Tag: insurance
Health insurance companies don’t want to play auxiliary police
Covid station Leipzig Political disputes and legal uncertainty continue to exist with regard to facility-related vaccination requirements for staff in hospitals or nursing homes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The corona vaccination…
Life insurance is at a turning point
Interest on life insurance High guarantees from the past are a heavy burden for life insurers. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Life insurance with a guaranteed interest rate was the favorite investment…
Signal Iduna takes a stake in online commercial bank Penta
Penta boss Markus Pertlwieser According to the head of the online bank, the cooperation with Signal Iduna is of enormous value for Penta. (Photo: Uta Wagner for Handelsblatt) Berlin The…
Around 40 pension funds in financial distress
Bafin headquarters Almost ten million Germans have taken out their occupational old-age provision through their employer’s pension fund. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt, Munich The end of the tax consultant pension fund…
Christian Mumenthaler: Lessons from the storm
Storm “Nadia” paralyzed large parts of northern Germany at the end of January. There was a storm surge, trees fell, a pedestrian died. The Swiss Re Institute expects insured losses…
Compulsory Traffic Insurance New Tariff Fees Announced
New tariff fees for compulsory traffic insurance for 2022 have been announced. According to the new tariff, the highest traffic insurance will be 5 thousand 592 TL and the lowest…
MDax group Talanx makes billions in profit for the first time
Talanx The insurer has had a good year so far. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Last year, the insurance group Talanx achieved a consolidated profit of more than one billion euros for…
Billions in profit despite natural disasters and the corona crisis:
Hannover Re Because of the major losses from natural catastrophes, the group had predicted higher reinsurance prices last year. Frankfurt The world’s third-largest reinsurer, Hannover Re, reports a profit in…
How Gothaer Versicherung wants to become more innovative
Oliver Schoeller The CEO of Gothaer sees the digital transformation of the insurer as a core element of his strategy. Frankfurt According to experts, German insurers made progress in digitization…
Binance Creates Cyber Attack Insurance Fund
Binance, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has taken a new measure as crypto currency exchanges have become the target of hackers. Binance announced that it has created an insurance…
German insurers want to grow faster again in 2022
Bad Neuenahr Even six months after the flood disaster on the Ahr, much of the damage has not yet been repaired. (Photo: imago images/Bonnfilm) Munich German insurers are looking to…
Business closure insurance does not have to pay in lockdown
Karlsruhe As a rule, restaurateurs are not entitled to any compensation from the business closure insurance as a result of the officially ordered closure of restaurants and hotels in the…
The new boss Mark Branson is turning financial supervision upside down.
Mark Branson The new Bafin President is a qualified mathematician and acts in a sober and fact-driven manner. “Sometimes he reminds you of Angela Merkel,” says a Bafin insider. (Photo:…
How insurers deal with their legacy portfolios
Interest on life insurance High guarantees from the past are a heavy burden for life insurers. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Munich The news came shortly before the turn of the year,…
Allianz, Axa: Insurer stocks with upside potential
Frankfurt, Munich High and continuous dividend payments make shares in insurance companies an attractive investment for many investors. With dividend yields of five percent and more, the sector is particularly…
Allianz, Axa: Insurer stocks with upside potential
Frankfurt, Munich High and continuous dividend payments make shares in insurance companies an attractive investment for many investors. With dividend yields of five percent and more, the sector is particularly…
Allianz, Axa: Insurer stocks with upside potential
Frankfurt, Munich High and continuous dividend payments make shares in insurance companies an attractive investment for many investors. With dividend yields of five percent and more, the sector is particularly…
Sparkasse fund subsidiary Deka withdraws from the Riester pension
Dekabank lettering Riester providers are legally obliged to guarantee 100 percent of the contributions paid by pension savers and state allowances. That is becoming increasingly difficult – many companies are…
Allianz sells life insurance portfolio in France
Allianz lettering Associated with the transaction are technical provisions of around 2.1 billion euros. (Photo: Reuters) Munich Allianz is selling another old portfolio of life insurance policies. More than 20,000…
Health insurance companies fear increased contributions in long-term care insurance
Health insurance The total expenditure for 2021 was about two billion euros higher than the income – a deficit of two billion euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of a…