Tag: insurance
“Lauterbach drives the health system financially against the wall”
Thomas Brahm The chairman of the association vehemently rejects a higher contribution assessment limit as proposed by the SPD and the Greens. (Photo: Debeka) Berlin The head of the Association…
SPD and Greens are targeting private health insurance companies
nurse in a hospital The SPD and the Greens want to improve social security revenues. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Berlin In view of a billion dollar deficit in statutory health and…
Munich Re boss criticizes climate policy: “There are many declarations of intent”
Major weather extremes warning Hurricane Frances caused great devastation on the Florida coast: Munich Re criticizes the current climate policy. (Photo: dpa) Munich The consequences of climate change also affect…
Generali Germany separates from pension fund
Italian insurance group Generali The sale of the pension fund will improve the solvency ratio of Generali Germany by ten percentage points and that of the entire group by one…
Insurer Allianz wants to ‘close’ structured alpha scandal today
Munich Despite the recent record result, Allianz boss Oliver Bäte calls for significantly greater efforts in the coming years. “Even if we have already achieved a lot, I believe that…
US considers higher deposit insurance for companies
First Republic Bank The regional bank was sold to the major bank JP Morgan. (Photo: dpa) Denver After the bankruptcy of the First Republic Bank on Monday, a debate broke…
Munich Re exceeds expectations
Munich Re boss Joachim Wenning The Group continues to focus heavily on the natural catastrophe insurance business. (Photo: Munich Re) Munich Munich Re started the year with a surprisingly high…
Allianz sets new rules for working from home and abroad
Allianz building in Frankfurt In future, employees will have to come to the office at least four days a month. (Photo: Corbis News/Getty Images) Munich Allianz is setting up new…
Health insurance companies expect premiums to increase again in 2024
doctor’s office The insured have to adjust to higher contributions again. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Berlin It was only this year that Health Minister Karl Lauterbach had to raise health insurance contributions…
R+V-Versicherung struggles with a difficult market environment
Wiesbaden Despite a persistently difficult market environment, the cooperative R+V insurance company is satisfied with the start to 2023. In the German primary insurance business, premium income was EUR 5.8…
N26 investor wants to sell shares
Smartphone bank N26 An N26 investor wants to sell shares in the company. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Munich Allianz X’s patience is apparently over: the Munich insurer’s holding company, which owns…
Zurich Germany defines new goals – partly against the industry trend
Zurich campus in Cologne The insurer achieved the goals it had set itself a year earlier than planned. (Photo: press photo) Cologne The Cologne-based insurer Zurich Germany has set itself…
Allianz court is critical of the clause
Frankfurt, Munich It can be uncomfortable for Allianz when it comes to Riester insurance: In the first hearing against the insurer on Monday, the Stuttgart Regional Court tended to be…
Expert Council wants to dampen high personal contributions with new insurance
work in nursing home The planned reform also wants to take care of the labor shortage in nursing. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin An aging population, rising wages and new benefits are…
Inviting: Indonesia courts investors
Good morning, dear readers, In the opening speech at the Hanover Fair yesterday evening, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to finally put his words into action: “A lot has been left…
Why the financial supervisory authority Bafin criticizes the IT of the insurance company
Flags of the insurance group Allianz The reorganization of the group’s internal IT could lead to conflicts with parts of the works council. (Photo: dpa) Munich The insurance group Allianz…
Financial regulator Bafin criticizes the insurance group’s IT
Flags of the insurance group Allianz The reorganization of the group’s internal IT could lead to conflicts with parts of the works council. (Photo: dpa) Munich The insurance group Allianz…
The global climate alliance is crumbling
Small banks specializing in sustainability give the alliance a choice: either it changes its guidelines, or they could leave. They no longer agree with the course of the climate initiative,…
Public insurers could be forced to merge
Frankfurt, Munich The sharply rising costs could lead to mergers among public insurers. According to the rating agency Fitch, many providers are under increasing pressure to generate earnings. Against this…
Insurers are investing in the renaissance of interest-bearing securities
View of Frankfurt’s banking district Insurers are also hoping for high returns from company investments. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The insurers’ investment professionals are rediscovering the advantages of fixed-income securities. Amid…