Germany
AIIR Worldwide : estimates insured losses in Germany from historic floods at between 4 and 5.8 billion Euros
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from the recent floods in central Europe at between EUR 4.0 billion and EUR...
Fitch Ratings : German flood claims may hit EUR 3 billion
The floods in Germany are likely to be even costlier than those in 2002, Fitch Ratings says. If flooding progresses as it has in...
Markel expands European presence with German deal
Markel International has signed a joint venture with Munich based Anglo Underwriting to further expand its already rapidly growing market position.
The deal sees Markel...
AIR Worldwide : new inland flood model launched for Germany
AIR Worldwide has released an inland flood model for Germany, which offers a fully probabilistic approach for determining the likelihood of flood losses from...
Tax agreement to be signed between Germany and Switzerland
Funds held in secret Swiss bank accounts will be subject to taxation as per an agreement signed by Switzerland and Germany.
Swiss Finance...
Columbus Direct : announces expansion into the German market
Travel insurer Columbus Direct has announced the expansion of its range low cost travel products into the German market.
The range of travel insurance products...
Europe : bug outbreak ‘most serious’ ever recorded
Germany's killer E.coli outbreak is the most serious of its kind recorded in the world to date, authorities said on Sunday.
The death toll...
Europe : Germany vows to restore image of Spanish veg
Germany will help repair damage done to the reputation of Spanish vegetables, falsely blamed for a deadly bacteria outbreak, Spain's Europe minister said after...
Europe : bean sprouts might be responsible for bacteria
Bean sprouts from the German state of Lower-Saxony are suspected of being the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak which has killed 22...
Five infected with deadly bacteria: Dutch health authorities
At least five Dutch citizens were infected with the mysterious but deadly bacteria that has so far killed 17 people in Europe, the country's...
Europe / health : killer cucumber bacteria spreads
Germany on Monday called crisis talks amid warnings that an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers is spreading...
Germany : 12 dead as killer cucumber bacteria spreads
At least 12 people have died in Germany from a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers, authorities said Monday.
The latest...
Germany : exploration of electric cars is slow
Building cars in Germany has been the leading industry since the 19th century. It has been focusing on the development of high performance combustion...
E. coli outbreak worries Germany
Worries grew in Germany about infections caused by a strain of the E. coli bacterium after authorities reported the death of an 83-year-old and...
Aon Benfield launches first storm surge risk model for Germany
Aon Benfield today launches the first storm surge model for Germany to help re/insurers quantify risk in this underdeveloped line of cover.
To date, storm...
Strategic alliance for Swiss Re and PRO
Tawa plc’s subsidiary, PRO Insurance Solutions (’PRO’) and Swiss Re Europe S.A. German Branch (’Swiss Re’) today announced a strategic alliance for the German...
Global Fund takes steps after corruption scandal
The Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and Malaria said Friday it was reinforcing its financial safeguards after donor Germany suspended payments following allegations of...
Germany suspends global AIDS fund payments
Germany said on Wednesday it was suspending yearly payments of 200 million euros (274 million dollars) to the Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and...
German ‘Angel of Death’ commits suicide: prosecutors
A German doctor on trial for allegedly killing 13 cancer patients has committed suicide, apparently with an overdose of morphine, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
"We...
Admiral motor insurer to sell AdmiralDirekt
Motor insurance group Admiral is in sale talks over its loss-making German car insurance business.
The Cardiff headquartered FTSE 100 company has entered into exclusive discussions with...
