Bankers Hit EU Privacy Wall in Race to Stem Evolving Climate-Related Credit Risk September 21, 2026 By Claudia Cohen, Frances Schwartzkopff and Alastair Marsh Banks under pressure from European regulators to manage extreme weather risks are bumping up against client data-privacy barriers that are...
France’s CNP Assurances Weighs Takeover Offer for Coface September 21, 2026 By Vinicy Chan, Ruth David and Claudia Cohen French life insurer CNP Assurances SA is exploring a potential takeover of Coface SA, people with knowledge of the matter...
AXA CEO Urges Next French President to Tackle Debt With Reforms September 16, 2026 By Stephen Carroll and Claudia Cohen AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl called on France’s next president to address the country’s debt mountain with structural...
French Insurer AXA’s Profit Rises 2% as Expected, Confident on Outlook July 31, 2026 By Claudia Cohen AXA SA reported first half profit higher than the same period a year ago, as the Paris-based insurer assesses the...
Insurers Are ‘Actively Evaluating’ New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns July 31, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Claudia Cohen Europe’s insurers are bracing for a new era of catastrophe risk fanned by rising temperatures in the world’s fastest-warming continent....
European Watchdogs Review How Insurers Value Private Credit March 31, 2026 By Claudia Cohen and Nicholas Comfort European insurance watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry values its investments in private credit amid widespread...
Insurers See Themselves Shielded From Private Credit Worries February 26, 2026 By Claudia Cohen, Vonnie Quinn and Stephan Kahl Top executives at some of Europe’s biggest insurance companies acknowledged widespread concern about private credit while seeking to reassure investors...
ECB Steps Up Scrutiny of European Banks’ AI Industry Exposure February 23, 2026 By Esteban Duarte, Jorge Zuloaga, Claudia Cohen and Ronan Martin The European Central Bank is delving into the risks faced by banks in the region from the artificial intelligence industry,...
AXA Warns on Data Center ‘Gambles’ as Private Credit Risks Rise December 11, 2025 By Claudia Cohen French insurer AXA SA said it’s exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector,...
France’s Louvre Museum Closes After Jewels Stolen in Robbery October 20, 2025 By Claudia Cohen The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of jewelry were stolen in a robbery....