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German insurers paid €8bn for extreme weather losses since start of 2023

"Nature won't wait until we've finished debating" how to tackle climate change, GDV warns

German insurers dispute natcat recalibrations in Solvency II standard formula

Trade association GDV gives feedback on Eiopa's proposals

BaFin asks German insurers if they really need Solvency II transitional measures

GDV expects "vast majority" of German insurers are solid without transitionals

Southern German floods likely to cost insurers €2bn, says GDV

June inundations in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg bring major losses

German insurers predict premiums could double without action on climate risk

Head of German trade body explains what has to be done to address the hazard

German insurers take €900m storm hit in August

One year after storm Bernd, German insurers count up bill

Insurers paid €5bn of total €8.5bn bill so far

Germany's R+V reveals high flood cover take-up before storm Bernd

Payments are ready, but "we have no influence on the bottlenecks", says CEO

GDV issues fresh call for post-Bernd natcat mitigation

German homes have been rebuilt on flood-risk sites since last summer's disaster

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

Total claims totalled €12.7bn