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Regu­la­tion and Super­vi­sion at a glance
10.12.2018

Good­will Accoun­ting under IFRS
Regu­la­tion and Super­vi­sion at a glance
10.12.2018

Good­will Accoun­ting under IFRS
The stea­dily incre­a­sing volume of M & A tran­sac­ti­ons has led to a mas­sive build-up of good­will posi­ti­ons in glo­bal cor­po­rate balance sheets. In order to curb abrupt value adjust­ments in eco­no­mic dow­n­turns and the asso­cia­ted sta­bi­lity risks, the...
Life ins­urance figu­res 2018
30.11.2018

Life insu­rers’ capi­tal invest­ments are gro­wing con­sis­tently
Life ins­urance figu­res 2018
30.11.2018

Life insu­rers’ capi­tal invest­ments are gro­wing con­sis­tently
Life insu­rers are making long-term capi­tal mar­ket invest­ments to cover their obli­ga­ti­ons to cli­ents. Even in the pre­vai­ling low inte­rest rate envi­ron­ment the book value of capi­tal invest­ments incre­a­sed to just over EUR 905 bil­lion in 2017.
Column Fin­Tech action plan EU
09.11.2018

Regu­la­tion must not stifle the inno­va­tive poten­tial of digi­ta­li­sa­tion
Column Fin­Tech action plan EU
09.11.2018

Regu­la­tion must not stifle the inno­va­tive poten­tial of digi­ta­li­sa­tion
The ins­urance sec­tor is chan­ging fast to exploit the inher­ent oppor­tu­ni­ties of digi­ta­li­sa­tion: We need a fair and com­pe­ti­tive play­ing field for Fin­Techs to ensure entre­pre­neurs and pio­neers have the scope they need to express them­sel­ves.
Digi­ta­li­sa­tion
07.11.2018

Seven posi­ti­ons on the Fin­Tech action plan of the EU
Digi­ta­li­sa­tion
07.11.2018

Seven posi­ti­ons on the Fin­Tech action plan of the EU
GDV wel­co­mes the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion’s Fin­Tech action plan: Many ger­man ins­urance com­pa­nies are currently moder­ni­sing their IT infra­struc­tu­res, moving to cloud solu­ti­ons or inves­ting in new tech­no­lo­gies.
Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2018
31.10.2018

Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2018
Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2018
31.10.2018

Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2018
In 2017, the Ger­man ins­urance indus­try exhi­bi­ted a hig­her growth rate in terms of pre­mium income and num­ber of con­tracts com­pa­red to the prior year. Insu­rers’ asset port­fo­lios also rose mar­kedly, as repor­ted by the Ger­man Ins­urance Asso­cia­tion...
Trans­port Safety
27.08.2018

Non-Stan­dar­di­zed Car­goes: Eight Sug­ge­s­ti­ons for Safer Ship­ping
Trans­port Safety
27.08.2018

Non-Stan­dar­di­zed Car­goes: Eight Sug­ge­s­ti­ons for Safer Ship­ping
Inter­na­tio­nal ship­ping has seen a con­stant incre­ase in the size and weight of non-stan­dar­di­zed car­goes in the past 20 years. The­re­fore, the Ger­man marine insu­rers pro­pose to adjust the Inter­na­tio­nal Mari­time Orga­ni­sa­tion´s (IMO) recom­men­da­ti­ons...
Lia­bi­lity
08.08.2018

Pro­duct Lia­bi­lity and emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies
Lia­bi­lity
08.08.2018

Pro­duct Lia­bi­lity and emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies
The exis­ting legal lia­bi­lity fra­me­work, espe­ci­ally for manu­fac­tur­ers' lia­bi­lity under the Pro­duct Lia­bi­lity Direc­tive 85/374/EEC, is fully ade­quate to address the risks posed by emer­ging digi­tal tech­no­lo­gies. Ins­urance solu­ti­ons are rea­dily...
01.08.2018

The Future Eco­no­mic Rela­ti­ons bet­ween the EU and the UK
01.08.2018

The Future Eco­no­mic Rela­ti­ons bet­ween the EU and the UK
Eco­no­mic rela­ti­ons with the Uni­ted King­dom will become less intense after Bre­xit. This will espe­ci­ally be the case for the finan­cial ser­vices indus­try. The chal­len­ges faced by the ins­urance indus­try are many­fold.
24.07.2018

Posi­tion of the GDV on the pro­po­sed revi­sion of the Motor Ins­urance Direc­tive
24.07.2018

Posi­tion of the GDV on the pro­po­sed revi­sion of the Motor Ins­urance Direc­tive
On 24 May 2018, the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion publis­hed its pro­po­sal for a Direc­tive of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil amen­ding Direc­tive 2009/103/EC of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 16 Sep­tem­ber 2009 rela­ting to ins­urance...
Column Inter­net of Things
19.07.2018

Sha­red lia­bi­lity: to ensure rapid tech­no­lo­gi­cal change remains soci­ally accep­ta­ble
Column Inter­net of Things
19.07.2018

Sha­red lia­bi­lity: to ensure rapid tech­no­lo­gi­cal change remains soci­ally accep­ta­ble
Digi­ti­za­tion, AI, the Inter­net of Things – all key­words that are bound together. These new buzz­words also raise ques­ti­ons con­cer­ning their inher­ent risks – ques­ti­ons which ulti­ma­tely affect us all and, of course, our indus­try. Arti­fi­cial...