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Insured losses from Europe's floods could hit €6.5bn
23 August 2021RMS reconstructed a flood hazard footprint that covers the worst affected areas
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Demand for property cover leaps in Germany after flooding
03 August 2021VKB, R&V and Provinzial estimate hundreds million euro losses
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GDV raises German flood loss estimate to €5.5bn
28 July 2021Signal Iduna takes €44m of claims so far
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Europe's insurers predict flood bill exceeding €5bn
22 July 2021Associations in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands reveal claims estimates
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Europe's insurers dispense comfort, and pumps, to flood-hit communities
19 July 2021Dutch association tells riverside homeowners "you're still insurable"
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Dieselgate now German legal insurers' costliest event ever
29 June 2021Losses top €1bn, but SFCRs show yet more reserving
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German hybrid life products raise risk modelling concerns
13 April 2021Use of GDV model scrutinised by regulator
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Country profile: Germany
16 March 2021Europe's third-largest insurance industry has survived the coronavirus pandemic so far, but continues to be plagued by low rates and poor profitability in motor and home cover, as David Walker describes in this special report featuring interviews with BaFin's Frank Grund and GDV's Jörg Asmussen
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German insurers propose split approach for sustainability reporting
05 March 2021GDV suggests narrative ESG reporting, and a central database
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Germany's interest rate reserve gets bigger - and better
07 January 2021German 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