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  • R+V relies on health and P&C for growth, as life business toughens

    02 May 2023

    Life premiums contracted in 2022 at mid-tier German insurer

  • Prices rises unavoidable given losses and inflation, warns Hannover Re unit

    24 October 2022

    Hannover Re uses group-specific claims inflation index to understand dynamics

  • Property policy indexation hits 15% in Germany

    20 October 2022

    It comes as consumer price inflation hit 10% in Germany in September

  • GDV says BI exclusions rule out losses from state-ordered gas rationing

    29 July 2022

    German insurers consider prospect of Russia cutting gas supplies to Europe

  • One year after storm Bernd, German insurers count up bill

    13 July 2022

    Insurers paid €5bn of total €8.5bn bill so far

  • Germany's R+V reveals high flood cover take-up before storm Bernd

    11 July 2022

    Payments are ready, but "we have no influence on the bottlenecks", says CEO

  • IFRS IC likely to stand its ground on IFRS 17 annuity decision

    08 June 2022

    Staff at the IFRS Interpretations Committee have backed the original decision on annuity accounting, going against the view of most stakeholders. Cintia Cheong reports

  • GDV issues fresh call for post-Bernd natcat mitigation

    07 June 2022

    German homes have been rebuilt on flood-risk sites since last summer's disaster