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  • BaFin warns German insurers of real estate risk in 2023

    24 January 2023

    Addressing inflation in the non-life sector will also be a focus for the German regulator

  • 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