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Hannover Re
Hannover Re is one of the largest reinsurance companies in the world. Hannover Re transacts all lines of property and casualty and life and health reinsurance, operating globally and providing meaningful limit to its clients.
Hannover Re was founded in 1966 and went public in 1994 and operates a worldwide network of subsidiaries, branches and representative offices underwriting business such as facultative, direct and catastrophe XoL reinsurance business in the P&C market, as well as life, health, annuity and personal accident reinsurance business.
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Hannover Re expects stable P&C reinsurance market terms, additional demand in 2025: CEO Henchoz
11th November 2024
European reinsurance company Hannover Re is expecting a broadly flat risk-adjusted rate environment for the property and casualty (P&C) market in 2025, which supports its combined ratio guidance of less than 88% for next year, with terms in the segment projected to be stable amid strong demand and a disciplined ... Read the full article
Hannover Re lifts 2024 profit target as 9M net income reaches €1.8bn and losses fall within budget
11th November 2024
Large European reinsurer Hannover Re has raised its profit target for 2024 on the back of a 30.4% rise in net income to €1.8 billion for the first nine months of the year, as the reinsurance service result increased by more than 36% to €2.1 billion. Across the group, gross reinsurance ... Read the full article
Clemens Jungsthöfel to succeed Jean-Jacques Henchoz as CEO of Hannover Re
8th November 2024
Jean-Jacques Henchoz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of large European reinsurer Hannover Re, has decided to leave the company and will be succeeded by Clemens Jungsthöfel, effective April 1st, 2025. Henchoz, who has led the reinsurer since 2019, requested not to extend his expiring contract, and will leave the firm's Executive Board ... Read the full article
Rael Davis named Chief Financial Officer of Hannover Re UK Life Branch
1st November 2024
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of Rael Davis as Chief Financial Officer of the Hannover Re UK Life Branch. Davis brings extensive expertise in global accounting standards, a strong understanding of the financial drivers behind the company’s performance, and a well-established internal network within the Hannover Re Group. He ... 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 names Wilson MD of Life & Health Global Services
1st October 2024
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of Margot Wilson as Managing Director of the newly created division Life & Health Global Services. The division will be responsible for spearheading crucial initiatives related to L&H that align with the long-term execution of Hannover Re’s strategic plan. This also includes a focus ... Read the full article
Hannover Re hires Blake Dimitrijevic from Guy Carpenter as MD of Australian branch
1st October 2024
Large European reinsurer Hannover Re has appointed Blake Dimitrijevic, formerly of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, as the new Managing Director (MD) of its Australian branch. Dimitrijevic joins the firm after a little over a year with Guy Carpenter, who he joined in September 2023 from Swiss Re as Managing Director, Head ... Read the full article
Prices and conditions to remain on a sustained stable level, says Hannover Re
9th September 2024
Large European reinsurer Hannover Re is seeing robust demand for “high-quality” reinsurance protection and is well placed for profitable growth ahead of the January 1st, 2025, reinsurance renewals. This morning, Hannover Re discussed current reinsurance market conditions and the outlook for the January 2025 renewals at the annual meeting of the ... Read the full article
Munich Re & Swiss Re remain the world’s largest reinsurers
3rd September 2024
Reinsurance giant's Munich Re and Swiss Re remain the two largest global reinsurers across the globe according to data from ratings agency AM Best. In prior years, the agency ranked the top 50 global reinsurers in a single list, but now, with the adoption of IFRS 17, the ... Read the full article
Munich Re using less retrocession compared with others in Big Four: AM Best
2nd September 2024
According to a new report from AM Best, Munich Re reportedly makes "relatively little use" of retrocession compared with Swiss Re, SCOR and Hannover Re. AM Best's report observed that Swiss Re has shifted in recent years to increase its use of retrocession protection, while significant use has long been ... Read the full article
Retentions still holding, current P&C market sentiment to persist: Althoff, Hannover Re
12th August 2024
Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for P&C at Hannover Re, said today that the global reinsurer is not expecting a change in P&C market sentiment despite another active period for catastrophe losses, notably from secondary perils. This morning, reinsurer Hannover Re announced a very strong set of results ... Read the full article
Brona Magee to succeed Klaus Miller on the Executive Board of Hannover Re
12th August 2024
Global reinsurer Hannover Re’s Supervisory Board has appointed Brona Magee as a member of the Executive Board, effective January 1st, 2025. Magee succeeds Klaus Miller on the Executive Board, who will remain with the firm in an advisory role. Since April 2023, Magee has successfully overseen the firm's Business Center Life & ... Read the full article
Hannover Re sees P&C reinsurance CoR strengthen as underwriting result improves
12th August 2024
Large reinsurer Hannover Re has reported a 21% rise in Group net income to €1.2 billion for the first half of 2024, with an 8.8% increase in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance revenue as large loss costs came within budget at €566 million. Germany's Hannover Re has posted a strong set ... Read the full article
Michael Eberhardt named Managing Director and CUO of Hannover Re Bermuda
1st August 2024
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of Michael Eberhardt as Managing Director and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Hannover Re Bermuda. Eberhardt brings nearly two decades of industry experience in various management roles to his new position. He joined Hannover Re in June 2006 as a Senior Underwriter in the ... Read the full article
Natural Disaster Fund makes $1.45m in payouts in Grenada after hurricane Beryl
19th July 2024
The Natural Disaster Fund (NDF), which is managed by Global Parametrics, a CelsiusPro Group company, has made payouts exceeding USD 1.45 million to enable support for businesses and communities in Grenada following the impacts of hurricane Beryl. CelsiusPro has reported that the NDF, a public-private partnership funded by UK and German ... Read the full article




