A German insurance firm announced that it wants to reach an out-of-court settlement with Holocaust victims. The chairman of Allianz AG’s board of directors, Gerhard Rupprecht, said the settlement would cover claims from Jewish customers whose policies were confiscated or terminated during the Nazi era.
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