Brussels, 26/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 26 January, the European Commission reached the conclusion that a French plan to grant tax aid to insurers for managing certain supplementary sickness insurance policies (“contrats solidaires” and “contrats responsables”) is not compatible with EU rules on state aid. Its investigation, opened in 2007, showed that final consumers would only be indirect beneficiaries of the aid, with insurance companies directly benefiting. The aid...