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Talanx injected capital into Italian unit as solvency went sub-120% in 2020
15 September 2021Actions in H1 revealed in HDI Assicurazioni's SFCR
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Talanx warns of €300m in net flood costs for Q3
11 August 2021Group net income rose 68% year on year in H1 - and costs from Covid-19 more than halved
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How much is IFRS 17 costing the insurance industry?
19 May 2021Insurers are 19 months away from having to implement the new contract accounting standard and it is already costing them more than anticipated. Cintia Cheong finds out why
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Governments win in Covid-19 trade credit reinsurance programmes
07 April 2021Governments have profited from the support they offered trade credit insurers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Insurers say they have no regrets, but are looking forward to the end of state aid. David Walker reports
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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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Frank Grund acknowledges "more difficult" times for building ZZR
16 March 2021BaFin also finds some insurtechs "overly optimistic" on business plans
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Talanx pays out €30m to UK churches as insured Sunday donations fall
15 March 2021Covid-19 costs German re/insurer €1.5bn overall in 2020
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Insurers urged to cease underwriting new gas infrastructure
11 March 2021Climate activist group says LNG is not a clean alternative energy
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Talanx buys Italian non-life firm from Apollo
22 October 2020The purchase is part of the German firm's plan to be in the top 10 of Italian non-life insurers
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Talanx unit named among BI insurers for Australian test case
14 August 2020The country's insurance council is adamant pandemics are excluded from BI policies