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Deutsche Rück maintains cautious strategy, does not see general market softening: CEO
7th September 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News around RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo, Achim Bosch, CEO of Deutsche Rück, said the company is maintaining its selective and disciplined approach ahead of the January 2026 renewals, while noting that he does not expect a general softening of the market. The recently appointed ... Read the full article
Achim Bosch begins tenure as CEO of Deutsche Rück
2nd July 2025
Achim Bosch has officially taken as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) as of July 1st, 2025, from Frank Schaar, who held the role since February 2018, and is retiring. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Rück had appointed Bosch as its new CEO on November 18th, ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück reports strong 2024 performance as net profit hits €14.5m
20th May 2025
The Deutsche Rück Group reported a strong performance for the 2024 financial year, with gross premiums written increasing across all business segments, up 18.3% year-over-year to approximately €2.1 billion. According to the firm, this growth was driven by both its international operations and its domestic business in Germany. Property insurance, which represents ... Read the full article
Achim Bosch named CEO of Deutsche Rück’s Supervisory Board
20th November 2024
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) has announced the appointment of Achim Bosch as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 July 2025. Bosch will succeed Frank Schaar, who has served as CEO since February 2018 and is set to retire at the end of June 2025. Prof. ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rückversicherung Switzerland names Sonja Hoffmann as Director Underwriting
10th June 2024
Sonja Hoffmann is set to take over from Frank Versluis as Director Underwriting at Deutsche Rückversicherung Switzerland Ltd (DR Swiss) on July 1st, 2024. In her new role, Hoffmann will be based in Zurich and will report to Achim Bosch, Managing Director of DR Swiss and Executive Board member of Deutsche ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück reports 2023 gross premium income of €1.8bn
22nd May 2024
German reinsurer The Deutsche Rück Group expanded its business in 2023 with gross premium income increasing by 16.8% to just under €1.8 billion, while net premiums earned were up 18.3% at €1.2 billion. This strong growth was supported by both international markets in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia and ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück adds Caren Büning to board of directors
21st April 2023
Deutsche Rück has announced the expansion of its board of directors with the addition of Caren Büning, who will join the German reinsurer’s management body in January 2024. According to the announcement, Büning will head up the newly formed division for non-life business in Germany. The market segments previously managed as one ... Read the full article
Retro cover to cap Deutsche Rück’s Bernd loss at €40-50mn
6th August 2021
German reinsurer Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) has said that it is expecting only a “moderate” net loss of €40 million to €50 million from Storm Bernd, which brought catastrophic flooding to Germany last month. The storm is expected to drive overall economic losses of over $10 billion, with insured ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück hires Kummer to lead LatAm expansion
11th February 2021
German reinsurer Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) has announced plans to start writing business in Latin America, with a focus on traditional property and casualty business. As part of this expansion, the Düsseldorf-based firm has appointed Florian Kummer as Head of Latin American Markets, effective from 1 December 2020. Kummer has 25 ... Read the full article
Kovrr to help bolster Deutsche Rück’s cyber modelling capabilties
18th December 2020
Cyber risk modeller Kovrr has announced a collaboration with Deutsche Rück designed to help support the reinsurer's cyber risk modelling capabilities. As part of the agreement, Kovrr will implement a platform to provide Deutsche Rück with validation analysis. Kovrr says its solution provides re/insurers with models built bottom-up, utilising data that closely corresponds to ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück expands into Middle East market
23rd September 2020
German reinsurer Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) has announced that it will start writing business in the Middle East region from January 1, 2021. The move, which was approved by Deutsche Rück’s Supervisory Board on 1 April 2020, will allow the group to write business beyond Europe and the Maghreb countries. The ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück and VöV Rück commit to sustainable investments
14th October 2019
German reinsurers The Deutsche Rückversicherung Group (Deutsche Rück) and VöV Rückversicherung KöR (VöV Rück) have joined an investor initiative that will see them commit to more sustainable investment practices. The companies signed the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a financial initiative that was established with help from the United Nations back ... Read the full article
Deutsche Rück profits up in 2018 despite underwriting loss
17th May 2019
German re/insurer Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) reported a net profit of €56.0 million, after tax, in 2018 despite turning an underwriting loss, partly driven by claims from weather events such as Storm Friederike/David. The improved result, which was well above the net profit of €3 million recorded in 2018, was ... Read the full article
CEO of Deutsche Rück and Association of German Public Insurers resigns
3rd January 2018
Arno Junke, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of German reinsurer Deutsche Rückversicherung AG and the Association of German Public Insurers (VöV), has retired from his positions, effective December 31st, 2017. An announcement reveals that Junke and the companies' supervisory bodies have reached an agreement to terminate their collaboration after almost ten ... Read the full article
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