| 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) |
| Capital increase / additions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acquisition / disposal of treasury shares | – | – | – | – | – | – | (13) | (13) | – | (13) |
| Total income and expense recognised directly in equity | – | – | 376,152 | 76,374 | 395 | (11,565) | – | 441,356 | 25,259 | 466,615 |
| Net income | – | – | – | – | – | – | 444,422 | 444,422 | 34,762 | 479,184 |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | (361,791) | (361,791) | (40,017) | (401,808) |
| Balance as at 30.6.2014 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 910,856 | (169,905) | (9,060) | (28,017) | 4,862,639 | 6,411,672 | 660,946 | 7,072,618 |
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Changes in the consolidated group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (56) | (56) |
| Capital increase / additions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 58 |
| Acquisition / disposal of treasury shares | – | – | – | – | – | – | (10) | (10) | – | (10) |
| Total income and expense recognised directly in equity | – | – | (240,176) | 329,442 | 1,274 | 11,945 | – | 102,485 | (6,321) | 96,164 |
| Net income | – | – | – | – | – | – | 531,903 | 531,903 | 24,869 | 556,772 |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | (512,538) | (512,538) | (43,395) | (555,933) |
| Balance as at 30.6.2015 | 120,597 | 724,562 | 929,079 | 519,896 | (7,474) | (36,343) | 5,422,281 | 7,672,598 | 677,357 | 8,349,955 |
