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Partnership between Assurance Prévention/Samusocial de Paris: 75,000 Covid prevention kits distributed to the most in need
In this period of health crisis, it is essential to make prevention available to all. To help the most vulnerable families, the insurers and their association Assurance Prévention have joined forces with Samusocial de Paris and are offering 75,000 Covid prevention...

Signature of a Branch Agreement on Forward Employment & Skills Management and Vocational Education & Training
The French Insurance Federation and four trade unions - CFDT, CFE-CGC, UNSA and CFTC - have just signed a new agreement on the Forward Employment and Skills Management (FESM) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) within insurance companies. In an environment...

The associations and federations representing landlords and retailers welcome the implementation of the tax credit offered by the Government to encourage the cancellation of rents for closed shops
Since the commitments made by the federations of landlords on 17 April and the establishment of a charter of best practices for the negotiation of Q2 2020 rent waivers or postponements, the members of the federations of landlords, the insurers and CDC Habitat have...

Franck Le Vallois is appointed as Managing Director of the French Insurance Federation
The French Insurance Federation announces the appointment of Franck Le Vallois as Managing Director. Chaired by Florence Lustman, the FFA brings together insurance and reinsurance companies operating in France. Franck Le Vallois’ mission will be to lead all the...

The French Insurance Federation expresses its solidarity with policyholders in this new period of lockdown
As the country prepares for its second period of lockdown, the French Insurance Federation expresses its full solidarity with the French people and the entire community of policyholders. Update : 4 november 2020 The 247 members of the Federation will take the...

Insurers are committed to supporting sustainable growth
On the occasion of Climate Finance Day, the Paris financial market announced today the launch of the Sustainable Finance Observatory, a world first. This Observatory, in which the Fédération Française de l'Assurance (FFA) is participating, aims to contribute to...

Floods in the Alpes-Maritimes: 14,000 claims expected for an estimated cost of EUR 210 million
Following the deadly and devastating floods that plunged the Alpes-Maritimes department into mourning, insurers and CCR made a first estimate of claims in terms of number and cost. A total of 14,000 claims are expected to be filed for a cost of insured losses that is...

Insurers and Caisse des Dépôts are increasing their investment programme to EUR 2.2 billion
The investment programme “Assureurs – Caisse des Dépôts Relance Durable France”, the initial amount of which was EUR 1.5 billion, is finally going to reach EUR 2.2 billion, with nearly EUR 2 billion coming from insurers. Four months after its official launch, the FFA...

Investment Programme “Insurers – Caisse des Dépôts Sustainable Stimulus France”: more than €200 million will be allocated to the tourism sector
A further step is taken in the development of the investment programme “Insurers - Caisse des Dépôts Sustainable Stimulus France”, with the selection of the manager Montefiore Investment to invest and manage the Nov Tourisme - unlisted shares Sustainable Stimulus...

Floods in the Alpes-Maritimes: Insurers are fully committed to supporting disaster victims
The insurers join in the emotion of the French people regarding the human and material consequences of the floods in the Alpes-Maritimes and offer their condolences to the families of the victims. The profession undertakes to do everything possible to facilitate the...

Column. A duty of transparency
The planet is now facing a health crisis for which the length and repercussions are still difficult to assess. We insurers, are aware of the distress of entrepreneurs whose activity stopped overnight, with a brutality that obviously cannot leave anyone insensitive. It...

The FFA voices its concern with regard to the proposed taxation of complementary insurance companies
France’s Health Minister and Minister for Public Accounts have informed the FFA, the FNMF and the CTIP of their intention to tax complementary insurance companies known as “Organismes Complémentaires d’Assurance Maladie” (OCAMs) to the tune of EUR 1 billion in 2020...

A year after its joint declaration on green and sustainable finance, the Paris Financial Centre takes stock of the latest advances
One year ago, the primary professional bodies and associations representative of the Paris Financial Centre (ASF-French Association of Financial Companies , AFG–French Asset Management Association, FBF-French Banking Federation, FFA-French Insurance Federation, France...

Entretien avec Florence Lustman, Présidente de la Fédération française de l’assurance
Entretien réalisé par Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, François-Xavier Albouy, Pierre Bollon, Arnaud Chneiweiss, Sandrine Lemery, Ecaterina Nisipasu, Pierre-Charles Pradier, Philippe Trainar et Mathilde Viennot, Risques : Que représente pour vous le risque ? Traverse-t-on...

The FFA presents the French insurers’ €1.5 billion investment programme for healthcare, tourism and boosting investment for SMEs and ISEs
As major players involved in financing the economy and as long-term investors, French insurers have made a commitment to the public authorities to support the country’s economy affected by the health crisis and have decided to set up a €1.5 billion investment...

3.2 billion euros in exceptional measures to meet the challenges of COVID-19
In order to give their insurance customers maximum support to deal with the consequences of the health crisis, insurers have taken a series of non-contractual measures totalling 1.75 billion euros, in solidarity with the populations and businesses most at risk. Half...

But what are insurers doing in this crisis? Analysis by Florence Lustman
The “war” against coronavirus is entering its third week. Each day that passes is a new battle for families who lose a loved one, for doctors and nurses struggling in our hospitals, for parents working from home at the same time as taking on the role of teachers for...

Coronavirus: insurers mobilise and announce new exceptional measures to protect the people and businesses most seriously affected by the Covid-19 virus
Following the emergency measures announced last week, and those put in place by its members on an individual basis, this morning the FFA presented new solidarity measures to Mr Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy and Finance. The FFA’s members are committing to...

Missed the11th international FFA conference? The live recording is online!
The French Federation Insurance welcomed more than 20 prestigious speakers, key representatives of the French, European and International insurance authorities and regulatory bodies, CEOs and top executives from major global groups, alongside with recognised experts...

2019-2020 Program: applications are now open!
Is your young business developing an innovative standout solution related to insurance? Have you tested your business model and are ready to speed up its development? Does your team want to share the issues it has encountered and enrich its experience through...

2019-2020 Program: applications are now open!
Is your young business developing an innovative standout solution related to insurance? Have you tested your business model and are ready to speed up its development? Does your team want to share the issues it has encountered and enrich its experience through...

Trial of an inter-insurer blockchain for the exchange of secure data
Fourteen insurers came together within a blockchain working group of the FFA’s digital committee to trial the use of this technology for the exchange of secure data. This proof-of-concept exercise was completed in four months and demonstrated the relevance of using Blockchain in B2B exchanges that require timestamping.

Second edition of the insurance sector emerging risks barometer
The FFA publishes the results of the second edition of the risks barometer for the French insurance and reinsurance sector. Cyber risk remains at the top of the list, while the risk of social tension has grown significantly and is now the second most significant...

Digital insurability
How can we push back the limits of insurability in a changing world? To discuss this, almost 20 prestigious speakers gathered on 26 October 2018 at the premises of the French Insurance Federation.

First emerging risks barometer for the insurance industry
The “Evolving Risks” working group of the FFA’s Risk Analysis Committee has prepared the first emerging risks barometer for the insurance industry. This risk mapping identifies the emerging risks that could significantly affect the insurance and reinsurance sector in France.

Insuring cyber risk: what challenges?
From Christopher Columbus to the invention of the combustion engine, from the printing press to nanoscience, technical progress has always carried new risks. This has never been truer than of cyber technologies. Anyone now has cheap and easy access to hacking tools. Meanwhile, the unrelenting digitisation of production processes has created windfall opportunities for criminals.

Partnership between Assurance Prévention/Samusocial de Paris: 75,000 Covid prevention kits distributed to the most in need
In this period of health crisis, it is essential to make prevention available to all. To help the most vulnerable families, the insurers and their association Assurance Prévention have joined forces with Samusocial de Paris and are offering 75,000 Covid prevention...

Signature of a Branch Agreement on Forward Employment & Skills Management and Vocational Education & Training
The French Insurance Federation and four trade unions - CFDT, CFE-CGC, UNSA and CFTC - have just signed a new agreement on the Forward Employment and Skills Management (FESM) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) within insurance companies. In an environment...

The associations and federations representing landlords and retailers welcome the implementation of the tax credit offered by the Government to encourage the cancellation of rents for closed shops
Since the commitments made by the federations of landlords on 17 April and the establishment of a charter of best practices for the negotiation of Q2 2020 rent waivers or postponements, the members of the federations of landlords, the insurers and CDC Habitat have...

Franck Le Vallois is appointed as Managing Director of the French Insurance Federation
The French Insurance Federation announces the appointment of Franck Le Vallois as Managing Director. Chaired by Florence Lustman, the FFA brings together insurance and reinsurance companies operating in France. Franck Le Vallois’ mission will be to lead all the...

The French Insurance Federation expresses its solidarity with policyholders in this new period of lockdown
As the country prepares for its second period of lockdown, the French Insurance Federation expresses its full solidarity with the French people and the entire community of policyholders. Update : 4 november 2020 The 247 members of the Federation will take the...

Insurers are committed to supporting sustainable growth
On the occasion of Climate Finance Day, the Paris financial market announced today the launch of the Sustainable Finance Observatory, a world first. This Observatory, in which the Fédération Française de l'Assurance (FFA) is participating, aims to contribute to...

Floods in the Alpes-Maritimes: 14,000 claims expected for an estimated cost of EUR 210 million
Following the deadly and devastating floods that plunged the Alpes-Maritimes department into mourning, insurers and CCR made a first estimate of claims in terms of number and cost. A total of 14,000 claims are expected to be filed for a cost of insured losses that is...

Insurers and Caisse des Dépôts are increasing their investment programme to EUR 2.2 billion
The investment programme “Assureurs – Caisse des Dépôts Relance Durable France”, the initial amount of which was EUR 1.5 billion, is finally going to reach EUR 2.2 billion, with nearly EUR 2 billion coming from insurers. Four months after its official launch, the FFA...

Investment Programme “Insurers – Caisse des Dépôts Sustainable Stimulus France”: more than €200 million will be allocated to the tourism sector
A further step is taken in the development of the investment programme “Insurers - Caisse des Dépôts Sustainable Stimulus France”, with the selection of the manager Montefiore Investment to invest and manage the Nov Tourisme - unlisted shares Sustainable Stimulus...

Floods in the Alpes-Maritimes: Insurers are fully committed to supporting disaster victims
The insurers join in the emotion of the French people regarding the human and material consequences of the floods in the Alpes-Maritimes and offer their condolences to the families of the victims. The profession undertakes to do everything possible to facilitate the...