Less regulation, more red ink.
Deregulation and liberalisation have made the German insurance market one of the most competitive in Europe - and rates have plummeted, says Adrian Leonard.
Dr Frank von Furstenwerth, chairman of the German insurers'federation, the GDV, is able to sum up the state of the German insurance
market in one brusque comment: "In 1997, the price war reached
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