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ZZR unwind continues at German life insurers on higher rates

"Relief of burden" felt by country's life insurers in shrinking ZZR

Debeka says customers' memories of 2021 storm Bernd are fading

It's life Oliver, but not as we knew it

European life insurers' capital consumption used to give their CEOs indigestion. But the "capital-lite" diets of Allianz and others has transformed the business, as David Walker discovers

Germany's Debeka and Alte Leipziger open doors to Ukrainian refugees - literally

Debeka announces 2021 life solvency ratio above 100% even without transitionals

Demand for property cover leaps in Germany after flooding

VKB, R&V and Provinzial estimate hundreds million euro losses

Not reserving judgement: German life firms pull no punches on ZZR

Most of the contributions to the interest rate reserve were paid by just a few in 2020

Allianz happy to shoulder €2bn ZZR bill in 2020, says Terzariol

But not all German life firms were so sanguine about €10bn industry contributions

Frank Grund acknowledges "more difficult" times for building ZZR

BaFin also finds some insurtechs "overly optimistic" on business plans

Debeka Leben falls below 100% solvency without transitionals

Group calls on Europe's politicians not to "close eyes" to effect of low rates

Coronavirus action plan activated at key German insurer

But trade body says virus still exerting limited influence on country's industry as a whole