8.10 Fee paid to the auditor

Total fees of EUR 8.9 million (EUR 6.6 million) were incurred for accountants’ services throughout the Hannover Re Group worldwide in the year under review. They were principally comprised of auditing and tax consultancy fees.

Of this total amount, EUR 2.5 million (EUR 2.2 million) was attributable to the fee paid to the appointed auditor of the consolidated financial statement as defined by § 318 German Commercial Code (HGB). The amount includes a fee of EUR 2.3 million (EUR 2.0 million) for the auditing of the financial statement and EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.1 million) for tax consultancy services. Expenditure of EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.1 million) was incurred for consultancy and other services performed for the parent or subsidiary companies in the year under review.