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| Figures in EUR million | 2010 | +/- previous year |
20091 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
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1 Adjusted on the basis of IAS 8 |
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2 Dividend proposal |
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3 Bonus |
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4 Incl. funds withheld |
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5 Natural catastrophes and other major losses in excess of EUR 5 million gross for the Hannover Re Group´s share as percent of net premium earned |
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6 Operating result (EBIT)/net premium earned |
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| Results | |||||||
| Gross written premium | 11,428.7 | +11.2% | 10,274.8 | 8,120.9 | 8,258.9 | 9,289.3 | |
| Net premium earned | 10,047.0 | +7.9% | 9,307.2 | 7,061.6 | 7,292.9 | 7,092.1 | |
| Net underwriting result | (185.1) | +84.3% | (100.4) | 69.6 | (131.0) | (254.7) | |
| Net investment income | 1,258.9 | +12.4% | 1,120.4 | 278.5 | 1,121.7 | 1,188.9 | |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 1,173.8 | +2.7% | 1,142.5 | 148.1 | 928.0 | 819.9 | |
| Group net income (loss) | 748.9 | +2.1% | 733.7 | (127.0) | 721.7 | 514.4 | |
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Policyholders‘ surplus | 6,987.0 | +24.3% | 5,621.6 | 4,708.4 | 5,295.1 | 4,878.4 | |
| Total shareholders‘ equit | 4,509.0 | +21.4% | 3,714.4 | 2,830.1 | 3,349.1 | 2,897.8 | |
| Minority interests | 608.9 | +12.3% | 542.1 | 501.4 | 572.7 | 608.6 | |
| Hybrid capital | 1,869.1 | +36.9% | 1,365.1 | 1,376.9 | 1,373.3 | 1,372.0 | |
| Investments (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies) | 25,411.1 | +12.9% | 22,507.0 | 20,137.2 | 19,815.3 | 19,494.0 | |
| Total assets | 46,725.3 | +14.4% | 40,837.6 | 37,490.2 | 37,068.4 | 41,386.4 | |
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| Earnings per share (basic and diluted) in EUR | 6.21 | +2.1% | 6.08 | (1.05) | 5.98 | 4.27 | |
| Book value per share in EUR | 37.39 | +21.4% | 30.80 | 23.47 | 27.77 | 24.03 | |
| Dividend | 277.42 | +9.5% | 253.3 | - | 277.4 | 193.0 | |
| Dividend per share in EUR | 2.302 | +9.5% | 2.10 | - | 1,80+0.503 | 1.60 | |
| Share price at year-end in EUR | 40.14 | +22.7% | 32.71 | 22.50 | 31.55 | 35.08 | |
| Market capitalisation at year-end | 4,840.8 | +22.7% | 3,944.7 | 2,713.4 | 3,804.8 | 4,230.5 | |
| Ratios | |||||||
| Combined ratio (non-life reinsurance)4 | 98.2% | 96.6% | 95.4% | 99.7% | 100.8% | ||
| Large losses as percentage of net premium earned (non-life reinsurance)5 | 12.3% | 4.6% | 10.7% | 6.3% | 2.3% | ||
| Retention | 90.1% | 92.6% | 89.1% | 87.4% | 76.3% | ||
| Return on investment (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies) | 3.9% | 4.0% | 0.4% | 4.6% | 5.0% | ||
| EBIT margin6 | 11.7% | 12.3% | 2.1% | 12.7% | 11.6% | ||
| Return on equity (after tax) | 18.2% | 22.4% | (4.1) % | 23.1% | 18.7% | ||