Talanx increases dividend to EUR 2.35 following record Group net income in 2023 and lifts earnings targets
Talanx is the third-largest German insurance group in terms of premium income and one of the largest in Europe. The Hannover-based group is active in more than 175 countries.
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1903: HDI is founded as an employer’s liability insurance association for the German iron and steel industry
1919: HDI’s headquarters are moved to Hannover
1920: The Feuerschadenverband is established
1923: First reinsurance activities
1928: Insurance services expand to include motor hull and motor vehicle accident insurance
1952: New Articles of Association passed
1953: Launch of business for private individuals
1962: Haftpflichtverband offers its own company rates
1966: Today’s Hannover Re established as an in-house international reinsurer
1970: Merger with the fire losses association (Feuerschadenverband)
1978 –1983: Companies founded in the Netherlands, the USA and Austria and market entry in Latin America
1991: HDI Life Insurance formed
1994: HDI subsidiary Hannover Re goes public
1996: Today’s Talanx AG founded as a pure-play holding company
1998: PB insurers founded
1999: Today’s Ampega Investment GmbH formed
2000: Entry onto the Central and Eastern European markets
2002: Talanx Reinsurance Broker GmbH formed
2003: Talanx AG starts operational activities
2004: Purchase of 60% stake in neue leben Group
2006: Take-over and integration of Gerling Group companies
2007: Formation of Russian and Turkish bancassurance companies
2009: HDI-Gerling International takes over Genworth Seguros México
2010: Talanx acquires Warta Group
2012: Talanx AG goes public
2014: HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung opens new unit in Brazil
2015: Talanx acquires Inversiones Magallanes in Chile
2016: First sustainability report published
2017: Acquisition in Colombia strengthens Talanx’s Latin American business
2018: Torsten Leue becomes new Chairman of the Board of Management
2018: Talanx founds specialty insurer HDI Global Specialty SE
2018: Acquisition of Liberty Sigorta A.Ş. in Türkiye
2019: Talanx Group withdraws from insuring coal-based risks
2020: HDI Group acquires cyber specialist Perseus
2020: Talanx Group acquires Italian non-life insurer Amissima Assicurazioni
