Additional efforts on the part of insurers would be welcome. This is one of the messages that the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire wanted to convey this Wednesday during a visit to a bookstore in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis). In his eyes, "insurance companies must take another step towards more solidarity" to help companies hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
This solidarity must be exercised "vis-à-vis business leaders and in particular vis-à-vis VSEs and SMEs," said Bruno Le Maire, who recalled that insurers had already contributed 400 million d euros to the Solidarity Fund for Very Small Enterprises (TPE) and 1.5 billion euros to finance SMEs.
Mayor wants coverage for pandemic risks
“Can insurers make an additional gesture of solidarity with French companies? My answer is yes, ”said the Minister. However “the most important challenge is to set up a cover for the risks of pandemic. It does not exist ”but“ it is necessary that within six months we have a solid proposal and that it is registered in the insurance contracts and if tomorrow there is a new pandemic, all the French companies must be able to be covered “, Wished Bruno the Mayor.
In the hotel and restaurant sector, employers' organizations are negotiating with insurers for increased support, the government announced on Tuesday. In the absence of an agreement, the latter plans to "legislate". During a meeting at the Elysée devoted to the sector on April 24, Emmanuel Macron had encouraged insurers "to do more and do better" to help the tourism sector ", also reminded Secretary of State Jean- Baptiste Lemoyne.