Our Business at a Glance
| Organization | Clients / Objectives | Lines of Business / Scope of Work | |
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| Business Units |
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| U.S. | |||
Standard Lines |
One business unit writing standard property and casualty for U.S. clients and organized by geographic scope:
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Leading national and regional insurance companies in the U.S. Products and services are provided through reinsurance intermediaries. |
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Specialty Casualty |
One business unit writing specialty casualty business and serving U.S. clients. |
Specialty U.S. carriers or dedicated departments within large U.S. companies underwriting in their areas of expertise. Products and services are provided through reinsurance intermediaries. |
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Specialty Lines |
Organized by line of business and serving U.S. clients:
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Leading property and casualty insurance companies within the U.S. market. Products and services are provided through reinsurance intermediaries. |
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| Global | |||
Property & Casualty |
Organized into six departments along geographic lines:
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National and regional insurance companies and pools in all geographic markets, excluding U.S. Traditional and structured reinsurance solutions and services are provided to clients directly and through reinsurance intermediaries. |
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Specialty Lines |
Organized into eight departments by client or line of business:
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National, regional and monoline insurance companies, pools and captives worldwide for Aviation/Space, Credit, Energy Onshore, Engineering, Marine/Energy Offshore and Facultative Property. All other lines exclude business from U.S. clients. Traditional and structured reinsurance solutions and services are provided to clients directly and through reinsurance intermediaries. |
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Catastrophe |
One worldwide business unit organized into two departments:
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National, regional and monoline insurance companies, pools and captives in all geographic markets. Non-traditional business clients include individual corporations. Traditional reinsurance and insurance-linked securities solutions and services are provided to clients directly and through reinsurance intermediaries. Services include proprietary modeling of natural hazards such as windstorm and earthquake. |
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Life |
One business unit organized into five departments by line of business and geography: Mortality & Morbidity
Longevity |
Life insurance companies in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. Traditional reinsurance and insurance-linked securities solutions and services are provided to clients directly and through reinsurance intermediaries. Services include support on existing products and assistance in the development of new products such as impaired life annuities, long-term-care products or mortality. |
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Capital Markets |
Organized into two business units and backed by a common risk management and operations support function: Fixed Income Capital Assets
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Responsible for the assumption and management of PartnerRe’s capital markets risks, including our investment portfolio and alternative risk products worldwide, with an approach that distinguishes between funds that support our reinsurance operations and those that represent the investment of our shareholders’ capital. |
| Group Functions | |||
Finance and Actuarial |
Aligned with Group organizational structure, along Group and business unit lines, to ensure appropriate financial controls and maximize shareholder returns, while minimizing financial risk. |
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Responsible for the Group’s fiduciary and control functions; transactional accounting and processing; external reporting; decision support; actuarial analysis and reserving; planning; risk management and treasury; rating agencies and investor relations. |
Support |
Aligned with Group organizational structure, along Group and business unit lines:
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Human Resources: Attract, develop and retain talent in the organization. Information Technology: Provide effective information technology tools worldwide. Legal and Compliance: Provide legal advice to all business units and group functions and ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements. Corporate Communications: Ensure consistent understanding of messages and information internally and externally. Internal Audit: Provide internal control and risk assurance services, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing. |
Responsible for ensuring that all support requirements – Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Compliance, Corporate Communications, Internal Audit – are met on a Group and local basis. |