Report
Henry Heathfield
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Hannover Re Has a Narrow Moat but Is Modestly Overvalued

We believe Hannover Re has a narrow moat due to heavier weighting to speciality lines combined with life and health reinsurance that together constitute a 53% operating profit. The business is trading at EUR 100 per share, and our fair value estimate is EUR 93.
Hannover Re’s specialty lines, such as marine, aviation, credit, and surety, are more profitable to underwrite, and specialty reinsurers benefit from long history of underwriting incidence and data they have accumulated over years. This d...
Underlying
Hannover Rueck SE

Hannover is global reinsurance company. Co. operates through two business groups, Non-Life Reinsurance and Life and Health Reinsurance. Non-Life Reinsurance provides structured reinsurance solutions. Co.'s target markets are Germany and North America, and its specialty lines include Marine, Aviation, Credit and Surety, Structured Reinsurance, Insurance-Linked Securities and the United Kingdom, London market and direct business. Non-Life Reinsurance's Global Reinsurance consists of treaty reinsurance worldwide, facultative reinsurance and global catastrophe business. Life and Health Reinsurance provides solutions for life and health reinsurance and financial solutions.

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Morningstar

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Henry Heathfield

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