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  • Insurers back €1bn German venture capital fund of funds

    23 November 2023

    Generali Deutschland and Debeka among insurers to invest in fund

  • Chart of the Week - How will outsourcing fare during Gothaer's and Barmenia's planned merger?

    20 October 2023

    Gothaer and Barmenia have over 30 investment delegations between them. As M&A approaches, a lot of asset managers will be holding their breath

  • Gothaer strikes €20m sustainable venture capital outsourcing deal

    19 October 2023

    Fate of at least 22 independent managers' delegations unclear as insurer seeks M&A with Barmenia

  • Gothaer reveals taxonomy-conformity level of investments

    04 July 2023

    Some 35.2% of non-sovereigns are taxonomy compliant, but 31.2% lack necessary data

  • German lifers reveal liquid GAs as lapse risk rises

    10 May 2023

    BaFin last week warned insurers to be vigilant about tackling surrender rates as interest rates increase

  • Gothaer ties staff-wide bonuses to climate goals

    04 May 2023

    Reducing portfolio emissions will be 10% of variable pay decisions

  • German life CIOs breath out, as the 'great ZZR unwind' begins

    19 April 2023

    In past years, German lifers dispatched CIOs to raise cash to pay into their ZZRs - like it, or not. But that reversed, and sometimes heftily, as interest rates rose in 2022. David Walker reports

  • German Gothaer's investment result falls as ZZR slowly unwinds

    03 April 2023

    Composite reveals only Hamburg disaster over a century ago left bigger property bill than storm Bernd

  • Global insurers sign up to PRI Advance initiative

    02 December 2022

    A collaborative stewardship initiative on social issues and human rights

  • Gothaer invests €10m in German GreenTech company

    04 October 2022

    Capital will be used to expand the company's offering