Employees

The number of employees at ERGO fell in 2006 by 917 to 28,310 as against the end of 2005, mainly due to structural changes in the Group companies. ERGO‘s sale of the IT service provider ADA alone resulted in a reduction of 1,100 employees in Germany. The acquisition of the Turkish Isviçre Group led to the addition of 478 employees outside Germany. On balance, owing to strong growth abroad, we are expanding personnel there. In Germany, the overall number of staff was cut by 1,688 as a result of natural wastage and socially acceptable measures, thus enabling us to avoid redundancies. In reinsurance, how‑ever, we recorded slight growth of 130.

Human resources
  2006 2005 2004
Employees Munich Re Group   37,210 37,953 40,962
  Munich Reinsurance Company   6,928 6,798 6,612
  Munich Re, Munich   3,458 3,365 3,208
  ERGO   28,310 29,227 30,921
Employees in training Munich Re Group   1,295 1,450 1,776
Expenses for advanced training Munich Re, Munich €m 6.7 6.3 6.9
Days of advanced training Munich Re, Munich Participant days 7,484 7,051 8,237
Employee turnover (total) Munich Re, Munich % 2.8 2.8 3.1
Employee absent due to sickness Munich Re, Munich % 3.0 3.2 3.1
Proportion of female employees Munich Re, Munich % 47.0 47.0 46.0
Foreign employees Munich Re, Munich % 8.0 8.5 8.7
Part-time employees Munich Re, Munich % 14.0 13.0 12.4