The professional organization France Assureurs assured AFP on Saturday evening that its members were “all mobilized” to respond to the victims of the riots, without however responding precisely at this stage to the request of the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, who wants lower deductibles.
“Insurers are mobilized and will continue to respond (…) to support their policyholders”said the federation, which has 252 members representing more than 99% of the market according to its site, in response to requests from AFP.
“Accelerating compensation is particularly crucial to enable professionals whose work tool has been degraded or even destroyed to quickly restart their activity”she noted.
Insurers ask victims to contact them as soon as possible
The professional organization asks the victims to contact “as soon as possible” their insurers “by any means of communication”.
A crisis cell “will organize frequent situation updates between the insurers to follow the evolution of the situation, identify the needs on the ground and provide the appropriate responses”said France Assurers.
Bruno Le Maire had asked insurers earlier on Saturday to extend reporting deadlines, reduce deductibles and quickly compensate professionals who were victims of the riots.
According to him, the federation of insurers “made formal commitments to study the possibility of reducing the deductibles”, during a meeting on Saturday afternoon in Bercy. France Assureurs did not respond to this point in its communication. A spokesperson confirmed to AFP that it was necessary to stick to it “for the moment”.
