Hannover Re is both a listed reinsurer and a consolidated business within the wider Talanx group. Its group report, the separate Hannover Rück SE accounts and Talanx disclosures therefore describe related but non-identical perimeters; that distinction is the main obstacle to a sound comparison.
What to read first
The Hannover Re group report is the first document for consolidated reinsurance performance. The individual-company report answers parent legal-entity questions, the SFCRs address their stated regulatory perimeters, and the ratings page identifies the particular issuer or insurer to which each opinion applies.
Reporting perimeter and reporting period
Calendar-year reporting fixes the financial period, while results tables normally state EUR units and distinguish property-and-casualty from life-and-health reinsurance. A Talanx total includes businesses outside Hannover Re, and a Hannover Re segment is not itself a licensed subsidiary.
Official sources and what they establish
Results and reports
- Publisher: Hannover Re
- Period: FY2025 annual-report series
- Scope: Hannover Re group
About Hannover Re
- Publisher: Hannover Re
- Period: Current profile page
- Scope: Hannover Re group
The company profile establishes the group's reinsurance focus and operating reach but does not provide a market-size denominator.
Ratings
- Publisher: Hannover Re
- Period: Current rating page
- Scope: Hannover Re group / rated entities as listed
Ratings are third-party opinions displayed by the company.
Hannover Rueck SE listing
- Publisher: Deutsche Boerse
- Period: Current listing page
- Scope: Listed security
Group, legal-entity and subsidiary boundaries
Hannover Rück SE is the listed parent and principal legal entity at the centre of the consolidated Hannover Re group. Talanx AG is the wider parent shareholder, and its accounts include businesses outside Hannover Re. The group's operating and regulated reinsurance entities retain their own legal identities; the group SFCR describes the consolidated solvency perimeter, while solo SFCR evidence applies only to the named undertaking.
Interpretation notes and limitations
An exchange record establishes the listed security rather than underwriting capacity. Ratings remain third-party opinions about named entities, and solvency percentages retain the group or solo calculation shown in the relevant SFCR. Cross-company comparisons are meaningful only after currency, period and reinsurance segment definitions align.
Related intelligence
Sources and methodology
- Results and reports — Hannover Re; FY2025 annual-report series; Hannover Re group.
- About Hannover Re — Hannover Re; Current profile page; Hannover Re group.
- Ratings — Hannover Re; Current rating page; Hannover Re group / rated entities as listed.
- Hannover Rueck SE listing — Deutsche Boerse; Current listing page; Listed security.