Agirc-Arrco to Review 100,000 Cases and Repay Wrongly Halted Pensions

Overview

• Agirc-Arrco, which pays complementary pensions to former private‑sector workers in France, identified about 100,000 files at risk of error and started a file‑by‑file review.
• An internal count found 10,000 to 12,000 people certainly harmed and about 86,000 more with a high probability of error.
• The fund says it has finished the most certain cases and has already paid sums due to those retirees, with roughly 30% to 40% of the other files now resolved.
• The organization plans to restore rights and repay arrears that could reach about €850 million.
• Most problems hit retirees living abroad who could not return proof‑of‑life forms and widows or widowers whose non‑remarriage confirmations did not arrive after new checks against tax records.