Solvency I and II

The single European market has been developing since the 1970s a common directive called Solvency I. This directive was designed…

Maritime transport: the race towards gigantism

The incident involving the container ship Ever Given, which was blocked for six days on one of the busiest shipping lanes in the…

Maritime gigantism: the race for profitability at the expense of safety

One might think that the Ever Given misadventure would bring shipowners' unbridled race for gigantism to a halt. Yet…

World container port rankings: 1970-2019

Over the past five decades, traffic at the world's ports and seaboards has also undergone a profound change. With the increasing…

Container ships: main port and maritime accidents in 2020

The modern French insurance market

In the early 1960s, the French insurance market entered a phase of operational financialization and globalization, a move marking…

Insurance in France at the second half of the 20th century

Despite the difficult post-war context, France has continued to attract foreign stakeholders. In 1953, the country had 172 direct…

Insurance in France: late 19th century - early 20th century

At the end of the 19th century, several pieces of legislation had been promulgated to regulate the personal line insurance in…