Company DescriptionMünchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München engages in the insurance and reinsurance businesses worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Life and Health Reinsurance; Property-Casualty Reinsurance; ERGO Life and Health Germany; ERGO Property-Casualty Germany; and ERGO International. It offers life and health reinsurance solutions, such as financial market risks, data analytics, claims handling and underwriting, medical research, health market, capital management, and digital underwriting and analytics, as well as MIRA digital suite; and property and casualty reinsurance solutions, including agricultural risk, data analytics, infrastructure risk profiler, remote inspection, retroactive reinsurance, insurance linked securities, location risk, risk transfer, and cyber, as well as NatCatSERVICE for natural catastrophe loss database, REALYTIX ZERO, IMPROVEX, cert2go, consulting for product development, prospective structured reinsurance, and Vahana AI for motor claims. The company also provides solutions for industry clients, such as IoT cover, earnings quality insurance protection, captive insurance and risk transfer, liability, weather risks, space and satellite insurance, bioenergy plant performance insurance, solar energy insurance, wind farm insurance, mining insurance, construction projects covers and services, aviation insurance, power and utilities, oil and gas companies insurance, industrial cyber insurance, risk suite, data and location risk intelligence, digital risks, PV warranty insurance, parametric, Insure AI, liquidation damage cover, and natural catastrophes solutions. In addition, it offers life, property-casualty, health, legal protection, and travel insurance products under the ERGO brand name. The company was founded in 1880 and is based in Munich, Germany.
How the Company Makes MoneyMunich Re makes money primarily through its reinsurance and primary insurance operations. In reinsurance, the company provides other insurance companies with risk management solutions by assuming a portion of their policy risks in exchange for premiums. This helps primary insurers manage their risk exposure and maintain financial stability. Munich Re's primary insurance segment, operated through its subsidiary ERGO Group, offers a wide array of insurance products directly to consumers and businesses, generating revenue through premium collections. Additionally, Munich Re invests in capital markets, leveraging its large asset base to earn investment income, which contributes significantly to its overall profitability. Strategic partnerships and a focus on innovative risk solutions, such as risk assessment technologies and climate change-related insurance products, also play a critical role in bolstering the company's earnings.