Bosnia and Herzegovina
New leadership team at the insurers' association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Damir HADZIC, President of the Management Board of Euroherc osiguranje dd Sarajevo, was reelected as President of the Management Board of the Association of Insurance Companies in the Federation of BiH (UDO FBiH) for the 2020-2024 term.
21 May 2020STATISTICS: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, FY2019: Insurers' GWP up by 7% y-o-y
Last year, the BiH insurance market totaled EUR 390 million (BAM 762.5 million), 7% more y-o-y, as data from the local insurance agency - AZOBIH shows.
2 April 2020DUNAV Osiguranje gives up its Bosnian life insurance business
Bosnian subsidiary of the Serbian DUNAV Osiguranje said it plans to give up its life insurance business, remaining active in non-life insurance only, reports SeeNews quoting a company document filed with the Banja Luka Exchange Stock.
12 February 2020BiH: introducing a form of compulsory insurance for residential buildings is under consideration
Establishing a national disaster insurance scheme is one of the main features of the UNDP's NAP for Bosnia & Herzegovina. Improving BiH's preparedness for dealing with Nat Cat events is instrumental considering the expected increase in flood losses and the very low current insurance coverage.
29 January 2020Two CEOs of VIG Group companies honoured as managers of the year
VIENNA Insurance Group announced two of the top women managers in the Group - Svetla NESTOROVA (Bulgaria) and Sabina MUJANOVIC (Bosnia-Herzegovina), recently received major awards for their performance in 2019.
21 January 2020BiH: Regulator temporarily suspended AURA Sarajevo MTPL license
On December 11, 2019, The Insurance Supervision Agency of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced the temporary withdrawal of AURA license to perform MTPL business in Tuzla Canton.
17 December 2019BiH: GRAWE Banja Luka to absorb ATOS Osiguranje
At the end of November 2019, the General Meeting of Shareholders of ATOS Osiguranje passed the decision to merge with GRAWE osiguranje ad Banja Luka, the Republika Srpska branch of the Austrian insurance group, Indikator.ba reports.
3 December 2019BiH: GRAWE to acquire DUNAV's life portfolio
Bosnian branch of GRAWE, the life insurance sector leader from Bosnia and Herzegovina, will take over the life portfolio of DUNAV Osiguranje Banja Luka, the Bosnian subsidiary of Serbian market leader, CAPITAL.ba reports.
23 October 2019STATISTICS: BiH, 1H2019: paid claims for the fire insurance line increased two and a half times y-o-y
Insurers of Bosnia & Herzegovina have reported GWP worth EUR 195.7 million at the end of 1H, 6.65% more y-o-y. Life insurance recorded an above average growth rate, of 10%, which rounded its share in the market portfolio to 20%.
17 October 2019Bosnia's Krajina Osiguranje net loss widens in 2018
5 June 2019BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: UDOFBiH is now member of Insurance Europe
During Insurance Europe's General Assembly on 22 May 2019, the Federation announced a new member aboard: The Association of Insurance Companies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (UDOFBiH).
30 May 2019STATISTICS: BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, FY2018: Insurers' GWP grew 4.4% y-o-y
Last year, the BiH insurance market totaled EUR 365 million (BAM 713 million), 4.4% more y-o-y, as data from the local insurance agency - AZOBIH shows.
11 April 2019STATISTICS: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 2008-2017: y-o-y increases on main insurance lines, MTPL dominated the market
Bosnian insurance market grew solidly y-o-y, in terms of gross written premiums (GWP), from EUR 232 million in 2008 to EUR 349 million in 2017. Around half of premiums were brought by MTPL only. Paid claims (PC) fluctuated between EUR 95 - 136 million.
7 March 2019BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA: New Draft Law proposed by Government will bring changes for local insurance companies
The Government of Republic of Srpska has established a Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Insurance Companies. The proposed articles will include changes in insurers' internal organization, higher amounts of founding capital required, as well as changes in administrative procedures.
27 February 2019BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA: GWP of ASA Osiguranje in 2018 went up by more than 20%
ASA Osiguranje, one of the youngest insurance companies in Bosnia, which was established in 2007 and is part of the ASA Group, ended 2018 with positive results (~+20%), and, according to the General Director Feda MORANKIC, the same positive trend is expected in 2019.
20 February 2019CROATIA osiguranje gives up acquisition agreements in Bosnia & Herzegovina
CROATIA osiguranje (CO) has announced on 23 January that both agreements concluded in June last year, to acquire through its Bosnian subsidiary the full ownership of the Bosnian Testing Center LLC and the CENTRAL INSURANCE company, are canceled.
25 January 2019BOSNIA: Uniqa leaves the leading position
21 January 2019STATISTICS: BiH, 1H2018: solid business growth despite challenging legal inconsistencies
The Bosnian market saw a consolidated GWP growth rate of 4% y-o-y in 1H2018, to EUR 183.5 million. Of this total, the non-life insurance segment accounts for by far the largest part with over 80%. Moreover, the MTPL insurance class provides for a clear half of the total GWP volume.
3 October 2018Bosnian insurer Sarajevo Osiguranje's H1 net profit rises
12 August 2018BiH: GRAWE buys ATOS Osiguranje for EUR 12 million, increasing its market weight to over 11%
Austrian insurer GRAWE has increased its presence on the Bosnian specialty market by acquiring the local insurer ATOS Osiguranje, former "Bobar osiguranje, for a total consideration of just over KM 23 million (~ EUR 12 million), the local financial press reports.
9 August 2018
