Full Year 2024 Muenchener Rueckversicherungs Gesellschaft in Muenchen AG Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (MURGF) exceeded its profit target with a net income of EUR5.7 billion for 2024.
- The company announced a substantial 33% increase in dividend per share, proposing a dividend of EUR20.
- Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (MURGF) plans to continue share buybacks on a larger scale of EUR2 billion.
- The company's return on equity is noticeably ahead of its target range of 14% to 16%, creating substantial value for shareholders.
- Global specialty insurance, a fast-growing segment, is expected to continue its growth trajectory, contributing significantly to the company's portfolio.
- The January renewals in P&C reinsurance resulted in a slight price decline of 0.6%, indicating some pressure on pricing.
- Volumes in P&C reinsurance declined by 2.4% due to deliberate reduction of business that did not meet risk-return requirements.
- The combined ratio for GSI came in higher than last year due to major losses and reserve potency, impacting profitability.
- The company faces challenges in managing excess capital, with a solvency II ratio well above the optimal range.
- There is cautiousness regarding US liability due to social inflation trends, leading to substantial reduction in exposure to certain casualty lines.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Analyst Investors call on annual results and January renewals conference call and live webcast. I'm Moritz, the Chorus call operator. (Operator Instructions) And the conference is being recorded.
The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Christian Becker-Hussong. Please go ahead, sir.
Yeah, thank you, Moritz. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to our call on the full year 2024 earnings and '25 January renewals. I think I don't have to introduce today's speakers Joachim Wenning, our CEO; and Christoph Jurecka, CFO of Muenchener.
Same procedure as every year Joachim and Christoph will kick it off with their remarks. Afterwards there's plenty of opportunity for Q&A. So Joachim, Please.
Access to All Earning Calls and Stock Analysis | |
30-Year Financial on one screen | |
All-in-one Stock Screener with unlimited filters | |
Customizable Stock Dashboard | |
Real Time Insider Trading Transactions | |
8,000+ Institutional investors’ 13F holdings | |
Powerful Excel Add-in and Google sheets Add-on | |
All data downloadable | |
Quick customer support | |
And much more... |


