Archive

• BaFin warns groups' boards: the buck ends with you on risk

  16 January 2023

  German regulator promises to remove capital add-ons if deficiencies are solved

• Germany's Reichsbürger revolutionaries founded illegal insurance companies

  19 December 2022

  Deutsche Gesundheitskasse was banned by BaFin five years ago

• BaFin warns not to let climate data and model problems halt work

  05 December 2022

  German insurers urged to be bolder in Orsa climate testing

• Frank Grund warns insurers: "Don't bet on high inflation rates normalising"

  24 October 2022

  Firms that underestimated inflation must adjust claims provisions, Germany's top insurance supervisor says

• Full extent of transitional measures in Germany revealed

  29 July 2022

  The measures and the volatility adjustment maintain capital adequacy for some insurers

• R.I.P. traditional life insurance

  11 July 2022

  Low interest rates killed off European life insurance products that offered policyholders guaranteed annual returns. Even now as rates rise, David Walker finds practitioners are ready to bury the concept

• BaFin warns German firms being "intensively supervised" about reporting obligations

  24 June 2022

  Local insurance law demands prompt notification if insurers' financial situation worsens

• Balance is key for AI supervision in insurance, says BaFin

  18 May 2022

  Frank Grund says additional requirements are only appropriate if there are additional risks

• Allianz books additional €1.9bn provision for Structured Alpha in Q1

  11 May 2022

  Group estimates this will cover remaining costs linked to hedge funds

• German regulator "intensively supervising" 20 life firms

  05 May 2022

  Low yields and high promises the reason, says BaFin chief