Category: Market data

November is hot - at least when it comes to taking out car insurance. This is the month when most drivers have to decide whether to remain loyal to their insurance company or accept a supposedly cheaper offer. Interestingly, the market leader in this segment took over some shares in a well-known garage chain this summer. What is behind this and in which regions do citizens spend more money on car insurance than elsewhere?

A shortage of skilled workers is a problem that is becoming increasingly apparent throughout Germany. Now that the Corona crisis has been overcome, there are problems everywhere. There is a shortage of skilled workers. Whether at airport security checkpoints, in the transportation industry, in the trades, in the restaurant trade, in the healthcare sector or in industry. New workers are being sought everywhere. The map on the "young and old" age group provides information on the distribution in Germany.

The zero interest rate policy of recent years has now been left behind by the finance and insurance industry. Interest rates are rising at an unusually rapid pace in order to achieve price stability again as soon as possible. The main problem at present is high inflation, reminiscent of the early 1970s.
Against this background, almost all interest-bearing securities are a negative business. This also applies above all to insurance products for retirement provision. But where do people live who are considered "heavily insured"?