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Munich Re’s ERGO agrees on life portfolio management partnership with IBM

1st March 2018

Munich Re's ERGO has agreed on a life portfolio management partnership in cooperation with IBM Deutschland which will see the insurer migrate the management of its book of six million traditional life insurance contracts to a new IT platform. Clemens Muth, member of the Executive Board of ERGO Group AG responsible for ... Read the full article

Munich Re’s Ergo sells legal insurance subsidiaries to Allianz

10th January 2018

German insurance and reinsurance group Munich Re has sold three of its ERGO Group operated legal insurance subsidiaries to Allianz Group. ERGO Group AG has sold its legal protection insurance subsidiary DAS Switzerland and the assets of DAS Luxembourg and Slovakia to Allianz, as it seeks to rationalise its primary insurance ... Read the full article

ERGO management withdraw sale of life insurance firms

29th November 2017

The Board of Management of ERGO Group has decided to close discussions on the sale of its German life insurance companies with traditional life insurance portfolios, saying offers weren't high enough. The decision follows an in-depth assessment of non-binding offers submitted by potential buyers. Markus Rieß, Chairman of the Board of Management of ... Read the full article

Munich Re’s Ergo to launch industrial insurance unit

24th November 2017

German insurer Ergo, a division of global reinsurer Munich Re, has revealed plans to launch a new industrial insurance unit as part of its restructuring and has also announced changes to management. Mathias Scheuber will become head of the group’s subsidiary Ergo Versicherung AG, replacing Markus Hoffmann who will remain in ... Read the full article

Munich Re’s Ergo to begin sale of life insurance businesses: Reports

30th October 2017

According to industry reports, Ergo, the primary insurance arm of reinsurance giant Munich Re, is moving forward with plans to sell the life insurance books of Ergo Leben and Victoria Leben. Citing a report in Handelsblatt daily, Reuters states that two people familiar with the matter have said that management within the entity ... Read the full article

Munich Re reported close to selling some run-off ERGO life units

27th September 2017

Global reinsurance player Munich Re has been reported to be on the verge of offloading some of its primary life insurance units that are in run-off, with a legacy disposal or reinsurance to close transaction the most likely outcome. It's been reported in the German media and by Reuters that the ... Read the full article

Ergo sees greater annual profit contribution to Munich Re

2nd June 2017

Ergo Group, the primary insurer of reinsurance giant Munich Re, has revealed plans to generate increasing profit for the reinsurer moving forward after the successful restructuring of its operations. After launching a full-scale restructuring project in 2016 the Ergo Group is now structured to operate more efficiently, with the firm citing ... Read the full article