Germany's interest rate reserve gets bigger - and better

07 January 2021

Published in: Risk management, Longevity - mortality, Capital management, Associations, Rest of Europe

Companies: GDV, Fitch Ratings, LVM Gruppe, HDI Leben

German life insurers paid more into the Zinszusatzreserve again in 2020, despite the new "corridor method" of calculation that intended to unburden the sector. Industry leaders tell David Walker the ZZR remains fit for purpose nonetheless