Last month major reinsurer Munich Re issued a €1 billion (around AU$1.65 billion) approximation for its second quarter consolidated result. Now the German group has released the official numbers, and the forecast is nearly spot-on.
Munich Re’s profit in the three months ended June 30 reached €993 million (around AU$1.64 billion), a leap from the €728 million (around AU$1.20 billion) it recorded in the same period last year. Of the 2019 total amount, €858 million (around AU$1.42 million) came from the reinsurance field of business while the remaining €135 million (around AU$223 million) was contributed by the ERGO operations.
“We are delighted to have generated our highest quarterly result in four years,” stated Joachim Wenning, chairman of the board of management at Munich Re.
“And we are confident that we will reach our profit guidance of €2.5 billion (around AU$4.1 billion) for 2019 and €2.8 billion (around AU$4.6 billion) for 2020 as set out in our multi-year ambition for 2018–2020. At the halfway stage of this programme, Munich Re is both strategically and financially on track.”
Operating result in the quarter grew from €997 million (around AU$1.6 billion) previously to €1.6 billion (around AU$2.6 billion) this time around. Gross written premium, meanwhile, rose 5.5% to €11.8 billion (around AU$19.5 billion).
