Sep 14 2023 // Apple defended its iPhone 12 model on Wednesday after a French watchdog ordered a halt to its sales citing breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits.The French move raised the prospect of further bans in Europe....

France’s AFP Sues Musk’s X Social Media, Citing Refusal to Discuss Payment for News

Aug 3 2023 // Agence France-Presse (AFP) said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk’s X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, accusing it of failing to discuss potential payment for the...

Insurance Claims From French Riots Rise to $716 Million

Jul 11 2023 // Some 11,300 claims for damages from riots in France had been filed as of July 7 for a total cost of €650 million ($716 million), the insurers federation said in a statement Tuesday.The number of claims has doubled...

Economic Cost of French Riots Could Top €1 Billion as Unrest Continues to Drop

Jul 5 2023 // President Emmanuel Macron will meet with more than 200 mayors to assess the riots that have rocked France as a massive police deployment led to a continued drop in the level of unrest overnight.French employers’...

French Insurers Say Cost of Riots Totals $305 Million, So Far

Jul 5 2023 // French insurers have so far received around 5,900 claims worth a total of some €280 million ($305 million) resulting from damage caused during a week of riots following the police shooting of a teenager.This compares...

French, UK Cyber Watchdogs Say Hackers-for-Hire Are Targeting Law Firms

Jun 30 2023 // Mercenary hackers increasingly are targeting law firms in a bid to steal data that could tip the balance in legal cases, French and British authorities say, echoing a Reuters investigation that uncovered the phenomenon...

Brégier Appointed Chairman of Board at French Reinsurer SCOR

Jun 26 2023 // SCOR’s Board of Directors, which met on June 25, 2023, has unanimously decided to appoint Fabrice Brégier as non-executive chairman, with immediate effect.This decision was made on the unanimous recommendation of...

Renault Customers to Lodge Criminal Complaint in France Over Faulty Engines

Jun 2 2023 // Renault could face prosecution in France over faulty engines as a group of customers plans to lodge a criminal complaint against the carmaker next week, the group’s lawyer said on Friday.“We are going to file a...

France and Germany Show No Sign of Agreement on Role of Nuclear in Clean Energy

May 22 2023 // France and Germany are showing no sign of nearing a compromise on the role of nuclear energy in the European Union’s transition to cleaner energy, highlighting the challenge faced in reaching a deal in the coming...

French Court Clears Air France, Airbus Over Rio-Paris Plane Crash

Apr 17 2023 // A French court on Monday cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of “involuntary manslaughter,” upsetting families of some of the 228 people killed when an airliner vanished into an Atlantic storm...

French Building Collapse Kills at Least 6; Gas Explosion Suspected

Apr 12 2023 // French investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the city of Marseille as a possible “involuntary homicide” case, a prosecutor said...

People Moves: Generali GC&C France Promotes 2 Execs; Gallagher Securities Hires Zanelli as EVP, N. America; Mosaic Names Bakhshi CFO, Haque for Capital Solutions

Apr 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), Gallagher Re and Mosaic Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global...

Building Explodes and Collapses in Marseille, France

Apr 10 2023 // More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within debris to save up to 10 people possibly buried after a building exploded and collapsed early Sunday in the French port city of...