Latest France Headlines
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French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content
Jan 24 2025 // In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a...
EU Is Set to Shrink ESG Reporting Rules Amid French Demands
Jan 22 2025 // The European Union is set to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework. The French government is...
France Steps Up Checks After Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak in Germany
Jan 17 2025 // France has reinforced checks for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and issued alerts to veterinarians after an outbreak of the highly contagious virus was detected in cattle in Germany last week, prompting trade bans from...
People Moves: Arch Insurance (EU) dac Promotes Smith to CEO, Succeeding Scheuer; BHSI Taps SCOR’s Le Gall as Head of Casualty in France
Jan 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance (EU) dac Promotes Smith to CEO,...
Texas Economy Will Top France’s Thanks to Trump, Abbott Says
Dec 18 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a new ambition for the Lone Star State: surpassing France as one of the world’s largest economies. Abbott predicted that economic output in Texas would soon exceed that of the...
People Moves: Rokstone Taps Hogarth From Castel for Direct & Facultative Property Team; Arch Insurance Taps Laazaouzi From CNA Hardy as Senior Casualty U/W in France
Dec 16 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance MGA Rokstone and Arch Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Rokstone Taps Hogarth From Castel for Direct & Facultative...
Hermes Family in Talks to Invest in French Insurer Albingia
Dec 12 2024 // A family office backed by members of the Hermes fortune are among the likely buyers of French insurer Albingia, in an investment that signals a goal to diversify their wealth away from luxury. Krefeld Invest, the family...
Storm Bert Brings Flooding and Disruption to UK and France
Nov 25 2024 // Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and the west of England. Five people were reported to have died by local media, after the storm brought heavy rain and...
H.W. International Agrees to Sell UK, French and Greek Operations to Steadfast Group
Nov 7 2024 // H.W. International B.V., the Amsterdam-based, privately owned insurance broker, announced the sale of H.W. Wood Ltd. and HWI France to Steadfast Group, the largest general insurance broker network and underwriting agency...
Update: TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides
Nov 4 2024 // TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide. The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima,...
Former Hurricane Kirk Set to Lash France With Heavy Rain
Oct 8 2024 // The remnants of Hurricane Kirk are forecast to hit France on Wednesday, after weakening to a post-tropical cyclone. The storm will bring wind gusts as strong as 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour to the Pyrenees, according...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Bring Challenges to Chablis Wine Country in France
Sep 30 2024 // On a brisk late September morning in the heart of Chablis wine country, grape pickers haul large and heavy buckets over their shoulders, drenched in sweat as they climb the very steep slope of the Vau de Vey...
French Farmers Facing ‘Catastrophic’ Harvest Seek State Help
Jul 31 2024 // French farmers are calling on the government to provide financial aid as there’s a high risk that this year’s wheat harvest will be the lowest in at least a decade because of heavy rains. Three weeks into the...
AXA IM Prime Buys 20% Stake in French Private Credit Firm Rivage
Jul 30 2024 // A unit of AXA Investment Managers has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Rivage Investment, a specialist private credit firm focused on infrastructure debt that oversees more than €7.7 billion ($8.3 billion) in...
Update: French Internet Cables Severed in Latest Attack During Olympics
Jul 29 2024 // A number of fiber optic cables carrying broadband service across France were cut overnight in the latest attack on the country’s infrastructure during the Olympic Games. Connections serving Paris, which is hosting...
French Shipping Company CMA CGM Loses 44 Containers in Tough Weather
Jul 11 2024 // French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM said on Thursday that its ship “Benjamin Franklin” had lost 44 containers in difficult weather conditions off the coast of South Africa on Tuesday. “No injury...
Corporate France Braces for New Era of Political Turmoil
Jul 8 2024 // France’s business elite is anxious about volatile politics, inexperienced policymakers, street protests and a possible wave of bankruptcies in the coming months, executives meeting in Provence said ahead of...
People Moves: Everest Taps BHSI’s d’Huart as Head of France, Charon Named Head of Client Engmt, Europe; CNA Hardy Promotes Magnus as Active U/W at Lloyd’s
Jul 3 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest in Europe and CNA Hardy. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Taps BHSI’s d’Huart as Head of France, Charon Named Head of...
EU Should Revisit Bank and Insurer Capital Rules: French President Macron
Apr 26 2024 // French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for a revision of how Europe applies minimum capital rules to banks and insurers so that they are not too risk-averse and Europe is put at an economic disadvantage. The...
People Moves: Aon’s Re Solutions Promotes Sapra as CEO, India; BHSI Names du Ché as France Country Mgr; AXIS Canada Launches EIL Unit, Led by Liberty Mutual’s Nagata
Apr 15 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and AXIS Capital Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Sapra as CEO of...
