Latest Germany Headlines
All the headlines from our Germany Topic Page, ordered by recency.
German Archives Could Help Holocaust Victims’ Families
May 24 2000 // Houston-based Risk International and The Simon Wiesenthal Center have accessed German archives containing thousands of registries of seized Jewish assets. The discovery could help Holocaust survivors and their heirs...
S&P Has Negative Outlook on German P&C Insurers
May 22 2000 // Citing consistent downward trends over the last three years, Standard & Poor’s Rating’s Services forecasts problems for German P&C insurers. “Underlying performance in the German...
GERMANY READY TO PAY
Apr 10 2000 // German insurers will reportedly pay at least $270 million to settle unpaid claims on pre-World War II policies sold to Holocaust victims. That announcement came from Germany’s top compensation fund negotiator Otto...
Dresdner Suddenly Calls Off Planned Bank Merger
Apr 5 2000 // A month ago Dresdner Bank and Deutsche Bank (DB) announced plans to merge. With considerable help from their mutual shareholder, insurer Allianz AG, the two German banks seemed set to become the world’s largest bank,...
Munich Re at Impasse with Regulators over Holocaust Claims
Apr 3 2000 // The dialogue between the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and Germany’s Munich Re came down to a legal standoff in March with respect to the reinsurer’s perceived delays in turning over documents...
Allianz Comes Out the ‘Big Winner’ In German Bank Merger
Apr 3 2000 // On March 9, the German financial world quaked with the announcement that Deutsche Bank (DB), Germany’s largest bank, planned to merge with cross-town rival Dresdner Bank. Insurance giant Allianz AG was a driving...
Expert Says Nazis Stole Art
Feb 14 2000 // A U.S. government’s top art expert from the World War II era said the Nazis stole 600,000 pieces of art in Germany and the European lands they occupied during Hitler’s 12 years in power. About 200,000 works...
