The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ended its contract with French health and life insurer Axa, effective immediately, and will seek another provider. This decision comes as the US, under President Donald Trump, prepares sanctions against the ICC for its call to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ICC and Axa expressed concern that the looming sanctions would force the Paris-based insurer to stop doing business with the court, as they were unable to find a solution without using a blocking statute, a legal mechanism to protect European firms from third-country sanctions, the Financial Times reported.