Market Talk – January 22, 2025
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 618.27 points or 1.58% to 39,646.25 • Shanghai decreased 29.00 points or -0.89% to 3,213.62 [...]
German Private Health Insurance up 11% Thanks to Pension Crisis
Private health insurance in Germany now faces a massive contribution increase in 2017 of more than 11%. Add to this the banking crisis and we will start to see the core economy in Europe turn down really hard. This will impact about 9 million people who are privately insured. The industry needs the money, which they could not achieve in the capital markets. The increase is also caused by higher pension costs.
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