| in EUR thousand | Common shares | Additional paid-in capital | Other reserves (cumulative other comprehensive income) | Retained earnings | Equity attributable to shareholders of Hannover Rück SE | Non-controlling interests | Total shareholders’ equity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrealised gains / losses | Currency translation | Hedging instruments | Other | |||||||
| Balance as at 1.1.2014 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 533,745 | (246,279) | (9,455) | (16,452) | 4,781,718 | 5,888,436 | 641,591 | 6,530,027 |
| Changes in ownership interest with no change of control status | – | – | 959 | – | – | – | (1,697) | (738) | 738 | – |
| Changes in the consolidated group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (1,387) | (1,387) |
| Total income and expense recognised directly in equity | – | – | 177,461 | 11,614 | 343 | (7,935) | – | 181,483 | 12,078 | 193,561 |
| Net income | – | – | – | – | – | – | 232,954 | 232,954 | 26,545 | 259,499 |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (39,946) | (39,946) |
| Balance as at 31.3.2014 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 712,165 | (234,665) | (9,112) | (24,387) | 5,012,975 | 6,302,135 | 639,619 | 6,941,754 |
| Balance as at 1.1.2015 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 1,169,255 | 190,454 | (8,748) | (48,288) | 5,402,926 | 7,550,758 | 702,202 | 8,252,960 |
| Changes in ownership interest with no change of control status | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 110 | 110 |
| Changes in the consolidated group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| Total income and expense recognised directly in equity | – | – | 204,031 | 498,506 | 2,493 | (11,324) | – | 693,706 | 15,123 | 708,829 |
| Net income | – | – | – | – | – | – | 279,711 | 279,711 | (1,386) | 278,325 |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | (42,250) | (42,250) |
| Balance as at 31.3.2015 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 1,373,286 | 688,960 | (6,255) | (59,612) | 5,682,637 | 8,524,175 | 673,802 | 9,197,977 |
