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Interest reserve unwind continues at German life insurers as rates rose in 2023
31 May 2024Some life firms had to sell down assets in previous years to fund the ZZR
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Chart of the Week - How will outsourcing fare during Gothaer's and Barmenia's planned merger?
20 October 2023Gothaer and Barmenia have over 30 investment delegations between them. As M&A approaches, a lot of asset managers will be holding their breath
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Comment: Re/insurers risk being at cross purposes with conflicting climate stances
20 April 2023Hannover Re, Munich Re and Zurich are staunch NZAOA members, but recently left the corresponding body for underwriters
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German life CIOs breath out, as the 'great ZZR unwind' begins
19 April 2023In past years, German lifers dispatched CIOs to raise cash to pay into their ZZRs - like it, or not. But that reversed, and sometimes heftily, as interest rates rose in 2022. David Walker reports
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Provinzial boosts property expertise
28 March 2023Jan Schlüter brings local and global experience in asset class
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Provinzial joins NZAOA
11 November 2022Signing up "sends a strong signal to the outside world about our commitment".
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German insurers reveal investment exposures to regions devastated by floods
04 August 2021SFCRs from Nürnberger, HUK-Coburg and Helvetia Deutschland among those exposed
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Provinzial NordWest picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology
04 June 2018The three selected tools will be used for actuarial valuations and investment analysis
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Provinzial NordWest subsidiaries add third equities strategy
29 May 2018SFCRs show divergent allocation tastes within group