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Athora's sales and capital generation grow in 2024

European insurance and savings group reports €3.7bn of new business, up 21%

Germany's sluggish economic recovery impacting life insurers

AM Best maintains negative outlook for Germany's life insurance segment

Ex-Phoenix CFO Rakesh Thakrar joins Athora Holding

Solvency data reveals eight Italian life firms' lapses outweighed their premiums in 2023

Sector's total lapses were worth 52% of its gross written premium

Athora reports strong new business growth in H1

New business volumes surge 28% as operating capital generation climbs to €306m

Michele Bareggi to join Aegon as chief strategy officer

Swiss Re hires Athora's Anders Malmström as group CFO

The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe

While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds

Athora's Mike Wells: regulators have given us permission to grow

CEO of the major European life insurance and pensions group comments on IFRS 17, regulatory change and consumer trends. Joshua Geer reports

German life business in "silent run-off" as growth stalls

Back-book consolidation trend to continue despite cancelled Zurich and Axa deals, says rating agency analyst