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Insurers want a fresh start – away from the unpopular Riester pension
Active in old age The high cost of living means that many people are putting less money into retirement provision – despite a rise in interest rates. (Photo: imago images/Westend61)…
How pension funds and insurers were able to invest billions in real estate junk bonds
Luxembourg The fund service providers create shell companies with cryptic names for the business. (Photo: new-horizons.eu/ddp images) Zurich They are among the riskiest interest-bearing securities on the market: subordinated debt…
How pension funds and insurers were able to invest billions in real estate junk bonds
Luxembourg The fund service providers create shell companies with cryptic names for the business. (Photo: new-horizons.eu/ddp images) Zurich They are among the riskiest interest-bearing securities on the market: subordinated debt…
Customers can expect higher interest rates again
alliance The market leader in life insurance sets standards in ongoing interest payments. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Frankfurt For years, interest rates at German life insurers only went in one direction:…
Customers can expect higher interest rates again
alliance The market leader in life insurance sets standards in ongoing interest payments. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Frankfurt For years, interest rates at German life insurers only went in one direction:…
Insurer Zurich is increasingly focusing on prevention
Frankfurt The insurer Zurich expects that in view of the many new risks, companies will not always be able to find suitable insurance cover in the future and is therefore…
Allianz again exceeds expectations – “Results show strength”, says CEO Bäte
Munich Allianz again exceeded analysts’ expectations in the third quarter. Europe’s largest insurer achieved an operating profit of 3.5 billion euros in the months from July to September. Allianz reported…
Car insurance in the test: These providers are convincing
accident car Car insurance premiums are increasing. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Cologne The rising prices are noticeable in the car industry. Spare parts cost more because energy is becoming more…
Primary insurer Ergo is an important pillar for the group
Munich Re headquarters in Munich Hurricane Ian caused high claims payments for the reinsurer. (Photo: AP) Munich, Frankfurt Despite billions in damage from natural disasters this year, the Dax group…
Insurer investment professionals are turning back to bonds
Frankfurt Investment professionals from insurance groups are currently concerned with three main issues: bonds, opportunities for returns away from traditional stock exchanges and the sharply rising prices. That shows a…
Insurer investment professionals are turning back to bonds
Frankfurt Investment professionals from insurance groups are currently concerned with three main issues: bonds, opportunities for returns away from traditional stock exchanges and the sharply rising prices. That shows a…
Insurer Zurich wants to buy back shares for 1.8 billion Swiss francs
Zurich logo on a building in Cologne The group benefits from the strong dollar. (Photo: imago/Horst Galuschka) Zurich The Zurich Insurance Group wants to distribute money to its shareholders after…
Life insurer has problems with payments
Munich, Frankfurt Marika K has to show strong nerves: she has been in contact with the life insurer Proxalto for weeks. The insured is waiting for the payment of her…
Allianz exceeds profit expectations – forecast confirmed
Munich Allianz exceeded analysts’ expectations in the second quarter. In the months from April to the end of June, Europe’s largest insurer achieved an operating profit of 3.5 billion euros.…
Allianz exceeds profit expectations – forecast confirmed
Munich Higher prices and more contracts in property insurance are driving profits at Allianz, Germany’s largest insurance group. The operating result improved in the second quarter by five percent to…
Insurers are becoming more cautious about real estate
Allianz pays record sum for Frankfurt office tower T1 Allianz-Versicherung has acquired a new high-rise office building in downtown Frankfurt for a record sum of 1.4 billion euros. (Photo: dpa)…
Insurers are becoming more cautious about real estate
Allianz pays record sum for Frankfurt office tower T1 Allianz-Versicherung has acquired a new high-rise office building in downtown Frankfurt for a record sum of 1.4 billion euros. (Photo: dpa)…
Virtual showdown at Germany’s second largest insurer
Philippe Donet A milestone for Venice, but also a very personal one for the Generali CEO. (Photo: ROPI) Venice At the beginning of April, Philippe Donnet was walking across Venice’s…
Recent winter storms cost insurers 1.6 billion euros
Much damage from fallen trees Above all, the north and center of Germany were affected by damage. (Photo: DPA) Munich The series of three severe storms in the past few…
3.7 billion euros for settlements with US investors
alliance The provisions have burdened the net profit of 2.8 billion euros for the past year. (Photo: dpa) Munich Allianz is taking a big step forward with the processing of…