| in EUR million | 2015 | 2014 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1. – 31.3. | 1.1. – 31.3. | 31.12. | |||||
| Results | |||||||
| Gross written premium | 4,400.2 | +21.4% | 3,624.4 | ||||
| Net premium earned | 3,431.9 | +17.8% | 2,912.7 | ||||
| Net underwriting result | (6.2) | 2.5 | |||||
| Net investment income | 415.7 | +15.1% | 361.2 | ||||
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 429.0 | +22.7% | 349.6 | ||||
| Group net income | 279.7 | +20.1% | 233.0 | ||||
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Policyholders´ surplus | 11,185.9 | +9.2% | 10,239.5 | ||||
| Equity attributable to shareholders of Hannover Rück SE | 8,524.2 | +12.9% | 7,550.8 | ||||
| Non-controlling interests | 673.8 | -4.0% | 702.2 | ||||
| Hybrid capital | 1,987.9 | +0.1% | 1,986.5 | ||||
| Investments (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies) | 39,683.8 | +9.5% | 36,228.0 | ||||
| Total assets | 67,158.2 | +11.1% | 60,457.6 | ||||
| Share | |||||||
| Earnings per share (basic and diluted) in EUR | 2.32 | +20.1% | 1.93 | ||||
| Book value per share in EUR | 70.68 | +12.9% | 52.26 | 62.61 | |||
| Share price at the end of the period in EUR | 96.20 | +28.3% | 64.93 | 74.97 | |||
| Market capitalisation at the end of the period | 11,601.4 | +28.3% | 7,830.4 | 9,041.2 | |||
| Ratios | |||||||
| Combined ratio (property and casualty reinsurance)1 | 95.7% | 94.4% | |||||
| Large losses as percentage of net premium earned (property and casualty reinsurance)2 | 3.3% | 1.9% | |||||
| Retention | 88.6% | 88.4% | |||||
| Return on investment3 (excl. funds withheld by ceding companies) |
3.5% | 3.4% | |||||
| EBIT margin4 | 12.5% | 12.0% | |||||
| Return on equity (after tax) | 13.9% | 15.3% | |||||
| 1 Including funds withheld 2 Hannover Re Group´s net share for natural catastrophes and other major losses in excess of EUR 10 million gross as a percentage of net premium earned 3 Excluding effects from ModCo derivatives and inflation swaps 4 Operating result (EBIT) / net premium earned |
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