🇫🇷 France · Insurance
Insurance in France — health, travel, and digital-nomad cover, what is mandatory, and how to choose a plan.
France's Sécurité sociale provides social insurance (health, family, pensions, work accidents), with contributions collected largely through URSSAF. On top of this, certain private insurances are compulsory: motor third-party liability, and home insurance for tenants. Insurers are supervised by the ACPR (part of the Banque de France).
- Sécurité sociale covers health, family, pension and work-accident insurance; contributions go largely through URSSAF.
- Motor third-party liability insurance is compulsory; home insurance is compulsory for tenants.
- A complementary health "mutuelle" is widely held to top up Assurance Maladie.
- Insurers are supervised by the ACPR — check before buying.
Official authorities
- Sécurité sociale (securite-sociale.fr)
Official social-insurance system portal.
- ACPR (Banque de France)
Insurance and banking supervisor.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Government of France — Office of the French Prime Minister — government policies, ministers, and key legislation
- France Public Services (Service-Public) — France's unified administrative services — residence permits, taxes, social security, civil records
- French General Tax Directorate (DGFiP) — French income tax, VAT, wealth tax filing; tax residency determination; French tax number (NIF) application