All the headlines from our Germany Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2000 // Martin Frankel, the financier that bilked several U.S. insurance companies of millions of dollars before disappearing and launching an international manhunt, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in a German...
Jun 14 2000 // Martin Frankel’s passport fraud trial began today in Hamburg, despite promises by the German government to quickly return Frankel to the United States. The trial went forward, according to reports, due primarily to...
Jun 8 2000 // Sven Kado has been appointed chairman of MMC Germany, a subsidiary of MMC, the global Marsh operating company. He will be responsible for coordination between the heads of MMC’s German companies, Marsh GmbH, William...
May 24 2000 // Houston-based Risk International and The Simon Wiesenthal Center have accessed German archives containing thousands of registries of seized Jewish assets. The discovery could help Holocaust survivors and their heirs...
May 22 2000 // Citing consistent downward trends over the last three years, Standard & Poor’s Rating’s Services forecasts problems for German P&C insurers.“Underlying performance in the German...
Apr 10 2000 // German insurers will reportedly pay at least $270 million to settle unpaid claims on pre-World War II policies sold to Holocaust victims. That announcement came from Germany’s top compensation fund negotiator Otto...
Apr 5 2000 // A month ago Dresdner Bank and Deutsche Bank (DB) announced plans to merge. With considerable help from their mutual shareholder, insurer Allianz AG, the two German banks seemed set to become the world’s largest bank,...
Apr 3 2000 // The dialogue between the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and Germany’s Munich Re came down to a legal standoff in March with respect to the reinsurer’s perceived delays in turning over documents...
Apr 3 2000 // On March 9, the German financial world quaked with the announcement that Deutsche Bank (DB), Germany’s largest bank, planned to merge with cross-town rival Dresdner Bank. Insurance giant Allianz AG was a driving...
Feb 14 2000 // A U.S. government’s top art expert from the World War II era said the Nazis stole 600,000 pieces of art in Germany and the European lands they occupied during Hitler’s 12 years in power.About 200,000 works came...