Archive

  • 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

  • Talanx heralds "room for manoeuvre" in German life unit as ZZR bill vanishes

    16 March 2023

    Jens Warkentin reports "hardly any" movement in lapse rates

  • Talanx posts record earnings, premiums - and natcat losses

    15 March 2023

    Overstepped 2022 large loss budget by €400m

  • Talanx's HDI specialty unit reveals appetite for M&A

    06 December 2022

    Has €5bn premium target to hit, CEO tells investors

  • Hot property! Australia faces up to un-insurability threat

    13 May 2022

    Record costs of recurring natural catastrophes risk turning property re/insurance in Australia into a niche product for low-risk homes, finds David Walker

  • Australian floods dominate Talanx's Q1 losses

    05 May 2022

    Claims from European storms and Australian floods shatter Q1 large-loss budget

  • Talanx hit by largest ever nat cat losses in 2021

    14 March 2022

    The German re/insurer also says it has a low direct exposure to Russia and Ukraine