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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
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Talanx's coronavirus claims outpace natural catastrophe losses in H1
12 August 2020Group net income almost halved by pandemic
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Zurich to drop support for Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline
24 July 2020The decision came after Talanx pulled out of the project
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Talanx quits insuring Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline
30 June 2020Munich Re's support is also in doubt, say climate activists