Agira (Association pour la Gestion des Informations sur le Risque en Assurance)

What Agira (Association pour la Gestion des Informations sur le Risque en Assurance) does

Agira (Association pour la Gestion des Informations sur le Risque en Assurance) is a French professional insurance association created by France Assureurs, the federation representing 247 insurance companies that collectively cover 99% of the French insurance market. Headquartered at 26 Boulevard Haussmann in Paris with approximately 11 employees, Agira operates seven specialised regulatory databases and services mandated by the Code des assurances: the Fichier des Véhicules Assurés (FVA), Fichier des Victimes Indemnisées (FVI), Bureau Central de Tarification (BCT), Organisme d'Information, Trans PV, Résiliations automobile, and Recherche Contrats Vie. Collectively, these address information asymmetry in the French insurance market through vehicle insurance verification, accident compensation tracking, policy cancellation records, life insurance beneficiary searches, and cross-border claims under the EU 4th Motor Insurance Directive.

The organisation functions as a non-profit governed by a board comprising two France Assureurs appointees and ten members elected by the General Assembly from member insurers, and is itself a member of GIE GPSA, which provides shared professional services including data protection officer functions ([email protected]). Agira does not publicly disclose pricing or revenue, as its services are statutory in nature and financed through membership contributions from the French insurance industry. Its customer base comprises the entire French insurance industry (member companies) plus general public users accessing its databases via dedicated portals—agira-vie.fr, fva-assurance.fr, victimesindemnisees-fvi.fr, and bureaucentraldetarification.fr—for beneficiary searches, coverage verification, compensation data, and appeals against insurance refusals.

Technically, Agira operates standard web infrastructure hosted by Claranet and requires insurance companies to report contract information to the FVA within 72 hours of activation or termination, indicating a structured near-real-time data ingestion architecture supporting a national dataset. The Résiliations automobile file received CNIL authorisation on 12 December 1995, and the organisation operates under French data protection law for processing insurance risk data at scale. No proprietary AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics capabilities are publicly disclosed, and no APIs, SDKs, or machine-readable integrations are offered.

Name

Agira (Association pour la Gestion des Informations sur le Risque en Assurance)

Legal name

Association pour la Gestion du Risque en Assurance

Website

https://agira.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agira is a French non-profit professional insurance association created by France Assureurs, operating seven statutory databases and services mandated by French insurance law to manage regulatory compliance, life insurance beneficiary searches, vehicle insurance verification, accident compensation tracking, and tariff resolution for the French market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance Regulatory and Information Services

NAICS

Other Insurance Related Activities (52429), Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities (5242)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411)

akta.pro primary industry

Eligibility, Coverage Verification & Policy Administration Support (BPAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Insurance information management
• Insurance regulatory databases
• Policy beneficiary search
• Insured vehicle records
• Insurance industry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Agira manages a suite of specialized insurance information databases and regulatory services on behalf of the French insurance industry through France Assureurs. Its core offerings include life insurance beneficiary search (Recherche Contrats Vie), the insured vehicles database (Fichier des Véhicules Assurés / FVA), the Central Tarification Bureau (BCT), the foreign accident information body (Organisme d'Information), the compensated victims database (Fichier des Victimes Indemnisées / FVI), the accident report transmission service (Trans PV), and automobile policy cancellation records (Résiliations automobile). The association is headquartered at 26 Boulevard Haussmann, 75311 Paris Cedex 09, and operates with approximately 11 employees.

Product overview

Agira is a professional insurance association organized into 9 specialized sections, offering a portfolio of regulatory and professional information services for the French insurance industry. The core offerings include: Recherche Contrats Vie (life insurance beneficiary search), Fichier des Véhicules Assurés (FVA - insured vehicles database), Bureau Central de Tarification (BCT - tariff authority), Organisme d'Information (foreign accident information), Fichier des Victimes Indemnisées (FVI - compensated victims database), Trans PV (accident report transmission), and Résiliations automobile (policy cancellation records). These interconnected services serve insurance companies, the public, and public authorities by managing regulatory databases and facilitating information exchange in the French insurance market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recherche Contrats Vie Industry-wide search service that allows heirs and authorized parties to identify whether a deceased person held one or more life insurance contracts with French insurers. Designed for use by families of deceased policyholders and supporting institutions such as notaries.
• Fichier des Véhicules Assurés (FVA) Centralized registry recording the insurance status of vehicles circulating in France. Used by insurers to manage policy issuance and cancellation and by authorities to verify coverage of vehicles involved in accidents or traffic checks.
• Bureau Central de Tarification (BCT) Regulatory body that fixes compulsory insurance premiums when an insurer has refused to cover a mandatory risk, thereby guaranteeing access to insurance. Operates as a tariff authority within Agira.
• Organisme d'Information Body that serves as the French point of contact for handling insurance claims involving foreign-registered vehicles involved in accidents in France, coordinating with foreign insurers' national information bodies.
• Fichier des Victimes Indemnisées (FVI) Centralized record of individuals compensated following bodily injury claims under liability insurance. Used by French insurers and authorities to coordinate compensation and detect fraudulent or duplicate claims.
• Trans PV Inter-insurer transmission service for automobile accident reports (constats / procès-verbaux) enabling participating carriers to share claims documentation and accelerate settlement.
• Résiliations automobile Centralized record of automobile insurance policy cancellations enabling insurers to consult a policyholder's history of cancellations before issuing a new contract and to manage continuity of coverage.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• France Assureurs (Fédération Française de l'Assurance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Assureurs (formerly Fédération Française de l'Assurance) created Agira as a professional insurance organization. France Assureurs represents 247 insurance companies representing 99% of the French insurance market regulated by the Code des assurances. Agira is administered by a board with 2 members designated by France Assureurs.
• GIE GPSA (Gestion professionnelle des services de l'assurance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgira is a member of GIE GPSA, which provides shared professional services for the insurance industry. The Data Protection Officer contact ([email protected]) indicates GPSA handles certain administrative functions for Agira.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ANIA (Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese Assicuratrici): Italian National Insurance Association performing trade association functions parallel to France Assureurs, with operational information services for member insurers. Comparable role in Italian insurance market as Agira/France Assureurs in France.
• ABI (Association of British Insurers): UK trade association for insurers with broad regulatory and information aggregation functions, parallel to France Assureurs. Provides industry-wide coordination, lobbying, and data services for member insurance companies in the UK.
• France Assureurs: French Insurance Federation that created Agira and represents 247 insurance companies covering 99% of the French market. Acts as parent/governing organization for Agira and provides the broader trade association context for its regulatory functions.
• GDV (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft): German insurance industry federation with analogous trade association and information aggregation functions. Operates the GDV-Datenpool for insurance data and serves as the broader umbrella organization for Germany's insurance information bodies.

Regional players

• Assuralia: Belgian insurance trade association analogous to France Assureurs, hosting the Belgian information body functions under EU directive. Comparable role and structure but operating in a different geographic jurisdiction.
• UNESPA: Spanish insurance employers' association serving as the trade body and information coordination hub for Spanish insurers, parallel to France Assureurs in role and structure, with Spain's own designated information body for EU motor insurance directive compliance.

Direct peers

• Ufficio Centrale Italiano (UCI): Italian national information body for motor insurance under the EU 4th Motor Insurance Directive, providing direct cross-border accident information services. Most direct functional peer to Agira's Organisme d'Information and FVA functions, serving the equivalent Italian statutory mandate.
• Fonds de Garantie des Assurances Obligatoires (FGAO): French guarantee fund for compulsory insurance covering victims of uninsured or unidentified drivers, performing adjacent statutory functions to Agira's FVI database. Operates as a separate French insurance regulatory body with complementary compensation-related mandate.
• Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB): UK body handling uninsured driver claims and Motor Insurance Database (MID) checks, performing equivalent functions to Agira's FVA and FVI for the UK market. Direct regulatory peer with comparable statutory mandate and database operations.
• Bureau Central Français (BCT): Bureau Central de Tarification is technically operated within Agira but conceptually equivalent bodies exist in other EU jurisdictions (e.g., Belgium's BCT). Functions as the tariff authority for mandatory insurance refusals, paralleling Agira's BCT section.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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