Group Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
from 1 January until 31 December 2021
	
	In € thousand  | 
            Notes  | 
            1–12/2021  | 
            1–12/2020  | 
        
|---|---|---|---|
Profit/(loss) for the period  | 
            
  | 
            317,904  | 
            24,281  | 
        
Amortisation of VBI, impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, and depreciation of property, plant and equipment  | 
            
  | 
            148,193  | 
            191,812  | 
        
Impairment losses/reversal of impairment losses on other investments  | 
            
  | 
            56,902  | 
            132,409  | 
        
Gain/loss on the disposal of investments  | 
            
  | 
            –36,925  | 
            –40,089  | 
        
Change in deferred acquisition costs  | 
            
  | 
            –63,111  | 
            7,592  | 
        
Change in securities at fair value through profit or loss  | 
            
  | 
            –30,576  | 
            45,408  | 
        
Change in direct insurance receivables  | 
            
  | 
            8,127  | 
            8,542  | 
        
Change in other receivables  | 
            
  | 
            –59,309  | 
            –6,437  | 
        
Change in direct insurance liabilities  | 
            
  | 
            –18,788  | 
            –56,653  | 
        
Change in other liabilities  | 
            
  | 
            65,952  | 
            22,250  | 
        
Change in technical provisions  | 
            
  | 
            393,384  | 
            –208,442  | 
        
Change in defined benefit obligations  | 
            
  | 
            –36,657  | 
            208  | 
        
Change in deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities  | 
            
  | 
            –34,583  | 
            –5,936  | 
        
Change in other statement of financial position items  | 
            
  | 
            15,570  | 
            52,963  | 
        
Net cash flow from operating activities  | 
            
  | 
            726,084  | 
            167,908  | 
        
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
        
Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment  | 
            
  | 
            25,352  | 
            13,712  | 
        
Payments for acquisition of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment  | 
            
  | 
            –173,070  | 
            –122,625  | 
        
Proceeds from disposal of consolidated companies  | 
            
  | 
            1,440  | 
            587  | 
        
Net payments for acquisition of consolidated companies  | 
            
  | 
            –38,917  | 
            –967,128  | 
        
Proceeds from disposal and maturity of other investments  | 
            
  | 
            3,334,346  | 
            3,466,661  | 
        
Payments for acquisition of other investments  | 
            
  | 
            –3,866,428  | 
            –3,447,712  | 
        
Change in unit-linked and index-linked life insurance investments  | 
            
  | 
            64,070  | 
            341,815  | 
        
Net cash flow from investing activities  | 
            
  | 
            –653,207  | 
            –714,690  | 
        
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
        
Dividend payments  | 
            –58,578  | 
            –56,658  | 
        |
Transactions between owners  | 
            
  | 
            –11,818  | 
            –577  | 
        
Proceeds from other financing activities  | 
            
  | 
            370,323  | 
            792,871  | 
        
Payments from other financing activities  | 
            –427,860  | 
            –22,815  | 
        |
Net cash flow from financing activities  | 
            
  | 
            –127,933  | 
            712,821  | 
        
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
        
Change in cash and cash equivalents  | 
            
  | 
            –55,057  | 
            166,039  | 
        
of which due to acquisitions of consolidated subsidiaries  | 
            
  | 
            1,259  | 
            31,202  | 
        
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to movements in exchange rates  | 
            
  | 
            6,927  | 
            –4,948  | 
        
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year  | 
            640,713  | 
            479,621  | 
        |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period  | 
            592,583  | 
            640,713  | 
        |
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
            
  | 
        
Income taxes paid (Net cash flow from operating activities)  | 
            
  | 
            –102,334  | 
            –33,371  | 
        
Interest paid (Net cash flow from operating activities)  | 
            
  | 
            –151,136  | 
            –65,202  | 
        
Interest received (Net cash flow from operating activities)  | 
            
  | 
            375,223  | 
            386,059  | 
        
Dividends received (Net cash flow from operating activities)  | 
            
  | 
            147,558  | 
            43,544  |