Tag: GDV
Which innovations make the logistics industry greener
Frankfurt Several busts of the group’s founder Gottfried Schenker are on a presentation table in front of the Frankfurt headquarters of the DB freight forwarding subsidiary Schenker. They look as…
Motor vehicle insurers are raising prices sharply for 2023 – those who switch can save
Change by the end of November: save on car insurance According to Stefan Schuttermair, the savings potential when changing car insurance providers is particularly high this year. (Photo: dpa-tmn) Frankfurt…
Hannover Re expects these price increases
fender bender There are more people on the streets again. As a result, more accidents happen. (Photo: imago stock&people) Baden-Baden The world’s third-largest reinsurer, Hannover Re, believes it is necessary…
Reinsurers are feeling the effects of the multi-crisis
Munich, Frankfurt When the big reinsurers gather for the traditional meeting with their customers in Baden-Baden starting at the weekend, everything may seem the same at first glance. Just like…
Insurers demand fewer new parts for vehicle damage
Workshop Porsche Center in Stuttgart An appraiser checks the paintwork of a Porsche sports car in the workshop at the Porsche Center in Stuttgart. (Photo: dpa) Munich The alliance demands…
German companies fear AI regulation that is too strict
facial recognition technology How far can artificial intelligence go? That’s what Brussels is all about. (Photo: imago images/Ikon Images) Frankfurt The German economy fears that the planned EU regulation on…
Allianz, Axa & Co. improve key figures
life insurance The transparency of solvency reports is comparatively high in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Rising interest rates ensure that many life insurers are financially better positioned again. It is…
Allianz, Axa & Co. improve key figures
life insurance The transparency of solvency reports is comparatively high in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Rising interest rates ensure that many life insurers are financially better positioned again. It is…
Only four of the twelve largest in Germany are economically strong
Frankfurt Life insurers have longed for rising interest rates for years. This way they can invest their customers’ money again on better terms. However, this has by no means solved…
First acknowledgments from Corona for occupational disability
Long Covid patient In the event of longer illnesses, wage replacement benefits are paid before the inability to work is recognized. (Photo: dpa) Koblenz, Berlin For the first time, the…
Life insurers have to adjust to less business
Frankfurt At first glance, rising interest rates are good news for life insurers and pension funds. Investments offer them opportunities for higher returns. They can also more easily meet the…
Sustainable insurance: Verde applies for insurance license
Munich Sustainability is also the topic of the hour in the insurance industry. The big providers are investing in wind and solar energy – and they talk a lot about…
The best private pension insurance 2022
Sporty senior If you are fit in old age, you also want to be financially secure in your old age. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) Cologne Around eleven million households in…
Life insurers: old-age provision becomes a loser
Munich Despite low interest rates and ever weaker returns, Germans remained loyal to their preferred form of old-age provision for many years. But now savers’ love of life insurance is…
Motor insurers under pressure: car insurance is likely to become more expensive
The insurers cited the strong claims inflation in the first half of the year as the reason. Berenberg analyst Thomas Bateman is convinced: “The only way out for car insurers…
Gas stop is not insurable for companies
gas hob In Europe, there could be a distribution battle over gas in winter. (Photo: IMAGO/Jochen Eckel) Frankfurt If their production is temporarily stopped because of gas rationing, companies cannot…
Reactions to ECB decision: “Nothing less than regime change”
The ECB last raised the price of money in 2011. In the first reactions, analysts and business representatives mostly expressed approval for the historic turnaround in interest rates. The Handelsblatt…
Many lessons – few measures
Ahr Valley, Erftstadt When storm “Bernd” caused devastating floods in the Ahr Valley, Erftstadt and other regions almost a year ago, it was initially eerily quiet in the Zurich Insurance…
Insured persons are threatened with higher prices for home and car policies
storm damage Losses from natural disasters are expected to be above average again this year. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt German property-casualty insurers are again burdened by high damage costs from natural…
“Every business model has to be self-sustaining”
Munich It was the biggest change in the history of insurance giant Allianz in Germany. About a year ago, the Dax group announced the end of its German national company.…