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Sol­vency-II-Review
29.03.2021

EIOPA‘s pro­po­sal stands in the way of Euro­pean invest­ments

Sol­vency-II-Review
29.03.2021

EIOPA‘s pro­po­sal stands in the way of Euro­pean invest­ments

EIOPA has pro­po­sed a new method for cal­cu­la­ting the long-term inte­rest rate under Sol­vency II. This could ham­per long-term invest­ments made by insu­rers und the­re­fore wea­ken their role as capi­tal pro­vi­ders for import­ant EU pro­jects such as the...
Sustaina­ble finance
11.03.2021

GDV sup­ports UN-con­ve­ned alliance for cli­mate-neu­tral invest­ment

Sustaina­ble finance
11.03.2021

GDV sup­ports UN-con­ve­ned alliance for cli­mate-neu­tral invest­ment

Ger­man insu­rers are loo­king for allies on the path to cli­mate-neu­tral invest­ment by 2050: GDV is now the first ins­urance asso­cia­tion in Europe to become a sup­por­ter of the glo­bal Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
Sustaina­bi­lity posi­tio­ning
14.02.2021

Cli­mate-neu­tral invest­ment port­fo­lios by 2050 – insu­rers com­mit to sustaina­bi­lity goals

Sustaina­bi­lity posi­tio­ning
14.02.2021

Cli­mate-neu­tral invest­ment port­fo­lios by 2050 – insu­rers com­mit to sustaina­bi­lity goals

The Pre­si­den­tial Board of the Ger­man Ins­urance Asso­cia­tion (GDV) has adop­ted a posi­tion paper whe­reby the ins­urance indus­try com­mits to the sustaina­ble trans­for­ma­tion of busi­ness and society. It con­tains some far-rea­ching deci­si­ons.
20.01.2021

Insu­rers loo­king ahead “with cau­tious opti­mism” – “very happy” with slight growth in 2020

20.01.2021

Insu­rers loo­king ahead “with cau­tious opti­mism” – “very happy” with slight growth in 2020

Fol­lo­wing a slight incre­ase in pre­mium volume in 2020, the year of the coro­na­vi­rus, Ger­man insu­rers expect a major rise in income of over 2% for 2021.
Energy Tran­si­tion
07.01.2021

Elec­trify­ing pro­spects: how insu­rers are making the energy revo­lu­tion pos­si­ble

Energy Tran­si­tion
07.01.2021

Elec­trify­ing pro­spects: how insu­rers are making the energy revo­lu­tion pos­si­ble

The energy revo­lu­tion would not be pos­si­ble were it not for the risk pro­tec­tion offe­red by ins­urance. Clean ener­gies have also chan­ged the nature of engi­nee­ring insu­rers’ busi­ness, accoun­ting for almost a fifth of their pre­mi­ums.
Regu­la­tion
23.12.2020

Sol­vency II: Make the rules more pro­por­tio­nate

Regu­la­tion
23.12.2020

Sol­vency II: Make the rules more pro­por­tio­nate

With regard to Sol­vency II, the Euro­pean Ins­urance and Occu­pa­tio­nal Pen­si­ons Aut­ho­rity (EIOPA) pro­po­ses exclu­si­ons for smal­ler insu­rers and easing the rules under cer­tain con­di­ti­ons. That is a step in the right direc­tion – but it shouldn’t stop...
Bre­xit
21.12.2020

The Bell rings twice: UK insu­rers take up the Bre­xit chal­lenge

Bre­xit
21.12.2020

The Bell rings twice: UK insu­rers take up the Bre­xit chal­lenge

UK insu­rers have trans­fer­red an esti­ma­ted 29 mil­lion poli­cies to the EU since the Bre­xit deci­sion. They aim to gain mar­ket share over the long term – regard­less of the nature of future UK-EU ties.
Tax Policy
18.12.2020

Unre­sol­ved issues in OECD mini­mum tax con­cept

Tax Policy
18.12.2020

Unre­sol­ved issues in OECD mini­mum tax con­cept

At the level of the OECD, almost 140 states are wor­king on a con­sen­sus solu­tion for the tax chal­len­ges of the digi­ta­li­sa­tion of the eco­nomy. The GDV sup­ports the effort, but has con­cerns about several topics.
Corona Pan­de­mic
04.12.2020

Ger­man gover­n­ment and cre­dit insu­rers extend their emer­gency alliance until mid-2021

Corona Pan­de­mic
04.12.2020

Ger­man gover­n­ment and cre­dit insu­rers extend their emer­gency alliance until mid-2021

Ger­many’s federal gover­n­ment and cre­dit insu­rers have exten­ded their emer­gency alliance to stand behind sup­plier cre­dit until 30 June, 2021.
Digi­ti­za­tion
03.12.2020

Addi­tio­nal AI regu­la­tion only for high-risk app­li­ca­ti­ons

Digi­ti­za­tion
03.12.2020

Addi­tio­nal AI regu­la­tion only for high-risk app­li­ca­ti­ons

The EU Com­mis­sion plans to esta­blish rules for the use of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI). Ger­man insu­rers are lob­by­ing for rea­so­na­ble regu­la­tion in a 10-point paper – and they object to being clas­si­fied as a high-risk app­li­ca­tion.
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