France

From Paris with Snow

The title of this blog is slightly misleading as I am no longer in Paris and there is no longer snow. But before the thaw, I found myself in the Francophile’s playground, courtesy of Coface.

Whitehair appointed MD of SPB UK

French affinity insurance specialist SPB plans to grow its business in the UK through its ownership of Citymain Group.

Challenges and opportunities abound in 2013

Against the backdrop of a challenging economic climate and continued uncertainty over both the timescales for implementation of European regulation and varied national approaches to the adoption of it, European insurers face a number of critical…

Worsening economic outlook pushes up IPT

Several governments across Europe have ramped up insurance premium tax rates in response to finance deficits and a worsening economic outlook, research has shown.

Weathering the growing subsidence risk

Subsidence is increasingly frequent and research shows that, with climates getting hotter, this is only going to continue. Edmund Tirbutt looks at how the market covers subsidence and whether it will continue to do so.

Europe: a home for aggregators?

This year has seen aggregators bought and sold across Europe. Francesca Nyman investigates whether Europe can provide a home for them or whether their time has passed.

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