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General Reinsurance Corporation is a global property/casualty and life/health reinsurance company offering a range of reinsurance products and services. The company is a direct reinsurer and is represented in all major reinsurance markets worldwide through a network of more than 40 offices. Gen Re is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway Inc group of companies. Financial strength ratings of Gen Re's reinsurance operations: * A.M. Best: A++ (Superior)〔 〕 * Standard & Poor's Claims Paying Ability Rating: AA+〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title = Meet Gen Re )〕 ''General Re Corporation'' is the holding company for Gen Re's global reinsurance and related operations. It owns ''General Reinsurance Corporation'', ''General Re Life Corporation'' and ''General Reinsurance AG'', the direct reinsurers which conduct business as Gen Re. In addition, the insurance, reinsurance and investment management companies in the General Re group include: ''Gen Re Intermediaries'', ''GR-NEAM'', ''General Star'', ''Genesis'', ''USAU'' and ''Faraday''.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.genre.com/aboutus/meet-genre )〕 ==History== General Reinsurance Corporation’s history began in 1921 as the ''General Casualty and Surety Reinsurance Corporation'', before it took over the U.S. business of the Norwegian Globe Insurance Company of Christiania, Norway.〔 〕 In 1923, American investors acquired the company and changed the name to ''General Reinsurance Corporation''. In 1928, the ''General Alliance Corporation'' was organized to acquire and hold the shares of General Reinsurance Corporation, as well as a half interest in the holdings of the ''Royal Exchange Assurance Group (London)'' in the ''United British Insurance Co., Ltd.'' In 1929, the General Alliance Corporation owned all the stock of General Reinsurance Corporation, and jointly with the Royal Exchange Group, a controlling interest in the United British. The United British Insurance Co., Ltd. established a U.S. branch that transacted casualty reinsurance as a "running mate for the General, and has the same management as the General. The two companies transact practically all forms of casualty and surety reinsurance and constitute the first example of a 'Group' in the history of American casualty reinsurance."〔 Also in 1929, General Reinsurance affirmed that it would be only a direct reinsurer. In 1945, General Reinsurance merged with ''Mellon Indemnity Corporation''. In 1954, the company created the first professional casualty facultative reinsurance department. Property facultative followed, beginning in 1956. North America branch offices were opened during this time. In the 1950s, General Reinsurance began writing reinsurance internationally, expanding in this area during the 1960s and 1970s. The company continued to grow through the next two decades, opening more U.S. and Canada branch offices and making various acquisitions. The company moved its headquarters from New York City to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1974, and then to Stamford, Connecticut in 1984. In 1980, ''General Re Corporation'', the parent holding company, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1994, General Reinsurance Corporation formed an alliance with what was then ''Cologne Re'' (Kölnische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, which was founded in 1846), now ''General Reinsurance AG''. In 1998, General Re Corporation was acquired by ''Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'', and in 2003 General Reinsurance Corporation and Cologne Re began marketing under the brand name of ''Gen Re''.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.genre.com/aboutus/meet-genre#tab=1 )〕 In 2009, General Reinsurance Corporation completed its purchase of Cologne Re,〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.genre.com/aboutus/press-releases/corporate-announcement-entry-of-the-transfer-resolution-pursuant-to-327a-ff-german-stock-corporation-act.html )〕 whose name was changed to General Reinsurance AG in 2010.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.genre.com/aboutus/press-releases/cologne-re-becomes-general-reinsurance-ag.html )〕 The company continues to market globally as Gen Re. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gen Re」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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