All the headlines from our Germany Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 27 2015 // Rock-bottom interest rates could erode insurers’ earnings power and financial strength for years to come, putting an end to a string of stronger-than-expected rises in dividends, analysts said in reports published on...
Mar 26 2015 // The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said on Thursday.German Andreas...
Mar 24 2015 // An Airbus A320 crash in southern France may have claimed the lives of all 150 people on board, in what would be the worst air accident on French soil in decades.Germanwings Flight 9525 operated by the low-cost subsidiary...
Mar 23 2015 // Talanx AG, Germany’s third-biggest insurer, said fourth-quarter profit rose 17 percent helped by investment gains as it sought to restructure its German retail division.Net income increased to 239 million euros ($259...
Mar 19 2015 // Alper Services LLC, an independent insurance brokerage in Chicago, Ill., announced it recently signed an agreement with unisonBrokers, a global broker network with multinational insurance and risk management services, who...
Mar 19 2015 // Eighteenth century pirates and a nineteenth century German “Iron” Chancellor preceded the United States in the creation of a social system for the protection of injured workers. The modern workers’...
Jan 27 2015 // XL Group has expanded its professional indemnity offering in the German market with the appointment of Jens Heienbrok as professional indemnity manager.XL Group said it made this strategic appointment because the market...
Jan 12 2015 // Police in Germany have detained two men suspected of an arson attack early Sunday against a newspaper that republished the cartoons of French weekly Charlie Hebdo.The newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost said on its website the...
Jan 8 2015 // The killing of at least 12 people at a French magazine that received threats because of its depiction of Islam stands to exacerbate burgeoning anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe, political analysts said.The shooting by masked...
Dec 16 2014 // Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, is about to make its first investments in European direct lending, including infrastructure debt.The insurer wants to lend to small to medium-sized European...
Dec 9 2014 // Scientists know only two credible ways to prevent temperatures from rising to dangerous levels: stop burning fossil fuels or capture and bury the carbon dioxide byproduct before it gets into the atmosphere.The second idea,...
Nov 14 2014 // Talanx will book 214 million euros ($267 million) profit from the sale of its 5.03 percent stake in the Zurich-based life insurer in the fourth quarter, the company said in a statement from Hanover, Germany today.The sale...
Nov 5 2014 // Hannover Re, the world’s third- biggest reinsurer, said third-quarter profit rose 21 percent, helped by a benign U.S. hurricane season and higher income from investments.Net income rose to 251 million euros ($315...
Oct 30 2014 // Signal Iduna, a German insurance provider, has launched a new car insurance policy through ‘sijox’, its young customer brand.“AppDrive powered by TomTom” uses a smartphone app to provide feedback on...
Oct 29 2014 // FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Ltd, a Chinese joint venture of Volkswagen AG, will recall 270,635 Audi cars in China due to an air bag software issue, China’s quality watchdog said.A spokeswoman at Audi China said the...
Oct 27 2014 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions opens an office in Frankfurt, Germany, to reinforce its presence in the German commercial insurance market. The office will initially focus on property and surety products for corporations in...
Oct 21 2014 // Hannover Re, the world’s third- largest reinsurer, expects more than 5 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in losses from two storms to sustain prices for coverage in Germany.“Heavy loss expenditures, especially in...
Oct 16 2014 // Despite varying internal pressures, the German and French insurance markets have shown resilience in their respective ways, according to two separate reports issued by A.M. Best.While Germany’s economy is among the...
Sep 29 2014 // For some, being prepared for Oktoberfest means downloading an app that points you to the nearest restroom or helps you decipher Bavarian dialect. A novelty at this year’s event is an online casualty insurance with...
Sep 29 2014 // Talanx AG, Germany’s third-biggest insurer, plans to shift investment to countries outside the euro region as monetary policy measures erode returns on assets in the currency union.“Generally speaking,...