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Nothing unexpected in conversations around price and T&Cs ahead of renewals: Hannover Re’s Steinmann
20th October 2025
Thorsten Steinmann, CEO of E+S Rück and Member of the Executive Board for Hannover Re, said today that with many reinsurers achieving a return on equity (ROE) of more than 20%, it's normal to have conversations around price and terms and conditions (T&Cs). This afternoon, E+S Rück, the reinsurer for the ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück expects continued demand and stable market for 2026
20th October 2025
Hannover Re’s German subsidiary, E+S Rückversicherung AG, has predicted continued demand for reinsurance and feels that despite trends showing a softening market emerging in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance, a stable market environment in Germany is likely for 2026. At the 2025 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, E+S Rück, the reinsurer for the ... Read the full article
E+S Rück anticipates further price increases and improved T&Cs at Jan 1
21st October 2024
E+S Rückversicherung AG, the Hannover Re subsidiary responsible for German business, has indicated that further price increases and improved terms and conditions are likely at the January 1, 2025, property and casualty reinsurance renewals, following losses caused by severe weather events in the country. Discussing natural catastrophe covers, E+S Rück observed ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück expects P&C price increases at Jan 24 renewals
23rd October 2023
Hannover Re’s German subsidiary, E+S Rückversicherung AG, has predicted further price increases and improved conditions in the 1 January 2024 renewals in property and casualty reinsurance, according to its comments at the 2023 reinsurance gathering in Baden-Baden. Dr Michael Pickel, Chief Executive Officer of E+S Rück, commented, "We must assume that ... Read the full article
E+S Rück predicts ‘significant’ improvements in P&C reinsurance risk-adjusted prices and conditions
24th October 2022
Hannover Re subsidiary E+S Rück has said it expects significant improvements in risk-adjusted prices and conditions in property and casualty reinsurance on the back of continued heavy claims expenditure and soaring inflation. Dr. Michael Pickel, chief executive officer of E+S Rück, said: "Both insurers and reinsurers alike find themselves facing a ... Read the full article
COVID-19 non-life insured loss in Germany seen at up to €1.75bn: E+S Rück
20th October 2020
The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is expected to result in a non-life re/insurance market loss of between €1.25 billion to €1.75 billion (USD 1.47bn - USD 2.1bn) in Germany, driven mostly by nationwide business closures, according to executives at E+S Rückversicherung AG, the Hannover Re subsidiary responsible for ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück forecasts rising P&C prices in German market
19th October 2020
E+S Rückversicherung AG, the Hannover Re subsidiary responsible for the Group's German business, has said that it expects to see rising prices and improved conditions in 2021 for property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance in Germany. In particular, E+S Rück noted that pricing has been buoyed by COVID-19 related losses and intensification ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück sees positive rate development in Germany in 2020
21st October 2019
Improved conditions in Germany's primary insurance sector, coupled with increased demand for reinsurance protection in certain lines of business is expected to drive positive premium development across the German market in 2020, according to E+S Rückversicherung AG, Hannover Re's German business subsidiary. At the reinsurance industry meets in Baden-Baden this week, ... Read the full article






