Key figures
| in EUR million | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1. – 31.3. | +/– previous year |
1.1. – 31.3.1 | 31.12. | ||||
| Results | |||||||
| Gross written premium | 5,345.0 | +17.6% | 4,546.6 | ||||
| Net premium earned | 3,999.3 | +7.0% | 3,738.1 | ||||
| Net underwriting result | 37.1 | (23.4) | |||||
| Net investment income | 391.5 | -0.4% | 392.9 | ||||
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 433.9 | +8.5% | 399.9 | ||||
| Group net income | 273.4 | +3.3% | 264.8 | ||||
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Policyholders´ surplus | 10,559.8 | -2.0% | 10,778.5 | ||||
| Equity attributable to shareholders of Hannover Rück SE |
8,353.6 | -2.1% | 8,528.5 | ||||
| Non-controlling interests | 714.0 | -5.8% | 758.1 | ||||
| Hybrid capital | 1,492.3 | 0.0% | 1,492.0 | ||||
| Investments (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies) |
40,446.4 | +1.0% | 40,057.5 | ||||
| Total assets | 62,542.3 | +2.2% | 61,196.8 | ||||
| Share | |||||||
| Earnings per share (basic and diluted) in EUR |
2.27 | +3.3% | 2.20 | ||||
| Book value per share in EUR | 69.27 | -2.1% | 77.26 | 70.72 | |||
| Share price at the end of the period in EUR |
110.90 | +5.7% | 108.15 | 104.90 | |||
| Market capitalisation at the end of the period |
13,374.2 | +5.7% | 13,042.6 | 12,650.6 | |||
| Ratios | |||||||
| Combined ratio (property and casualty reinsurance)2 |
95.9% | 95.6% | |||||
| Large losses as percentage of net premium earned (property and casualty reinsurance)3 | 3.0% | 6.2% | |||||
| Retention | 91.3% | 89.6% | |||||
| Return on investment (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies)4 |
3.4% | 3.0% | |||||
| EBIT margin5 | 10.8% | 10.7% | |||||
| Return on equity (after tax) | 13.0% | 11.6% | |||||
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