Life insurers sum up 2023 and look positively towards the future

The German Insurance Association (GDV) publishes its Annual Review of the development of private pension provision through life insurance, Pensionskassen and Pensionsfonds.

Insurance premiums up slightly in 2023; cautious optimism for 2024

GDV reviews the 2023 financial year. Other topics at the association's annual media conference: The future of private pension provision and protection against extreme weather events.

Retail Investment Strategy: A modern distribution framework needs behavioral economics insights

Taking a step back from the controversial discussions on inducements within the Retail Investment Strategy the GDV hosted a discussion on how behavioural economics insights can shape a modern financial services customer journey.

"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.
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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.

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