Spanish Media Association Files $598M Lawsuit Against Facebook Owner Meta December 4, 2023 By Inti Landauro A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta...
Europeans Buy Older Cars to Avoid Public Transport During Pandemic November 30, 2020 By Nick Carey and Inti Landauro LONDON/MADRID – Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public transport?...
Parametric Insurance Cover Provides French Farmers with Drought Relief August 2, 2019 By Inti Landauro Hundreds of French farmers who signed up for specialist policies aimed at insuring against freak weather are getting swift payouts...
Update: French Reinsurer SCOR Reports 62% Rise in Net Profit During 2nd Quarter July 25, 2019 By Inti Landauro French reinsurer SCOR, which was the target of a failed takeover attempt last year, said its net profit for the...
SCOR’s Shareholders Reject Attempt to Oust CEO Kessler April 26, 2019 By Inti Landauro The shareholders of French reinsurer SCOR rejected a request by activist fund CIAM to oust chief executive Denis Kessler from...
France’s AXA Insures 2 Notre Dame Contractors, Some Religious Artworks April 16, 2019 By Inti Landauro French insurance firm AXA said on Tuesday it provided insurance coverage for two of the contracting firms that were working...
French Activist Fund Aims to Remove SCOR CEO Kessler from Board March 26, 2019 By Inti Landauro French activist fund CIAM will ask reinsurance company SCOR’s CEO Denis Kessler to surrender the chairmanship of the company’s board...
AXA Reports 66% Drop in 2018 Net Profit on U.S. Unit’s IPO Costs, Natural Disasters February 21, 2019 By Inti Landauro and Matthieu Protard Net profits at AXA, Europe’s second biggest insurer, fell sharply as a result of charges related to its U.S. unit’s...
SCOR’s Net Profit in 2018 Rises 13% Despite Spate of Q4 Natural Disasters February 20, 2019 By Inti Landauro and Matthieu Protard French reinsurer SCOR, which was the target of a thwarted acquisition by rival Covea last year, posted a surge in...
Update: SCOR CEO Says Activist Fund Criticisms of Covea Tactics Constitute Slander February 5, 2019 By Inti Landauro French reinsurer SCOR’s Chief Executive Denis Kessler promised on Tuesday to release a strategic plan that would set new targets...