The sale of the French Societe Generale banking group's Bulgarian subsidiary, SG Expressbank - including the leasing, factoring and life insurance subsidiaries -, to Hungarian OTP Bank was finalized, according to an OTP statement on 16 January.

18 January 2019
The Bulgarian insurance market saw a 13.5% GWP growth in 3Q2018, to EUR 953.36 million, while paid claims went up overall by only 3.75%, to EUR 407 million. Non-life insurance line, especially the MTPL class, were the market's growth drivers.

20 December 2018
The Bulgarian Financial Supervisory Commission announced it has allowed DZI - Life Insurance's plan to absorb its wholly-owned unit UBB - Life Insurance. FSC did not provide further details in its statement.

19 December 2018
The Bulgarian insurance market saw a 21.5% increase in GWP volume throughout between 2008 and 2017, the 10 years for which xprimm.com statistical database in presenting market results. The MTPL insurance class had the largest contribution, in absolute terms, to the market growth.

6 December 2018
Thousands of Bulgarians protested last weekend in over 20 cities by blocking major highways and roads against higher fuel prices, tax increases for older, more polluting cars and an expected increase in MTPL premiums.

14 November 2018
Bulgarian insurance market" authority - FSC recently published a draft ordinance regarding the MTPL tariffs for MTPL policies, wrote local media.

8 November 2018
The Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission - FSC announced that it has allowed Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) to increase its direct shareholding in Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group, following the liquidation of its fully-owned subsidiary TBI Bulgaria.

1 November 2018