Archive

  • Interest reserve unwind continues at German life insurers as rates rose in 2023

    31 May 2024

    Some life firms had to sell down assets in previous years to fund the ZZR

  • Chart of the Week - How will outsourcing fare during Gothaer's and Barmenia's planned merger?

    20 October 2023

    Gothaer and Barmenia have over 30 investment delegations between them. As M&A approaches, a lot of asset managers will be holding their breath

  • Comment: Re/insurers risk being at cross purposes with conflicting climate stances

    20 April 2023

    Hannover Re, Munich Re and Zurich are staunch NZAOA members, but recently left the corresponding body for underwriters

  • German life CIOs breath out, as the 'great ZZR unwind' begins

    19 April 2023

    In 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

  • Provinzial boosts property expertise

    28 March 2023

    Jan Schlüter brings local and global experience in asset class

  • Provinzial joins NZAOA

    11 November 2022

    Signing up "sends a strong signal to the outside world about our commitment".

  • German insurers reveal investment exposures to regions devastated by floods

    04 August 2021

    SFCRs from Nürnberger, HUK-Coburg and Helvetia Deutschland among those exposed

  • Provinzial NordWest picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology

    04 June 2018

    The three selected tools will be used for actuarial valuations and investment analysis

  • Provinzial NordWest subsidiaries add third equities strategy

    29 May 2018

    SFCRs show divergent allocation tastes within group