Latest France Headlines
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Paris Airport Roof Structure to be Replaced
Mar 18 2005 // Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the authority that owns and operates both the Charles de Gaulle airport and Orly airport in the French capital, has determined that the entire roof structure of Terminal 2E must be torn down and...
Report Cites Design and Structural Faults as Cause of Paris Airport Collapse
Feb 16 2005 // Both structural and design faults caused a large section of the newly constructed Terminal 2E at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport to collapse last May, killing 4 people and injuring 3. An investigative commission...
Best Affirms Generali Ratings; Outlook Now Stable
Jan 21 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “aa-” to Italy’s largest insurer Assicurazioni Generali...
U.K., France to Amend Death Declaration Laws
Jan 17 2005 // The U.K., France and other European countries whose citizens lost their lives, or are still missing, in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis, are considering ways to amend their laws governing when a missing person...
GE Insurance Solutions Details Additions to Global Management Staff
Nov 18 2004 // GE Insurance Solutions has announced the addition of expertise to its Property Insurance & Services, Global Asset Protection business unit. Field Operations Leader Tim Heinze said the unit has had a “great...
French Asbestos Verdict Compensates Miners
Oct 26 2004 // A French administrative court under the jurisdiction of the national health service has ordered the owners of an abandoned asbestos mine in Corsica to pay compensation to 13 former miners and their families as a result of...
AGF Posts Record $660 Million 1st Half Net
Aug 16 2004 // AGF, the French subsidiary of Germany’s Allianz Group, announced record first half net income of 532 million euros ($660 million), and annualized return on equity of 16.3 percent. “The AGF Group is in line with...
S&P Raises Aviva’s French Unit to ‘AA-‘
Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on non-life French insurer Aviva Assurances S.A. to ‘AA-‘ from...
SCOR Offers Convertible Bonds
Jun 28 2004 // France’s SCOR Group announced that it would offer 180 million euros ($218 million) worth of 4.125 percent unsecured convertible bonds within the French market. SCOR’s bulletin stressed that no offering of the...
SCOR VIE Names Executive Committee
Jun 10 2004 // French reinsurer SCOR announced that the following persons have been named to the SCOR VIE Executive Committee at a meeting of its Board of Directors, chaired by CEO Denis Kessler: — Romain Durand, Chief Executive...
Paris Airport Collapse Insurance Recoveries Unclear
Jun 1 2004 // A portion of the newly constructed Terminal 2E at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport collapsed on Sunday May 23, killing four people, and sending shock waves throughout France. Over a week later the cause of the...
Best Upgrades Rating of France’s CCR to ‘A+’; Revises Outlook to Stable
May 24 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has upgraded the financial strength rating to “A+” (Superior) from “A” (Excellent) of France’s Caisse Centrale de Reassurance (CCR), and has revised its outlook...
S&P Issues Report on French Mutual Sector
May 6 2004 // A newly issued report from Standard & Poor’s concludes that “France’s mutual insurance sector remains healthy, but its long-term prosperity is being threatened by external competition and exposure...
SCOR Names Kahn Group CFO
Apr 15 2004 // SCOR has appointed Marcel Kahn as group chief financial officer. Kahn spent several years as an external auditor and chartered accountant before joining the AXA group in 1988 as group controller. From 1991 to 2001, he was...
France’s EDF Joins OIL
Feb 6 2004 // Electricité de France (EDF), the government owned-electric utility, has joined the Bermuda-based mutual energy insurance group Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) effective Jan.31, 2004. The EDF, which supplies electricity,...
AXA 2003 Revenues Fall to $89 Billion on Dollar Weakness
Feb 3 2004 // France’s AXA Group reported total revenues for 2003 of 71.628 billion euros ($89.18 billion) compared to 74.727 billion euros ($93 billion) in 2002. The company said the decrease reflected its decision to exit...
RMS Risk Analysis for European Windstorm Losses Covers Electricity Transmission and Distribution
Jan 14 2004 // California-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a leading provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced that it has performed the risk analysis for the Pylon Ltd. securitization...
148 Die in Red Sea Plane Crash
Jan 5 2004 // A chartered Boeing 737 with 148 people on board crashed into the Red Sea shortly after taking off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik early Saturday morning. There were no survivors. The plane, operated by Egyptian...
Terrorist Threats Disrupt Holiday Flights
Jan 2 2004 // The elevated terrorist threat levels decreed by the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, coupled with repeated warnings from the FBI, combined to disrupt trans-Atlantic air...
France Agrees to $770 Million Executive Life Settlement; Individuals Excluded
Dec 16 2003 // The French government and Credit Lyonnais (CL) have agreed to accept a settlement in the Executive Life case that will cost $770 million, but the deal excludes individuals named in the criminal case, currently pending in...
