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• Talanx sticking with transitionals despite 277% life solvency ratio without them

  15 May 2023

  CFO Jan Wicke praises "flexibility" the Solvency II mechanisms afford

• Gerhard Stahl steps down as CRO of Talanx, to focus more on academia

  28 April 2023

  He will be replaced by deputy CRO Simone Auer

• Talanx heralds "room for manoeuvre" in German life unit as ZZR bill vanishes

  16 March 2023

  Jens Warkentin reports "hardly any" movement in lapse rates

• Hot property! Australia faces up to un-insurability threat

  13 May 2022

  Record costs of recurring natural catastrophes risk turning property re/insurance in Australia into a niche product for low-risk homes, finds David Walker

• Australian floods dominate Talanx's Q1 losses

  05 May 2022

  Claims from European storms and Australian floods shatter Q1 large-loss budget

• Talanx hit by largest ever nat cat losses in 2021

  14 March 2022

  The German re/insurer also says it has a low direct exposure to Russia and Ukraine

• Talanx warns of €300m in net flood costs for Q3

  11 August 2021

  Group net income rose 68% year on year in H1 - and costs from Covid-19 more than halved

• Governments win in Covid-19 trade credit reinsurance programmes

  07 April 2021

  Governments have profited from the support they offered trade credit insurers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Insurers say they have no regrets, but are looking forward to the end of state aid. David Walker reports

• Talanx pays out €30m to UK churches as insured Sunday donations fall

  15 March 2021

  Covid-19 costs German re/insurer €1.5bn overall in 2020

• Immo Querner to leave Talanx after 14 years as CFO

  02 June 2020

  Jan Wicke will replace Querner at the German insurer