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Settling claims lands Bermudian insurers with $90m of salvage aircraft

Other unusual items on insurers' books in 2021 included boats, artworks and holiday homes

Allianz non-life unit shrugs off claims inflation with record Q3 profits

COR improves, but just misses market consensus

Aviva admits facing "sizeable collateral flows" in Q3 turbulence

The UK insurer's Solvency II ratio was "very strong" at 223% however

Medibank refuses to pay ransom after enormous data hack

Health insurer acknowledges having no cyber cover

Perils pegs bill from 2021 severe storms in Australia at A$972m

Apra names new chair as Wayne Byres retires

Apra criticises "breakdown" in BI insurers' risk management

Australian regulator required self-assessment by 10 business interruption underwriters

Frank Grund warns insurers: "Don't bet on high inflation rates normalising"

Firms that underestimated inflation must adjust claims provisions, Germany's top insurance supervisor says

Prices rises unavoidable given losses and inflation, warns Hannover Re unit

Hannover Re uses group-specific claims inflation index to understand dynamics

Property policy indexation hits 15% in Germany

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