Establishment of Hannover Rückversicherung AG, Bahrain Branch, for the underwriting of traditional reinsurance business in Arab countries

Sale of Praetorian Financial Group, Inc.; concentration on core business non-life and life and health reinsurance

Launch of Praetorian Financial Group, Inc., based in New York, as core specialty insurer, taking over the active specialty business of Clarendon.

Establishment of Hannover ReTakaful B.S.C., Bahrain for the underwriting of worldwide reinsurance in conformity with Islamic law

Change of registered company name to Hannover Rückversicherung AG.

In the context of a capital increase, Talanx AG contributes its shares in HDI Reinsurance Ireland Ltd. into Hannover Re. Effective 16 January 2004, the company is renamed Hannover Reinsurance (Dublin) Ltd.

Hannover Re implements a stock split 3:1.

Establishment of catastrophe reinsurer
Hannover Re (Bermuda) Ltd.

Hollandia Reinsurance Company Limited is renamed Hannover Reinsurance Group Africa (Pty) Limited.

Hannover Re changes from bearer shares to registered shares.

Acquisition of Specialty insurer Clarendon Insurance Group, New York.

Establishment of Hannover Life Reassurance (Ireland) Limited, Dublin.

Acquisition of selected portfolios of Skandia International Insurance Company (SIIC), Stockholm.

Integration of Eisen und Stahl Rück into the Hannover Re Group and restructuring of the Group: Hannover Re assumes responsibility for foreign insurance markets while Eisen und Stahl Rück - now E+S Rück - takes exclusive responsibility for the German market within the Group.

Acquisition of the majority holding in Eisen und Stahl Rück.

Establishment of Hannover Rückversicherungs-AG Malaysian Branch, Kuala Lumpur.

Hannover Re goes public: on 28 November 25% of the share capital is placed on the stock markets in Frankfurt and Hannover.

Hannover Re and Eisen und Stahl Rück each acquire a 50% participation in Hannover Life Re of Australasia Ltd (LRA), Sydney.

Hannover Re establishes Hannover Reinsurance (Ireland) Ltd. (HRI), Dublin.

Hannover Re acquires US life insurer Reassurance Company of Hannover (RCH), Orlando/Florida. In the same year, Hannover Re also acquires the portfolio of Hamburger Internationale Rückversicherung (HIR).

Establishment of joint underwriting agreement with Eisen und Stahl Rück.

Hannover Re acquires a majority shareholding in the Hollandia Group in Johannesburg.

Formation of the subsidiaries Insurance Corporation of Hannover (ICH), Los Angeles, and International Insurance Company of Hannover Ltd. (IICH), London.

Portfolio of marine insurance transferred to parent company, HDI, and ATR renamed Hannover Rückversicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft (Hannover Re).

Establishment of joint management with the affiliated company Eisen und Stahl Rückversicherungs-AG.

HDI Haftpflichtverband der Deutschen Industrie V.a.G., Hannover, merges with FSV. As a consequence of the merger, ATR's head office is relocated to Hannover.

Established as "Aktiengesellschaft für Transport und Rückversicherung" (ATR) by the Feuerschadenverband Rheinisch-Westfälischer Zechen (FSV) in Bochum.

Rapid expansion in the international reinsurance markets in the first five years.