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German insurers call for two-year moratorium on new regulations

Sustainability reporting burden should be a focus for reform, says GDV

Southern German floods likely to cost insurers €2bn, says GDV

June inundations in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg bring major losses

R+V property customers' take-up of extreme weather cover at 70%

Germany faces up to climate protection gap

Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

Staffing risks hit multi-year peak at German insurers

Worries over skills shortages and labour costs sit at 13-year highs, DIHK survey finds

R+V relies on health and P&C for growth, as life business toughens

Life premiums contracted in 2022 at mid-tier German insurer

Germany's R+V reports €200m loss in H1 from extreme weather

Storms Ylenia, Zeynep and Antonia caused the most damage by June

Germany's R+V reveals high flood cover take-up before storm Bernd

Payments are ready, but "we have no influence on the bottlenecks", says CEO

German insurers want more than mandatory flood cover to fight climate change

R+V and VKB report costliest claims years ever

Germany's insurers ready for the green light

Trade association GDV has detailed plans for national-level reforms in 2022, and is hoping progress will not be stalled by the newly formed coalition government. David Walker reports