DGAP-Ad-hoc: Hannover Rück SE / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Hannover Rück SE: Change in top management at Hannover Re 22-Aug-2018 / 07:14 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change in top management at Hannover Re Hannover, 22 August 2018: The Supervisory Board of Hannover Rück SE ("Company") has appointed Jean-Jacques Henchoz (53) as a member of the Company's Executive Board effective 1 April 2019 and as Chief Executive Officer with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2019. He thereby succeeds Ulrich Wallin (63), who is retiring in accordance with the Company's statutes. Mr. Wallin can look back on 35 years of service to Hannover Re, which he has led since 2009 as Chief Executive Officer. Since 2011, Jean-Jacques Henchoz has been in charge of the region Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich ("Swiss Re"), taking responsibility for both the life and non-life business of Swiss Re in this region. In January 2012 he was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Re Group in this capacity. He had previously served with Swiss Re in a number of different positions since 1998, including in the role of CEO of the subsidiary Swiss Re Canada in the period between 2005 and 2010. Jean-Jacques Henchoz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Master of Business Administration degree from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne. He is a Swiss citizen. Contact: Corporate Communications: Karl Steinle Tel. +49 511 5604-1500 E-Mail: [email protected] Media Relations: Oliver Süss Tel. +49 511 5604-1502 E-Mail: [email protected] Investor Relations: Julia Hartmann Tel. +49 511 5604-1529 E-Mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22-Aug-2018 CET/CEST 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 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; Luxembourg Stock Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 716229 22-Aug-2018 CET/CEST