French car insurance rates set to fall - Gaymard

PARIS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - French car insurance rates are poised to fall as much as 3 percent next year based on a new forecast to be released by an advisory committee studying the issue, French Finance Minister Herve Gaymard said on Tuesday.

"The financial sector advisory committee tomorrow will publish a forecast for a 2 percent to 3 percent drop in 2005," Gaymard said at a French insurance industry conference in Paris. "This shows the French that a determined strategy in favour ...