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BaFin approves Gothaer and Barmenia merger

Aviva UK unit is one of just seven insurers building solvency every year under Solvency II

Insurance Risk Data analysed 974 undertakings' solvency data since 2016

Germany faces up to climate protection gap

Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

German life firms unwind €4bn from €92bn ZZR in 2022

BaFin's Frank Grund reminds them policyholders must benefit

Gothaer natcat losses shrink as Bernd effect recedes

Bernd's 30.6% COR portion was firm's highest in over 180 years

Property policy indexation hits 15% in Germany

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

Gothaer says forest fires in eastern Germany have cost at least €10m

The large fires are in the provinces of Sachsen and Brandenburg

Gothaer pegs Bernd losses at €530m

Rising interest rates ease ZZR bill for German life firms

Many reported lower ZZR bills in 2021, while two expect none in 2022

Germany's re/insurers hit with largest ever natcat bill in 2021

Total claims totalled €12.7bn