Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out about vacancies at Hannover Re ?How current are the job advertisement ?
What location are the job advertisements for ?
What type of jobs are there ?
What applicants are you particularly interested in ?
Are graduates who have already worked at Hannover Re preferred ?
Can I also start without a degree ?
What general prerequisites should I fulfil ?
Should I know about reinsurance ?
Is there an application deadline ?
How can I find out about what it is like to work at Hannnover Re ?
What are my potential earnings ?
Are there fixed starting dates ?
Who will train me ?
Do you offer chances for development ?
About applying
How do I apply ?
Can I also apply in Hannover via post or an email ?
How do I benefit from the applicants’ portal if I register ?
Does individuality not fall by the wayside with the applicants’ portal ?
What is important in the application ?
Can I save the application as a draft and continue working on it at a later date ?
What should bear in mind when writing my cover letter ?
Who should I adress my cover letter to ?
How should I describe my foreign language skills ?
I am interested in severals vacancies. What should I do ?
What certificates and references should include ?
How much data can I upload ?
Can I delete my access to the applicants’ portal ?
Who can I contact if I have further questions ?
After applying
What happens to my application ?
When will I hear from you ?
How do you contact me ?
Who interviews me ?
How is my personal data protected ?
What happens to my application when the application process is finished ?
I would like to withdraw my application. How can I do this ?
How do I find out about vacancies at Hannover Re?
You will find all the vacancies at Hannover Re in our job portal. You can set up a job subscription in the job portal to ensure that you are always kept up to date with new job advertisements.
You can find out about vacancies abroad by emailing the colleagues of the desired location directly. The addresses are here.
How current are the job advertisements?
The job portal is updated on a daily basis. The job advertisements remain online until we have selected a candidate.
What location are the job advertisements for?
The job advertisements are, unless stated otherwise, for Hannover. Hannover Re is an international company but operates mainly in the capital city of Lower Saxony.
What type of jobs are there?
Unless stated otherwise in the job advertisement, all jobs are full-time.
What applicants are you particularly interested in?
We are looking mainly for applicants with a degree in mathematics, economics, information technology and law. Read more about possible jobs for these applicants here.
Vacancies also come up for staff with know-how in other fields, for example engineers, doctors and agricultural scientists. It goes without saying that we always welcome applicants with experience in insurance. Take a look in our job portal to see what vacancies there are.
Are graduates who have already worked at Hannover Re preferred?
The all-important factors for a successful start are your competence and personality. An internship, a job as a working student or doing your final paper in cooperation with us certainly gives you the chance to get to know our staff and management and to see what working here is like. Our workers also get the chance to get to know you and can put in a good word for you.
Unfortunately, we can’t give everyone the chance to work here while studying, so feel free to apply after finishing your degree even if you do not know us yet.
Can I also start without a degree?
Professionals with insurance training or sound work experience in insurance have the same chance of starting here as academics do.
What general prerequisites should I fulfil?
Usually we require good English, entrepreneurial thinking and customer- and quality-oriented thinking. It is also very important that you are motivated and willing to work hard, are team-spirited and willing to share your knowledge with your colleagues. Furthermore, you should be interested in a long-term working relationship with us.
Should I know about reinsurance?
It is of course advantageous to know about the world of insurance and it is a condition for many jobs. However, it is often the case that if your other qualifications and personality speak for you, we can train you in the rest. Every new recruit takes part in an introductory course which lasts several days. This course gives you information about the basics of reinsurance. After a comprehensive induction, you learn everything else you need to know by means of on the job and off the job qualifications.
Is there an application deadline?
If you are interested in dual studies, you must apply by the end of September to start on 1st September of the following year. There are no application deadlines for trainee programmes and other positions.
How can I find out about what it is like to work at Hannover Re ?
Browse the descriptions of the divisions and read the reports from employees about their work. This gives you a good impression of the type of work Hannover Re offers you.
What are my potential earnings?
Your salary depends on your qualifications and experience and is negotiated individually. The wage agreements for insurance companies form the basis of these negotiations. The remuneration structure of our company takes the individual market value of each employee into account. Furthermore, we offer our staff a range of voluntary benefits. Read more here.
Are there fixed starting dates?
No, not usually. You start as soon as possible, or as soon as your current period of notice allows you to. Starting dates are often stated in job advertisements for trainees, interns, doctorate students or for temporary staff, as these jobs are mostly project-specific.
Who will train me?
To ensure you have a good start at Hannover Re, you will first take part in a seminar which lasts several days and provides you with all important information about reinsurance, the processes in our company and our service portfolio. You colleagues help you to get to know your working environment before you start working on projects together. Read more about induction here.
Do you offer chances for development?
Further education and professional personal development are very important to us. You can attend internal and external courses, covering areas such as languages, IT and branch know-how.
Read more about qualification on the job and qualification off the job.
About applying
How do I apply?
If you want to apply for a job in Hannover, please use the job portal. You will find further information on our application for a specific vacancy and speculative application pages. Unfortunately, you cannot use the applicants’ portal for applications abroad. Worldwide applications gives your information on how to apply directly to our branches.
Can I also apply in Hannover via post or an email?
Please use only the applicants’ portal. If you send your application via post or email, you are making life unnecessarily difficult – for you and for us. We do, of course, accept your application and create an account for in our applicants’ portal. Then, however, we ask you to complete your application in our applicants’ portal and give your consent to the storage of your data. If you do not do this, we can unfortunately not consider your application.
How do I benefit from the applicants’ portal if I register?
Hannover Re’s applicants’ portal gives you an overview on one page where you can follow the status of your applications, read the emails which we have sent you and use services such as the job subscription and job flagger. You can also alter your applicant’s profile if necessary and keep it up to date.
Does individuality not fall by the wayside with the applicants’ portal?
You can, among other things, upload a cover letter and your CV and these documents leave plenty of scope for individuality.
What is important in the application?
Please apply via our applicants’ portal just as carefully and comprehensively as you would do any other way. Take your time. It is vital to give your exact address and telephone number for us to be able to record your application correctly.
Can I save the application as a draft and continue working on it at a later date?
Yes, you can save an application as a draft at any time and leave the applicants’ portal. Your application is then shown as ‘Created application’ in your personal applicant’s portal on the ‘application status’ page. By clicking on the title of the created application, you can continue with the application process at any time.
What should I bear in mind when writing my cover letter?
The cover letter tells us about your relevant experience, your motivation and professional goal. State what exactly interests you about Hannover Re and what you would like to do here. Also let us know what your earliest starting date is, what your current period of notice is and what your salary requirement is.
Who should I address my cover letter to?
You can address your cover letter to the member of staff mentioned in the job advertisement. A speculative application can be addressed to the colleague in the Human Resources Department who is responsible for the division you wish to apply to.
How should I describe my foreign language skills?
Please use the following scale to differentiate your foreign language skills:
- Basic command describes the use of simple expressions in a personal or well-known context, for example shopping or a description of your surroundings
- Good command includes understanding the most important information in a private, academic or professional environment, confident use of language in everyday situations, being able to talk about experiences and ambitions and write simple texts about yourself.
- Fluent means understanding the most important content (both implicit and explicit) of complex texts, being able to conduct specialist discussions, interact spontaneously with native speakers and write complex texts with arguments and action options.
- Native speaker means being able to interact in the foreign language with no foreign accent.
I am interested in several vacancies. What should I do?
Use the link to the online application in the first job advertisement. Create your applicant’s profile in the applicants’ portal as comprehensively as possible. You can use this applicant’s profile to apply for further jobs by selecting the suitable vacancy and again using the link to the online application. Your details from the previously submitted profile are automatically used and you can then edit them for the new job.
What certificates and references should I include?
Please send us copies of all relevant certificates and references, including school-leaving certificates and certificates from training and your degree. Relevant means that you do not send us a certificate from a 2-day excel course. If you do not send us all necessary certificates and references, we will get in touch with you. If your certificates are not in German, please also send us a grading key so that we can tell what the grades mean. Please do not send notarisations, we will ask for them if necessary.
How much data can I upload?
Please use a PDF, DOC, RTF, JPG or GIF format for any attachments.
Can I delete my access to the applicants’ portal?
Yes, you can. Please note, however, that we cannot further process your application if you delete your access during the application process. Your application is then treated as ‘withdrawn’. If you wish to delete your access, please register in the applicants’ portal, go to the menu ‘access data’ and use the ‘delete account’ function.
Who can I contact if I have further questions?
We from application management are happy to help. You can contact us here.
After applying
What happens to my application?
As soon as you have submitted your application, you receive confirmation via email. Then we assess your application. This includes checking that the application is complete and that you are suitable for the chosen position. If the answer to both these questions is yes, we forward your application to the appropriate division. If there are any documents missing, we let you know. We also check if you are maybe suitable for other positions. Should this be the case, we also forward your application to another division – if you give your consent.
When will I hear from you?
Your application is important to us and we assess it carefully. Depending on how many applications we receive and how busy we are, it can be up to a month before we contact you. We ask for your understanding. We do all we can to make the process as fast as possible.
How do you contact me?
We contact you via email – whether it is to invite you to an interview or to let you know that your application was unsuccessful. Check your emails regularly. You can also access messages we send you via the applicants’ portal under ‘correspondence’. You can check the status of your application under ‘application status’.
Who interviews me?
The first interview is usually with someone from the division and someone from the Human Resources Department. It usually takes 2 hours. We reimburse any travel costs. The final decision is made after a second interview or an orientation day or half-day in the division.
How is my personal data protected?
All data provided to Hannover Re is protected according to legal data protection regulations. Personal information is treated confidentially and used solely for application purposes. We only use contact details to get in touch with you.
What happens to my application when the application process is finished?
If your application is not successful, we keep your documents for six months to be able to contact you at a later date. We keep applicants with the appropriate qualifications and personality in a talent pool – if you consent to this.
I would like to withdraw my application. How can I do this?
Please inform application management by opening the submitted application in your personal applicant’s portal and use the link there to delete your application. To delete your entire account, go to ‘access data’ in your personal applicant’s portal and select ‘delete account’.