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Insurers seek the Latin American goldmine
15 September 2023With a huge protection gap, developing regulatory environment and an appetite for technology, the prospects look good for those willing to step into Latin America. But any adventure comes with risk, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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Talanx sticking with transitionals despite 277% life solvency ratio without them
15 May 2023CFO Jan Wicke praises "flexibility" the Solvency II mechanisms afford
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Talanx's HDI specialty unit reveals appetite for M&A
06 December 2022Has €5bn premium target to hit, CEO tells investors
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Insurers under pressure to halt cover for Australian gas field expansion
05 October 2022Ichthys is one of the world's most complex liquefied natural gas projects
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Russian-Ukrainian exposure at Europe's insurers revealed
30 May 2022Insurance Risk Data finds Allianz takes top spot for number of stakes in war-zone businesses
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German insurers count up costs of Bernd in SFCRs
13 April 2022Reinsurance saved many from worse pain
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Talanx injected capital into Italian unit as solvency went sub-120% in 2020
15 September 2021Actions in H1 revealed in HDI Assicurazioni's SFCR
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Germany's interest rate reserve gets bigger - and better
07 January 2021German life insurers paid more into the Zinszusatzreserve again in 2020, despite the new "corridor method" of calculation that intended to unburden the sector. Industry leaders tell David Walker the ZZR remains fit for purpose nonetheless
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German trade insurers win further six months' breathing room
29 December 2020Public-private umbrella protection programme extended to June 2021
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Talanx buys Italian non-life firm from Apollo
22 October 2020The purchase is part of the German firm's plan to be in the top 10 of Italian non-life insurers