Divisions

The new division of Retail International concentrates the activities of companies serving retail and commercial customers in the areas of P&C insurance, life insurance and bancassurance in foreign markets and is present in 15 countries with a clientele of more than 8 million. The division is led by Talanx International AG.

This division offers comprehensive tailored insurance protection for retail and commercial customers abroad. The product range encompasses inter alia offerings for motor insurance, property/casualty insurance, marine and fire insurance as well as for life insurance. In this context, the seasoned and competent management team combined with the strong underwriting expertise of the local staff forms the backbone of the Talanx International group.

By drawing on local industry-specific know-how and thanks to its presence through an extended sales network, the Retail International division is able to identify the specific needs of our customers abroad and offer them specially tailored solutions.

The Industrial Lines division is led by HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG. The company is active in more than 130 countries through subsidiaries and network partners, thereof over 35 own locations. In Germany HDI-Gerling Industrie offers the full range of individual customer support services from 11 locations across the country.

As an internationally operating industrial insurer HDI-Gerling Industrie supports its clients at home and abroad with bespoke solutions optimally attuned to the needs of its customers. The range of products and services extends from liability, motor, accident, fire and property insurance to transport and aviation, special lines and engineering covers. Corporate and industrial clients in Germany and abroad profit from decades of experience in risk assessment and risk management, since complex risks in industry and mid-sized business necessitate special protection. Comprehensive insurance solutions are realized using individually tailored coverage concepts, thereby offering the complete spectrum of products to protect against entrepreneurial risks. Just as importantly, thanks to its long-standing experience and proven expertise HDI-Gerling provides professional claims management that can deliver immediate assistance worldwide in the event of loss or damage.

The Reinsurance Division within the Talanx Group is handled almost exclusively by the Hannover Re Group, one of the leading reinsurance groups in the world. It maintains business relations with more than 5,000 insurance companies in about 150 countries. Its worldwide network consists of more than 100 subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in around 20 countries.

Non-Life Reinsurance is the traditional area in which Hannover Re began doing business in 1966. The reinsurer offers its clients a comprehensive product range in treaty and facultative reinsurance business and is also one of the leading providers of structured reinsurance solutions under the Hannover Re Advanced Solutions brand. Hannover Re attaches great importance to the geographical diversification of its portfolio, which is written on a largely central basis in Hannover with the support of numerous branches and representative offices worldwide.

The Group segment of Life and Health Reinsurance brings together activities relating to the reinsurance of life, annuity and health lines. The Hannover Re Group also writes business in the accident line here to the extent that it is transacted by life insurers. Hannover Re is one of the four pre-eminent life and health reinsurers in the world. The operational units are based at more than twenty locations on all five continents in order to offer clients optimal service on a local base.