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…

Insurance in France in the 19th century: the advent of the market

During the First Empire (1804 to 1814), Napoleon I was not enthusiastic about the development of insurance in France. It was not…