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  • Insurers seek the Latin American goldmine

    15 September 2023

    With a huge protection gap, developing regulatory environment and an appetite for technology, the prospects look good for those willing to step into Latin America. But any adventure comes with risk, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Greenpeace heading to Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous

    08 September 2023

    The environmental NGO also publishes a report on insuring oil and gas in Africa

  • Talanx sticking with transitionals despite 277% life solvency ratio without them

    15 May 2023

    CFO Jan Wicke praises "flexibility" the Solvency II mechanisms afford

  • Engagement processes help insurers tie the knot on net-zero

    11 May 2023

    In order to meet their net-zero ambitions, insurers will need to bring clients and stakeholders along with them. Joshua Geer asks three heads of sustainability to explain how they are approaching engagement - and when to employ exclusions

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

    10 May 2023

    BaFin's Frank Grund reminds them policyholders must benefit

  • Talanx powers down its thermal coal underwriting exposure

    02 May 2023

    The German insurer also outlined wider oil and gas exclusions.

  • Gerhard Stahl steps down as CRO of Talanx, to focus more on academia

    28 April 2023

    He will be replaced by deputy CRO Simone Auer

  • Alte Leipziger welcomes ZZR bill vanishing in 2022

    22 March 2023

    Mutual life unit retrieved €74m from ZZR, after expecting a €250m bill

  • Litigation takes off to decide when "all is lost" for aircraft grounded in Russia

    17 March 2023

    Insurers and clients are commencing major courtroom battles over policy coverage and phrasing after aviation assets were trapped inside Russia. David Walker investigates