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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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Solvency II capital benefit from diversification grows 14.4% at 56 groups, in 2021
07 February 2023But market SCR of the cohort grows faster, Insurance Risk Data finds
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Fitch downgrades Volkswohl Bund Leben on reinvestment yield
03 November 2020Moody's hangs negative outlook on German life sector
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Fitch demotes outlook on units of R+V, Condor, Stuttgarter
19 May 2020Further rates falls endanger ability to cover guarantees with investments, agency says
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Insurers update SCR ratios hit by investment market falls
06 May 2020Dividend revisions, capital raisings and delays to Part VII transfers also explained in SFCRs. David Walker reports
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German life firms running out paper gains to finance reserves
07 December 2017Unrealised investment gains outweigh reserve requirements, for now…
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Volkswohl Bund stems fall in yields with renewables and foreign investments
21 April 2017German life firm accelerates level of stockpiling reserves for in-force policies