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• SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books of Zurich and Axa

  16 April 2024

  Groups have planned, with mixed success, to sell the back-books to consolidators

• German life insurers relish €4.5bn-plus saving on ZZR contributions

  14 May 2019

  The revised methodology for calculating Germany's special interest rate reserves is saving billions for the country's life insurers. David Walker reports

• German life firms reveal €1.5bn ZZR saving

  02 May 2019

  Regulatory filings show Generali, Axa units saved most on 2018 contributions

• Trio of German life insurers cut rates on policies

  09 December 2016

  Allianz, Ergo and Axa take knife to policy guarantees amid ultra-low rates