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R+V property customers' take-up of extreme weather cover at 70%

Germany faces up to climate protection gap

Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

Debeka says customers' memories of 2021 storm Bernd are fading

Staffing risks hit multi-year peak at German insurers

Worries over skills shortages and labour costs sit at 13-year highs, DIHK survey finds

German life firms unwind €4bn from €92bn ZZR in 2022

BaFin's Frank Grund reminds them policyholders must benefit

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

Life premiums contracted in 2022 at mid-tier German insurer

Axa's German unit reveals impact of claims inflation in 2022

German SFCRs also carried details of stress-test scenarios to re-run damage from storm Bernd

Germany's R+V reports €200m loss in H1 from extreme weather

Storms Ylenia, Zeynep and Antonia caused the most damage by June

German insurers want more than mandatory flood cover to fight climate change

R+V and VKB report costliest claims years ever

German insurers tell regulator Bernd to cost €5.7bn

Reinsurers expect to shoulder about €4bn