Societas Europaea | |
Traded as | : HNR1 |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1966 |
Headquarters | Hannover, Germany |
Key people
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Ulrich Wallin (CEO and Chairman of the executive board), Herbert K. Haas (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
Products | Reinsurance |
Revenue | € 16.4 billion (2015) |
€ 1,689.3 million (2016) | |
Profit | € 1,171.2 million (2016) |
Total assets | € 63.5 billion (end 2016) |
Total equity | € 8,997.2 million (end 2016) |
Number of employees
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2,893 (end 2016) |
Website | www.hannover-re.com |
Hannover Re (in German Hannover Rück) SE, with a gross premium of around €16.4 billion, is the third-largest reinsurance company in the world. Its headquarters is in Hannover, Germany.
The company was founded in 1966 under the name Aktiengesellschaft für Transport- und Rückversicherung (ATR).
Hannover Re transacts all lines of property & casualty and life & health reinsurance and has a network of subsidiaries, branches and representative offices on all five continents with a total staff of roughly 2,900. The Group's German business is written by the subsidiary E+S Rück.
The rating agencies most relevant to the insurance industry have awarded Hannover Re very strong insurer financial strength ratings (Standard & Poor's AA- "Very Strong" and A.M. Best A+ "Superior").