General Reinsurance AG
Summary
General Reinsurance AG is registered in Germany and entered in the “Commercial Register (Handelsregister)” under number HRB 773. Its legal form is Aktiengesellschaft (AG) – public limited company (Germany). According to GLEIF, its ultimate parent is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (United States), and its direct parent is GENERAL REINSURANCE CORPORATION (United States). That group has 128 subsidiaries with LEIs in 21 countries, 4 of them in Germany. It has 4 direct subsidiaries in GLEIF data. The LEI was first issued on 13 Apr 2015 and the record was last updated on 27 Mar 2026; the next renewal is due by 13 Apr 2027. GLEIF's ISIN mapping lists 1 ISIN for this LEI.
Written from GLEIF data using fixed, reviewed sentence templates.
Data-quality notes (AssetCensus analysis)
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Company details
| Legal form | Aktiengesellschaft (AG) public limited company (Germany) |
|---|---|
| Register | Commercial Register (Handelsregister) · Register website |
| Registration number | HRB 773 |
| Registration authority | Local Court Köln |
| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Registered address | Theodor-Heuss-Ring 11, 50668 Köln, Germany |
| Category | company or other legal entity |
| Status | active |
| Founded (per GLEIF) | 31 May 1862 |
| LEI | 391200QTD6VW5OOK0Z35 |
| LEI status | active |
| LEI first issued | 13 Apr 2015 |
| LEI record last updated | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Next LEI renewal | 13 Apr 2027 |
| Corroboration of the LEI record | fully corroborated |
Group membership
Relationship to the parent
| Direct parent | Ultimate parent | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent | GENERAL REINSURANCE CORPORATION | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. |
| Accounting period | 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 |
| Evidence | consolidated accounts | consolidated accounts |
| Corroboration | fully corroborated | fully corroborated |
| Relationship start | 10 Mar 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
| Recorded at GLEIF since | 3 Mar 2020 | 3 Mar 2020 |
| Last updated | 27 Mar 2026 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Record status | current | current |
Direct subsidiaries (4)
- GENERAL REINSURANCE LIFE AUSTRALIA LTD Australia · Sydney
- GEN RE SERVICOS BRASIL LTDA Brazil · São Paulo
- Gen Re Servicios México Mexico · Ciudad de México D.F.
- General Reinsurance Africa Limited South Africa · Cape Town
Other subsidiaries of the same direct parent (2)
- GENERAL RE LIFE CORPORATION United States
- GENERAL REINSURANCE AUSTRALIA LTD Australia
ISINs mapped to this LEI (1)
DE0008422007
1 in the GLEIF–ANNA mapping file. The file covers ISINs issued since the mapping started, not all securities.