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Archive 2005

[ 2005-11-10 ]
Press Release on Interim Results 3/2005 Result adversely impacted by exceptionally heavy losses

  • Property and casualty reinsurance in positive territory despite extreme burden of natural catastrophe losses
  • Life and health reinsurance with very healthy profit contribution
  • Net investment income +8.3%
  • First-time reporting in accordance with IFRS

[ 2005-09-02 ]
Hannover Re heavily impacted by Hurricane "Katrina"

  • Return on equity after tax will remain in double digits

[ 2005-08-11 ]
Press Release on Interim Results 2/2005 Hannover Re reports gratifying interim result

  • Growth in net premiums + 6.2%
  • Net income for the first half-year + 8.3%
  • Stockholders' equity + 12.3%
  • Return on equity 16.9%
  • All four business groups deliver positive profit contributions
  • Combined ratio in property and casualty reinsurance 96.5%

[ 2005-06-14 ]
Press Release on Annual General Meeting 2005 The roughly 1,500 participants at Hannover Re's very well attended Annual General Meeting today approved all proposed resolutions by a substantial majority.

[ 2005-05-25 ]
Hannover Re successfully completes hybrid capital exchange and new issue Hannover Re has today successfully issued a EUR 500 million hybrid capital bond via its subsidiary Hannover Finance (Luxembourg) S.A.

[ 2005-05-12 ]
Press Release on Interim Results 1/2005 Hannover Re posts another highly gratifying quarterly performance

  • Gross premium growth + 6.2%
  • Operating profit (EBIT) + 16.2%
  • Quarterly net income + 11.1%
  • All four business groups with positive results
  • Combined ratio in property and casualty reinsurance 97.1%

[ 2005-05-12 ]
Hannover Re issues further hybrid capital

  • Making use of the current attractive interest rate environment
  • Exchange of an existing outstanding subordinated debt issue
  • Long-term optimisation of the company's capital base

[ 2005-03-29 ]
Press Release on Annual Results 2004

  • Return-on-equity target surpassed again despite hurricanes: 12.5%
  • Sharply higher profitability in property and casualty reinsurance: +54.9%
  • Combined ratio in property and casualty reinsurance 97.0%
  • Profit contribution and EBIT margin in life and health reinsurance with further marked improvement
  • Program business hardest hit by the hurricanes
  • Proposed dividend: + 5.3% to 1.00 euro