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Company FAQs

Here we would like to provide you with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions concerning the business of Hannover Re:

1. What is reinsurance?
2. How is Hannover Re positioned in the worldwide reinsurance market?
3. What are the advantages of diversification?
4. Life and health reinsurance: Where does Hannover Re enjoy a competitive edge?
5. Life and health reinsurance: What do we mean by "financing of acquisition costs"?
6. Life and health reinsurance: What are block assumption transactions?
7. Structured Reinsurance: How does it differ from traditional reinsurance?
8. Non-life reinsurance: Can this segment be written profitably?
9. Accounting Rules: What is IFRS and what are the main differences to US GAAP?