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Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2011

Nov 8, 2011

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

Media telephone conference

8 November 2011

Overview – Financial highlights Jörg Schneider 2
Munich Re (Group) Jörg Schneider 4
Primary insurance Torsten Oletzky 13
Reinsurance Torsten Jeworrek 18
Summary and outlook Jörg Schneider 23
Overview – Financial highlights
year of extremes
Munich Re (Group)
Sound underlying performance in core business in a
Net profit of €290m in Q3
… including substantial
countervailing non-recurring
effects
Net profit of €80m after nine
months
Strong capital position
… allowing market to be
taken opportunities –
Increase of Group equity to
€22.2bn – High dividend
capacity (supported by US
dividend)
Resilient investment result
given market turmoil
High level of portfolio
diversification proves
beneficial
Annualised RoI of 3.3%1
Reinsurance Primary insurance Munich Health
Combined ratio of 89.0%
in Q3
Following large nat cat
losses in H1 combined ratio
of 117.9% in Q1–3 2011
Life reinsurance sustains
good underlying development
Different lines of business
showing diverging trends
… partially impacted by non
recurring items
Consolidated ERGO result of
€260m – in FY 2011 aiming
for result on prior year's level
Combined ratio of 97.6%
in Q3
Stable operating result
Net result distorted by
negative currency effects

1 Adjusted for impact on insurance risk transfer to the capital markets: RoI 3.1%.

Agenda
Overview – Financial highlights
Munich Re (Group)
Primary insurance
Reinsurance
Summary and outlook
Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011
4
Overview – Financial highlights After nine months Munich Re returns to positive result
GROUP GROUP GROUP
Gross premiums written Operating result Net result
€m €m €m
Q1–3 Q1–3 Q1–3
34,060 3,367 1,955
2010 2010 2010
Q1–3 Q1–3 Q1–3
37,166 402 80
2011 2011 2011
Continued strong organic Severe large claims and capital Weaker euro putting additional
growth, mainly in reinsurance market turmoil leaving their mark pressure on net result
REINSURANCE PRIMARY INSURANCE MUNICH HEALTH
Net result Net result Net result
€m €m €m
Q1–3 Q1–3 Q1–3
1,659 432 57
2010 2010 2010

Impairments on Greek bonds compensated for positive one-offs

Q1–3 2011 418

Q1–3 2011 108

High cat losses, lower investment result and negative FX impact

2011 31 Stable operating result burdened by negative FX impact

Q1–3

Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011 8 2 Thereof 11% inflation-linked bonds. 3Additional inflation-linked exposure in swaps 1% and bank and corporate exposure in credit default swaps 2% of fixed-income portfolio. 4 P/H = policyholder. Economic view – not fully

comparable with IFRS figures. 5 Differences between totals possible due to rounding.

Munich Re (Group) – Investment result

Stable regular income despite low yields – Write-down on Greek government bonds

Investment result
€m Q1–3 2011 Return1 €m Q1–3 2010 Return1
Regular income 6,064 4.1% 5,844 4.0%
Write-ups/write-downs of
investments
–1,640 –1.1% 290 0.2%
Gains/losses on the disposal of
investments
1,196 0.8% 1,409 1.0%
Other income/expenses –805 –0.5%2 –262 –0.2%
Investment result 4,815 3.3% 7,281 5.0%
Regular income Write-ups/write-downs Gains/losses on disposal
Higher dividend income
Increase in deposits
retained on assumed
reinsurance as a
consequence of large
volume deals
Write-down on Greek government bonds
(€933m) and on equities (€456m)
High impact of derivatives: Swaptions
(€275m) and other fixed-interest derivatives
benefit from lower interest rates, while
credit and inflation swaps depreciate
Disposal gain from sale of real
estate in Singapore and
reduction of equities
Gains on equity derivatives
compensate for impairments
on equities in Q3

Write-up from insurance risk transfer to the capital markets (€211m)

on equities in Q3 Higher disposal gains on fixedinterest instruments in the

1 Return on quarterly weighted investments (market values) in % p.a. 2 Negative impact from unit-linked business included.

Current reinvestment yield ~3.4%

Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011 9

previous year

Munich Re (Group) – Premium development
Strong organic growth
€m
Gross premiums
written Q1–3 2010
34,060
Foreign-exchange
effects
–620
Divestment/
Investment
246
Organic change 3,480
Gross premiums
written Q1–3 2011
37,166
Breakdown by Reinsurance Primary insurance
segment Property-casualty Property-casualty
(consolidated) 12,489 (33%) 4,371 (12%)
(▲ 9.1%) (▲ 2.5%)
Reinsurance Primary insurance
Life: 7,104 (19%) Life: 4,474 (12%)
(▲ 22.1%) (▲ –4.5%)
Munich Health Primary insurance
4,406 (12%)
(▲ 19.0%)
Health Germany: 4,322 (12%)
(▲ 4.2%)

Segmental results Munich Re (Group) – Operating and consolidated result

€m Q1–3 2010
Q1–3 2011
Operating result Consolidated result
Reinsurance
Life
569
503
356
206
Reinsurance
Property-casualty
–546 1,943 1,303
–98
Reinsurance
Subtotal
–43 2,512 1,659
108
Primary insurance
Life
331
207
202
106
Primary insurance
Health
146
141
90
72
Primary insurance
Property-casualty
446
458
140
240
Primary insurance
Subtotal
923
806
432
418
Munich Health 114
119
57
31
Munich Re (Group) 402 3,367 80 1,955
Agenda
Overview – Financial highlights
Munich Re (Group)
Primary insurance
Reinsurance
Summary and outlook
€m
Gross premiums
13,132
written Q1–3 2010
Foreign-exchange
–34
effects
Divestment/
0
Investment
Organic change
109
Gross premiums
13,207
written Q1–3 2011
Property-casualty
Life
Asia/Pacific
Germany
Breakdown
4,405 (33%)
4,475 (34%)
1% (1%)
76% (76%)
by segment
(▲ 2.5%)
(▲ –4.4%)
Other
Europe
23% (23%)
Health
Germany
4,327 (33%)
(▲ 4.2%)
(segmental, not consolidated)
(consolidated)
Primary insurance – Premium development
Overall stable
premium
income
Primary insurance – Life – New business Life: New business (statutory premiums)
Total Comments
€m Total Regular
premiums
Single
premiums
APE1 Germany
Q1–3
2010
2,247 327 1,920 519  Growth of regular premiums
 Single-premium business down – for whole market
 Good growth in corporate pension business
International
 Strong growth in Belgium (APE 23.1%) and
Poland (APE 20.3%)
Q1–3
2011
2,024 363 1,661 529
Δ –9.9% 11.0% –13.5% 1.9% in unit-linked business  Austria (APE –30.6%): lower single premiums, mainly
Germany International
€m Total Regular
premiums
Single
premiums
APE1 €m Total Regular
premiums
Single
premiums
APE1
Q1–3
2010
1,505 216 1,289 345 Q1–3
2010
742 111 631 174
Q1–3
2011
1,322 235 1,087 343 Q1–3
2011
702 128 574 186
Δ –12.2% 8.8% –15.7% –0.6% Δ –5.4% 15.3% –9.0% 6.9%
1 Annual premium equivalent (APE = regular premiums +10% single premiums). Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011

Higher combined ratio in Germany – Improving international business Primary insurance – Property-casualty – Combined ratio % 2009 93.2 Loss ratio Expense ratio 60.3

2009 93.2 60.3 32.9
2010 96.8 63.1 33.7
Q1–3 2010 95.6 63.0 32.6
Q1–3 2011 96.8 63.5
33.3
%
96.3 93.3 93.3 98.7 94.5 93.6 100.4 98.2 94.7 97.5  Combined ratio Germany
(91.7%1
) burdened by
weather-related losses
(severe storms)
 Improving combined ratio
Q1 Q2 Q3 90.3
Q4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 of international business
(104.4%1
) despite still high
claims and costs especially
in motor business
2009 2010 2011
1 Q1–3 2011. Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011
Agenda
Overview – Financial highlights
Munich Re (Group)
Primary insurance
Reinsurance
Summary and outlook
Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011
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Reinsurance – Premium development
Strong increase driven by organic growth
€m
Gross premiums
written Q1–3 2010
17,628
Foreign-exchange
effects
–509
Divestment/
Investment
Organic change 2,846
Gross premiums
written Q1–3 2011
19,965
Breakdown
by segment
Property-casualty
12,765 (64%)
(▲ 9.0%)
Life
7,200 (36%)
(▲ 21.7%)
Middle East/Africa
3% (3%)
Asia/Pacific
18% (14%)
Latin
America
North America
41% (42%)
Europe
5% (5%) 33% (36%)
(segmental, not consolidated) (consolidated) Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011
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Agenda
Overview – Financial highlights
Munich Re (Group)
Primary insurance
Reinsurance
Summary and outlook
Outlook 2011
Positive annual result envisaged
Munich Re (Group)
GROSS PREMIUMS WRITTEN
€49–50bn
(prev. €48–50bn)
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Slightly below 3.5%
(prev. slightly below 4%)
PROFIT
Aiming for a positive
Q4 and FY 2011 result
RoRaC target of 15% after
tax over the cycle to stand
Reinsurance Primary insurance Munich Health
COMBINED RATIO P-C
<97% over the cycle –
Not achievable in 2011
COMBINED RATIO P-C
Slightly above 95%
(prev. <95%)
Positive earnings
contribution while
concluding consolidation
phase
GROSS PREMIUMS WRITTEN
~€26.5bn (prev. ~€26bn)
GROSS PREMIUMS WRITTEN
~€17.5bn (prev. €17–18bn)
GROSS PREMIUMS WRITTEN
~€6bn
Quarterly financial statements as at 30 September 2011
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Munich Re

Disclaimer

This presentation contains forward-looking statements that are based on current assumptions and forecasts of the management of Munich Re. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the forward-looking statements given here and the actual development, in particular the results, financial situation and performance of our Company. The Company assumes no liability to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.