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  • 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

  • Realised gains plunge 98% at Talanx - as life unit head heralds no ZZR bill

    16 March 2023

    German group indicates "room for manoeuvre" as interest rates rise