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Auditor for the audit of Company and consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2025
EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (EY) has been the external auditor of the annual and consolidated financial statements of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München (Munich Reinsurance Company) and of the group until the 2025 financial year. EY was also engaged as auditor for the sustainability reporting.
EY duly audited the annual Group and Company financial statements and the combined management report as at 31 December 2025 and issued them with an unqualified auditor’s opinion. EY also reviewed the half-year financial report as at 30 June 2025. The group sustainability statement has been subject to a limited assurance review.
Appointment of the external auditor and the auditor for the sustainability reporting 2026
In the 2024 financial year, Munich Reinsurance Company implemented a procedure for selecting the future external auditor in accordance with the EU Audit Regulation. On the basis of this selection procedure, the Audit Committee recommended that the Supervisory Board propose to the Annual General Meeting the appointment of KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, or of EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, as auditor and Group auditor as well as auditor for the review of interim financial information, each for the 2026 financial year. In this regard, the Audit Committee expressed its preference for KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin.
KPMG was appointed by the 2026 Annual General Meeting as auditor and Group auditor, each for the 2026 financial year, and as auditor for the review of the condensed financial statements and the interim management report for the first half-year of the 2026 financial year, and as auditor for a possible review of additional interim financial information for the 2026 financial year and the first quarter of the 2027 financial year.
Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting appointed KPMG as auditor for the sustainability reporting for the 2026 financial year, provided that national legislation provides for appointment by the Annual General Meeting.