Armenia
ARMENIA: agroinsurance mechanism to be launched soon
As Armenian Prime minister Nikol PASHINYAN announced, agricultural insurance is about to start in the country, and its mechanism will be operated in a test mode at the first stage to determine all possible weak points, ArmInfo reports.
3 October 2019ARMENIA: insurers' taxes for the first six months decreased by more than 18% y-o-y
From January to June 2019, taxes paid by local insurers in Armenia amounted to AMD 928.5 million (~EUR 1.7 million), which is 18.2% less y-o-y, ArmInfo reports.
10 September 2019STATISTICS: ARMENIA: in January-June total net profit of insurers increased by 71% y-o-y
In the first half of 2019 Armenian insurers have recorded a consolidated net profit by 71% higher as compared with the similar period of 2018, amounting to AMD 757.8 million (~USD 1.6 million), ArmInfo reports.
8 August 2019ARMENIA: annual increase to insurer taxes exceeded 11% in 1Q2019
In the first quarter of 2019, Armenian insurers paid 11.8% more y-o-y in taxes. Total taxes of the insurance industry amounted to AMD 633.9 million, of which AMD 542.3 million (86%) fell into direct taxes, ArmInfo reported.
30 May 2019STATISTICS: ARMENIA, 1Q2019: market growth slowed down by 30%
Total GWP of Armenian insurers in the 1st quarter amounted to AMD 16.5 billion (EUR 30.28 million), 17.4% more y-o-y in local currency (vs 47.6% a year ago according to the insurer's portfolio data), market results from ArmInfo show.
23 May 2019ARMENIA: average MTPL loss ratio increased to 64.5%
For the first three months of this year, the average MTPL loss ratio increased from 62.9% to 64.5% (without deduction of reserves) and from 71.1% to 73.7% (with deduction of reserves), according to the Bureau of Motor Insurers.
8 May 2019ARMENIA: court rejects ROSGOSSTRAKH in the claim for returning RGS-Armenia
The Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region rejected ROSGOSSTRAKH's request to cancel the transaction of the sale of 100% shares of the subsidiary insurer RGS-Armenia to the Cypriot Company Cimarex Management Limited, as reported by TASS Russian News Agency.
4 April 2019ARMENIA: corporate insurance in 2018 accelerated growth from 8.5% to 28.8%
According to the results of 2018, retail insurance in Armenia amounted to 51.8% or AMD 21.3 billion, while corporate insurance reached 48.2% or AMD 19.7 billion, as data from the Financial Rating of insurance companies of Armenia, prepared by ArmInfo, show.
28 February 2019STATISTICS: ARMENIA, FY2018: insurers' total net profit down by 67.6% y-o-y due to fast increasing claims expenses
Armenian insurers' GWP reached AMD 41 billion (EUR 74 million) in 2018, according to data provided by ArmInfo. Denominated in local currency, the market's growth seems lower than in euro due to the Armenian dram appreciation (17.36% vs 22.97% in euro).
21 February 2019ARMENIA: insurers' dissatisfaction with Armenia's Single Window for Automotive platform is growing
Armenian insurance companies are getting increasingly unhappy with the Armenia's Single Window for Automotive (ASWA) platform, designed for handling vehicle insurance-related cases because of suffering additional losses, as Hayk ARAKELYAN, the head of the Union of Insurance Agents, said.
14 February 2019ARMENIA: the pilot agro insurance program to be launched in March
The pilot agro insurance program will be launched in March, 2019 in 5 regions of Armenia, according to the Deputy Minister of agriculture of Armenia Gegham GEVORGYAN, as ArmInfo wrote.
7 February 2019ARMENIA: Universal health insurance fund to go live from 2021, based on Estonian experience
From 2021 a Universal health insurance fund will start operations within the frame of the phased introduction of the compulsory health insurance (CHI) system, as Arsen TOROSYAN, the Health minister of Armenia, announced.
30 January 2019Armenian Nairi Insurance accused of huge tax evasion
29 January 2019ARMENIA: in 2018 MTPL GWP increased by about 5.5% y-o-y, while its loss ratio reached 72.5%
MTPL loss ratio in Armenia in 2018 increased from 65% to 72.5%, based on the data of the Armenian Bureau of Motor insurers.
23 January 2019Car insurance rates to rise in Armenia, protest outside government building
18 January 2019ARMENIA: export insurance in 2018 increased by 73%
In 2018 export insurance recorded a significant growth. Total insured amount was AMD 7.9 billion (+73% y-o-y), at that total insurance premiums exceeded the planned level for 2018-2020 by 31%, as the press office of the Export Insurance Agency of Armenia announced.
18 January 2019ARMENIA: for January-September 2018 insurers paid taxes by almost 24% less y-o-y
Tax payments of Armenian insurers for January-September 2018 decreased by 23.8% y-o-y. Including direct taxes (such as profit tax and income tax), which dropped by 26.3% y-o-y, as ArmInfo wrote.
9 January 2019Armenia introduces insurance system in agriculture sector
2 December 2018Armenian insurance companies post 77% drop in net profit
27 November 2018VTB Bank (Armenia) and SIL Insurance launch joint mortgage lending program
19 November 2018
