Latest Hannover Re Headlines
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Hannover Re Offers Match-Making Service for Insurtechs, Insurers Called ‘hr | equarium’
Mar 27 2019 // Insurtech companies across the globe have created an abundance of innovative solutions and services that span the insurance value chain. However, the challenge for both insurers and insurtechs is how to find the best...
Hannover Re Executive Board Member Graeber Dies
Nov 12 2018 // Hannover Re’s long-serving executive board member Juergen Graeber passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 9, 2018 at the age of 62. “We are deeply shocked by the news of his unexpected death,” said...
Hannover Re’s CEO Wallin to Retire, Succeeded by Swiss Re’s Henchoz
Aug 22 2018 // Hannover Re announced that Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin will retire following the company’s annual general meeting on May 8, 2019. He will be succeeded on that date by Jean-Jacques Henchoz (53), who has been...
HDI Global, Hannover Re Merge Units to Create Specialty Insurance Joint Venture
May 14 2018 // Hannover Re and HDI Global SE are merging their specialty activities in a new joint venture. The new company, HDI Global Specialty SE, will write agency and specialty insurance business in lines such as errors &...
Envelop Risk Appoints Hannover Re’s Chatterjee as Chief Underwriting Officer
Apr 19 2018 // Envelop Risk, a UK-based cyber insurance analytics and underwriting firm, announced it has appointed Aritra (Ari) Chatterjee as chief underwriting officer. Chatterjee was formerly the lead cyber underwriter with Hannover...
Australia’s IAG Forms Capital-Releasing Deals with Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re
Dec 8 2017 // Insurance Australia Group Ltd. said on Friday it will share 12.5 percent of its premiums and costs with Munich Re, Swiss Re and Hannover Re, in a series of deals that will release capital for Australia’s biggest...
Hannover Re Sells Entire Stock Portfolio to Pay for Catastrophe Claims
Nov 8 2017 // For Hannover Re, the world’s third-biggest reinsurer, it’s time to take profits in the stock market. The German company said on Wednesday that it sold its entire stock portfolio, worth about 953 million euros...
Talanx Warns 2017 Profits Could Be Hit by Hannover Re’s Catastrophe Claims
Sep 21 2017 // German insurer Talanx warned it may miss its profit target for 2017 as its reinsurer, Hannover Re, is being hit by major claims from a series of hurricanes and an earthquake in Mexico. Reinsurers face big losses from...
Hannover Re Completes Purchase of Lloyd’s Business Argenta
Jul 21 2017 // Hannover Re has completed the acquisition of the UK holding company Argenta Holdings Ltd., which owns the companies Argenta Syndicate Management and Argenta Private Capital, as well as a pro rata share of the Lloyd’s...
Munich Re & Hannover Re Results on Track Despite Higher Nat Cat Claims
May 10 2017 // Reinsurers Munich Re and Hannover Re both reported that first quarter results are on track to meet their annual targets, despite Q1’s higher level of catastrophe claims. Munich Re reported consolidated first quarter...
Hannover Re to Acquire Lloyd’s Syndicate Argenta
Mar 21 2017 // Hannover Re has agreed to acquire the UK holding company Argenta Holdings plc, which owns Argenta Syndicate Management and Argenta Private Capital as well as a pro rata share of the Lloyd’s syndicate Argenta...
Hannover Re Receives License to Launch Branch in India
Dec 28 2016 // Hannover Re received approval, known as R3 authorization, to establish a branch in India from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). The opening up of the Indian market to foreign reinsurers...
Hannover Re Expects Higher Renewal Premiums in Germany; Stresses Technical Pricing at Baden Baden
Oct 25 2016 // E+S Rück, Hannover Re Group’s German subsidiary, expects to see premium growth in the German market for the upcoming treaty renewals on January 1, 2017. Along with motor insurance, growth will likely be driven in...
Willis Re Appoints Hannover Re’s Carroll to Western Europe Team
Oct 14 2016 // Willis Re has appointed Ronnie Carroll as head of Structured Solutions for Europe West and senior UK client advisor. He will report to Alkis Tsimaratos, managing director, head of Europe West. Carroll joins from Hannover...
Update: Hannover Re Weighs Higher Dividend After Record 2015 Earnings
Mar 10 2016 // German reinsurer Hannover Re will focus on boosting earnings rather than premiums this year and may pay out more special dividends to shareholders, Chief Executive Ulrich Wallin said on Thursday. The world’s third...
Best Affirms ‘A+’ Ratings of Hannover Re and Subs; Outlook Stable
Sep 28 2015 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Germany’s Hannover Rueck SE (Hannover Re) and its main...
Hannover Re Q2 Profit Rises 19% on P&C Earnings
Aug 5 2015 // Hannover Re, the world’s third-largest reinsurer, said second-quarter profit rose 19 percent, as lower catastrophe claims helped a surge in earnings from property and casualty. Net income increased to 252.2 million...
Hannover Re’s Q1 Net Income Increases 20.1% to $311.8 Million
May 6 2015 // During the first quarter, Hannover Re generated net income of 279.7 million euros ($311.8 million), a 20.1 percent increase over the 233.0 million euros ($260 million) reported for the same period last year. “The...
Low Catastrophe Claims Help to Boost Full-Year Profit for Hannover Re
Mar 10 2015 // Hannover Re, the world’s third-biggest reinsurer, plans to pay a special dividend after fourth-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated, helped by low catastrophe claims. The shares climbed. Net income rose...
Hannover Re: Capital Markets Are ‘More Friend Than Foe’ to Reinsurers
Feb 4 2015 // Pension and hedge funds flush with cash and hungry for yield are creating a market for reinsurers willing to look past the price cuts these investors have inflicted on traditional catastrophe coverage. The growth of...
