Martin Assmann

Articles by Martin Assmann

  • Austrion Life lines up buyer after FWU fallout

    06 July 2026

    Leadenhall-backed buyer moves to take control of Vienna life insurer

  • German reforms put pensions and private capital at the centre

    03 July 2026

    Coalition package links retirement reform with investment and deregulation

  • Climate activists vow further protests after Baden-Baden ruling

    03 July 2026
  • Lara's California wildfire FAIR plan reform survives consumer group legal challenge

    02 July 2026
  • Longevity rebound could add pressure to UK PRT pricing

    01 July 2026

    Pension fund trustees may move faster to transfer longevity risk

  • Where the life insurance momentum is moving next, according to Zurich's Simon Woods

    01 July 2026

    Zurich sees ageing populations, strained state pension systems and growing retirement-income gaps as a major opening for life insurers - alongside corporate pension risk transfer. Martin Assmann reports

  • Cybersecurity spending is outpacing insurance uptake

    30 June 2026
  • German insurers turn to UK pensions for reform lesson

    30 June 2026

    Workplace schemes and private pensions should play a larger role, says GDV

  • Reinsurance pricing in a "paradox" as it eases despite riskier world

    29 June 2026

    Declines in reinsurance pricing have been recorded across most major lines

  • Scor-Covéa truce holds, but at a price

    26 June 2026

    Tribunal awards Covéa $488m compensation in disputed life retrocession deal