"Prohibition of commissions would have strongly inhibited the spread of private old-age provision"

The EU Commission has presented its retail investor strategy. The German Insurance Association (GDV) sees light and shade in the draft law.

The most important facts about the "Bürgerrente"

Insurers are contributing a new concept to the discussion on reforming private pension provision. Their proposal is called the “Bürgerrente” (Citizens' Pension), and is intended to give a new boost to state-subsidised funded pension provision.  (more)

Eleven million households cannot save enough for old age

The financial maneuvering room of many people is so narrow that they cannot close their pension gap on their own, shows a study commissioned by the German Insurance Association. Inflation is exacerbating the situation.

Large majority does not cut back on old-age provision despite Corona

The Covid 19 pandemic has had little impact on supplementary pension provision in Germany. In other European countries, however, the balance is worse, as data from Insurance Europe show.

Life insurance

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Compensation of Insurance Policies of Holocaust Victims

Background information

In addition to operating government-funded compensation programs for decades, Germany signed an Executive Agreement with the United States in 2000 that was meant to fully address and finally resolve all compensation issues for Nazi-regime victims.  (more)

“We accept our responsibility for the injustices committed during the Nazi era in Germany.”

Nazi Germany caused immense suffering to Jews all over Europe. It is our responsibility and the responsibility of future generations to remember these atrocities and tragic events.

Compensation process for insurance policies of victims of the Holocaust concluded

Today, the „International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims“ (ICHEIC) has announced in Washington the conclusion of an international process to compensate victims of the Holocaust or their heirs, whose insurance policies had been confiscated by Nazi Germany and whose policies had remained uncompensated by previous compensation...  (more)