DGAP-News: Hannover Rück SE / Key word(s): Strategic Company Decision Hannover Re gets final licence to establish a branch in India 28.12.2016 / 13:30 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press release Hannover Re gets final licence to establish a branch in India Hannover, 28 December 2016: Hannover Re received the approval (R3) to establish a branch in India from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). The opening up of the Indian market to foreign reinsurers enables Hannover Re to enjoy direct access to the country's growing insurance market. With this licence, the company can commence business operations in both property and casualty as well as life and health reinsurance. "I am delighted about the opening up of the Indian market for (re)insurers. The establishment of our branch means that we can now be even closer to our customers and respond more attentively to their reinsurance needs", Hannover Re's Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin emphasised. The registered office of the branch will be in Mumbai, India's financial services centre. Property and casualty reinsurance, including agricultural risks, as well as life and health business will be written out of this location. Based on its very good capitalisation and excellent rating, Hannover Re is a strong partner for customers in the Indian market that will put its know-how and long-standing expertise at their disposal. With a total population of some 1.3 billion, a rapidly growing middle class and a comparatively low insurance density relative to other national economies, India constitutes an attractive market of the future. Hannover Re, with gross premium of around EUR 17 billion, is the third- largest reinsurer in the world. It transacts all lines of property & casualty and life & health reinsurance and is present on all continents with around 2,500 staff. Established in 1966, the Hannover Re Group today has a network of more than 100 subsidiaries, branches and representative offices worldwide. The Group's German business is written by the subsidiary E+S Rück. The rating agencies most relevant to the insurance industry have awarded both Hannover Re and E+S Rück very strong insurer financial strength ratings: Standard & Poor's AA- "Very Strong" and A.M. Best A+ "Superior". Please note the disclaimer: https://www.hannover-re.com/535917 Contacts Corporate Communications: Karl Steinle Tel. +49 511 5604-1500 [email protected] Media Relations: Gabriele Handrick Tel. +49 511 5604-1502 [email protected] Investor Relations: Julia Hartmann Tel. +49 511 5604-1529 [email protected] www.hannover-re.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28.12.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Hannover Rück SE Karl-Wiechert-Allee 50 30625 Hannover Germany Phone: +49-(0)511-5604-1500 Fax: +49-(0)511-5604-1648 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.hannover-re.com ISIN: DE0008402215 WKN: 840 221 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hanover; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Luxemburg End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 533117 28.12.2016