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#1 German Insurers Hold $108 Billion Illiquid Debt Pile, EIOPA Says
Dec 15 2025 // German insurers are the most exposed in Europe to illiquid corporate bonds, a top watchdog said in one of the most detailed reports to date on the industry’s investments in private credit. At €91.8 billion ($108...
#2 Ex-Greensill Executives Charged in Germany Over Bankruptcy
Dec 18 2025 // German prosecutors charged two former board members of Greensill Bank AG for their roles in the 2021 demise of the lender. The men are charged with bankruptcy crimes and false accounting, a spokesman for Bremen prosecutors...
#3 Victims of Spectacular German Bank Heist File Lawsuits
Jan 28 2026 // The first lawsuits were filed on Wednesday by victims of a German bank heist in December, when burglars used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into its vault and make off with millions, a lawyer said. The...
#4 German Dentists’ Fund Sues Advisers Over €1.1 Billion Loss
Jan 8 2026 // A German pension fund whose foray into private markets led to losses that totaled half of the fund’s assets has begun legal proceedings against its former auditor, an adviser and its own managers to recover the...
#5 Germany Confiscates Tanker in Russian ‘Shadow Fleet,’ Spiegel Reports
Mar 21 2025 // Germany seized a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January that is believed to be part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday, citing...
#6 Business Moves: Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Germany’s Reck & Co.; Howden Buys Polygon Insurance Brokers Ltd.; Clear Purchases Gauntlet and Shire Insurance Services
Feb 4 2026 // Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Germany’s Reck & Co. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based insurance brokerage, announced its claims and risk management solutions subsidiary, Gallagher...
#7 Peruvian Farmer Takes Germany’s RWE to Court in Landmark Climate Case
Mar 17 2025 // A Peruvian farmer who says German energy giant RWE’s emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home, took his case to court on Monday in a hearing that could set a...
#8 Germany Sees Russian Covert Attacks as Prelude to Wider Conflict
Jan 6 2026 // Russia is intensifying covert attacks on key infrastructure in Germany in a campaign of hybrid warfare that Berlin views as a possible prelude to a wider conflict, according to a military document obtained by Bloomberg. As...
#9 People Moves: Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East; DUAL Europe Expands Marine Business With New Team in Hamburg, Germany
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East Specialty MGA Africa & Middle East, part of MNK Group and a sister company of Specialty MGA UK, announced the appointment of two new senior...
#10 German Reinsurers Report Q1 Profits Down Sharply on Los Angeles Wildfire Claims
May 13 2025 // Germany’s largest reinsurers, Munich Re and Hannover Re, reported sharp declines in first-quarter profit on Tuesday after a combined 1.7 billion euros ($1.89 billion) in claims relating to the Los Angeles wildfires...
#11 German Court to Review Seizure of Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker
Apr 15 2025 // A German court will weigh a request to release a seized oil tanker that is believed to be part of a so-called shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, Germany’s finance ministry said on Monday. The...
#12 Vienna Insurance Group Offers to Buy Germany’s Nuernberger Beteiligungs for $1.61B
Oct 17 2025 // Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) said late on Thursday that it will acquire all shares of German insurer Nuernberger Beteiligungs AG for 1.38 billion euros ($1.61 billion) in cash. VIG will offer Nuernberger shareholders 120...
#13 German Court Throws Out Peruvian Farmer’s Climate Case Against RWE
May 28 2025 // A German court on Wednesday threw out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s alleged role in putting his home at risk through climate change. The court said no...
#14 Birkenstock Sandals Are Pieces of Design and Not Protected by Copyright: German Court
Feb 21 2025 // Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art and are therefore not protected by copyright, Germany’s highest civil court ruled on...
#15 Low Water Still Hindering Rhine River Shipping in Germany After Rainfall
Jul 10 2025 // Low water levels following a drought and heatwave in western Europe continue to hinder shipping through the Rhine river in Germany, commodity traders said on Wednesday, with rain in past days generating only a moderate...
#16 Danone Recalls Batches of Aptamil Baby Formula in Germany, Letter Shows
Jan 30 2026 // Danone has recalled at least three batches of its Aptamil baby formula in Germany, a letter to a wholesaler showed on Thursday, as the French food producer scrambles to contain a scare over a toxin contamination that...
#17 Germany Tells Insurers to Vet Private Asset Deals More Carefully
Mar 25 2025 // Germany’s financial watchdog is pushing insurers to step up scrutiny of private credit investments after several firms were stung by losses on loans to real estate companies. BaFin, which oversees more than 500...
#18 Deutsche Bank’s DWS Pays $27 Million in German Greenwashing Case
Apr 3 2025 // Deutsche Bank AG’s investment arm DWS agreed to pay €25 million ($27 million) to end a long-running German investigation into alleged greenwashing, in a similar settlement to the one it struck with US regulators in...
