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IERM Conference: "Low rates shouldn't stop guaranteed products" BaFin's Grund
04 December 2019Shifting risk to the consumer is not the solution, says Germany's chief supervisor
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BaFin data shows life investments out of step with broader industry
26 November 2019Insurance Risk Data allows detailed analysis at entity level
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Related holdings dominate German reinsurers' investments
25 November 2019BaFin finds holdings three times as large as reinsurers' combined credit and debt investments
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BaFin says life firms cannot avoid sovereigns, 'with or without yield'
13 November 2019German life insurers also warned on careful risk management on alternative investments
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BaFin reveals 12% investment turnover rate by insurers in 2018
27 September 2019Regulator also ran tests using 1.2% reinvestment yield last year
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Germans boost infrastructure holdings by almost two-thirds in 2018
26 September 2019Lack of domestic projects not keeping pace with appetite, says GDV
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Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges
19 September 2019The question of capital charges punishing ‘brown’ investments or incentivising ‘green’ investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports
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Climate change old hat for re/insurers, BaFin president says
09 September 2019Felix Hufeld warns climate change issues now need to be debated at a political level
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German life insurers 'happy' about lower investment results
14 May 2019Less onerous requirement to fuel interest rate reserves in 2018 relieved pressure to encash profitable investments, David Walker reports.
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BaFin's Solvency II review wish-list
08 May 2019Negative rate modelling and investment relief for life insurers top regulator's list