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New supervisor for financial services and insurers in France

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • France
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  • March 4 2010

A French ordinance (Ordinance no. 2010-76, dated 21 January 2010) has established a new single regulator for the financial services and insurance industries (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel

When strong men face weak men, freedom leaves the weak oppressed, but the law liberates them

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • France
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  • January 20 2010

French insurance law still reflects this saying by a French clerk who lived in the nineteenth century: French "insured-friendly law" protects the insured (the weak) against the insurer (the strong

France abolishes collateral requirements and finalises implementation of the Reinsurance Directive

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • January 30 2009

On 7 November the French government passed the long-awaited decree finalising the implementation of the Reinsurance Directive into French legislation

France introduces insurance SPVs (“ISPVs”)

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • August 31 2008

As part of a reform of securitisation vehicles, the French regulator has introduced UK-style securitisation companies into its national law

France unveils draft reinsurance regulations

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 17 2008

On 9 April, the French Ministry of Economy unveiled draft regulations (the regulations) implementing the Reinsurance Directive into French law

Insurance Mediation Directive

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2007

The Insurance Mediation Directive has been fully transposed into French law

International focus

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2007

A round-up of developments in the global insurance industry from our offices