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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