Archive

  • German natcat reinsurance rates double since 2021

    16 March 2023

    Regional public-sector insurers hit hardest, Fitch estimates

  • German public insurers establish natcat reinsurance pool

    19 January 2022

    Move shows proactive approach to evolving climate change, they say

  • Demand for property cover leaps in Germany after flooding

    03 August 2021

    VKB, R&V and Provinzial estimate hundreds million euro losses

  • Europe's insurers dispense comfort, and pumps, to flood-hit communities

    19 July 2021

    Dutch association tells riverside homeowners "you're still insurable"

  • German mid-tier insurers post healthy 2020 numbers, but remain in Allianz's shadow

    23 March 2021

    Wertgarantie, Versicherungskammer Bayern and Alte Leipziger perform well despite coronavirus

  • Bavarian insurers agree limited BI payout for Covid-19, despite exclusions

    08 April 2020

    Hotel and restaurants get business interruption cover for enforced closures

  • Insurers use home languages for their SFCRs - but Latin was a mistake

    22 May 2017

    Two published solvency and financial condition reports (SFCRs) contained dummy text in Latin

  • Insured losses from German flood to reach €2.5bn-3bn

    11 June 2013

    But impact on insurers' credit profiles "should be minimal", says Fitch