"The financial consequences of the war and the sanctions severely impacted our result in the first quarter," Munich Re's Chief Financial Officer Christoph Jurecka said in a statement Tuesday. "We made writedowns for impairment losses on Russian and Ukrainian bonds alike and recorded the first claims." (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP)
(Bloomberg) — Munich Re incurred steep losses on Russian and Ukrainian bonds in its investment portfolio and warned of risks to its outlook from the conflict between the two countries, along with volatile markets and the pandemic.
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