Insurance news from Zurich shows dropping profits

Zurich Insurance Company News Building in Leeds

The insurer’s third quarter profit fell by 62 percent. Zurich insurance news is now showing that the company will not be ruling out additional write-downs because of its struggling and bothersome German unit, as it has third quarter report is now revealing a drop of 62 percent in its net profits. The largest insurer in Switzerland has been accumulating almost $1 billion in additional costs since 2012. Those extra charges are the direct result of its business in Germany. In October, the group cautioned that any efforts for increasing claims…

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Insurance news from Germany warns residents of increasing premiums

German insurance industry

The GDV industry association has said that the rise will be 1.5 percent this year. The GDV has just announced the latest insurance news, that insurers in Germany, including Talanx AG and Allianz SE, will likely be posting an increase in their premiums of 1.5 percent by the year’s end. It is believed that the premiums growth will increase to €180.7 billion ($230 billion). Among the explanations for these premiums increases are that the country has seen some of the highest levels of property and casualty growth that it has…

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