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• Quantum computing and AI power actuarial modelling breakthroughs

  28 July 2023

  When identifying, analysing and pricing risk, non-life actuaries are finding classical approaches just don't cut it. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing and novel data sources are showing the way forward, as David Walker reports

• Staffing risks hit multi-year peak at German insurers

  26 May 2023

  Worries over skills shortages and labour costs sit at 13-year highs, DIHK survey finds

• Alte Leipziger welcomes ZZR bill vanishing in 2022

  22 March 2023

  Mutual life unit retrieved €74m from ZZR, after expecting a €250m bill

• Property policy indexation hits 15% in Germany

  20 October 2022

  It comes as consumer price inflation hit 10% in Germany in September

• Full extent of transitional measures in Germany revealed

  29 July 2022

  The measures and the volatility adjustment maintain capital adequacy for some insurers

• Solvency II in Germany: four insurers below 100% ratio without transitional measures

  28 July 2022

  New analysis from Insurance Risk Data picks up where Eiopa left off, evaluating the use of the long-term guarantees measures in Germany, the EEA country where they are most popular. David Walker reports

• BaFin warns German firms being "intensively supervised" about reporting obligations

  24 June 2022

  Local insurance law demands prompt notification if insurers' financial situation worsens

• Alte Leipziger's life unit reveals solvency exceeding 300% without transitionals

  30 March 2022

  Unit expects lower ZZR bill in 2022 as rates rise

• Germany's Debeka and Alte Leipziger open doors to Ukrainian refugees - literally

  09 March 2022

  Debeka announces 2021 life solvency ratio above 100% even without transitionals

• German mid-tier insurers post healthy 2020 numbers, but remain in Allianz's shadow

  23 March 2021

  Wertgarantie, Versicherungskammer Bayern and Alte Leipziger perform well despite coronavirus