Germany

A stress scenario analysis by the European Central Bank has found that European insurers would suffer larger absolute losses from a private credit shock than European banks, due to their larger and less senior exposures to private lending markets. European insurers hold approximately 11% of their general account investments in private credit and private equity on average, with total private asset exposure reaching 27% when mortgages, securitised products, and real estate are included. The findings come as the Iran conflict and rising energy prices are already testing European insurer balance sheets.

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published its third survey of the cyber insurance market, released on May 29, 2026, introducing a separate insurance class for cyber risks and a dedicated reporting obligation for the 2025 financial year. BaFin flagged growing systemic accumulation risks — where a single cyber event could trigger widespread simultaneous losses across many insurers — as a primary area of supervisory concern.