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Best's Market Segment Report: AM Best Maintains its Negative Outlook on the French Life Insurance Segment

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has maintained its negative outlook on France's life insurance segment.

AM Best expects the French life insurance segment to remain pressured by the low interest rate environment as well as by economic headwinds and exacerbated by geopolitical tensions. Together, these challenges have the potential to place downward pressure on the segment’s top line, profitability and solvency levels.

A new Best’s Market Segment Report, “Market Segment Outlook: France Life Insurance", notes that, the segment’s successful transformation towards more capital efficient strategies in a context of sustained economic growth could lead to a revision of the outlook to stable.

To access a complimentary copy of this market segment report, please visit http://www3.ambest.com/bestweek/purchase.asp?record_code=319095.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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Morgane Hillebrandt
Financial Analyst
+31 20 308 5422
morgane.hillebrandt@ambest.com

Pierre Tournier
Associate Director, Analytics
+31 20 308 5423
pierre.tournier@ambest.com

Richard Banks
Director, Industry Research – EMEA
+44 20 7397 0322
richard.banks@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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Morgane Hillebrandt
Financial Analyst
+31 20 308 5422
morgane.hillebrandt@ambest.com

Pierre Tournier
Associate Director, Analytics
+31 20 308 5423
pierre.tournier@ambest.com

Richard Banks
Director, Industry Research – EMEA
+44 20 7397 0322
richard.banks@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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