CROATIA: In Jan-Aug market continues to grow and motor insurance leads non-life premium and claims portfolio

29 September 2026 — Marina MAGNAVAL
The Croatian insurance market continues to grow, with total GWP reaching EUR 1.46 billion in the first eight months of 2026. According to the monthly report of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa), the figure represents an increase of 6.9% y-o-y.

Of the total premium, EUR 228.3 million came from life insurance, which grew by 4.2% on an annual basis. Non-life insurance generated EUR 1.2 billion in premiums, with a growth of 7.4%.

The non-life portfolio is still dominated by motor insurance. The largest share (34%) is held by motor vehicle liability insurance, while road vehicle insurance accounts for 20.6% of the total premium. This is followed by fire and natural disaster insurance with a share of 9.7% and health insurance with 9.1%.

Paid claims also recorded growth. In the first eight months, insurers settled a total of EUR 841.8 million in claims, which is 7.8% more than in the same period last year. The trend in life and non-life insurance was different.

Life insurance generated EUR 218.1 million of paid claims, or 9.6% less than the year before. At the same time, non-life claims increased by 15.5%, to EUR 623.7 million. Motor insurance also leads the claims portfolio. Of the total claims paid in non-life insurance, 39.9% related to motor vehicle liability insurance, and 21.2% to road vehicle insurance. Health insurance accounted for 11.5%, and fire and natural disaster insurance accounted for 9.5%.

Croatia osiguranje continues to lead the market, with a share of 26.6%. The company, owned by the Adris concern, collected EUR 387.7 million in premiums in the first eight months of this year, which is 9.8% more than last year. Euroherc osiguranje ranks second with 12.9% of the market and EUR 187.9 million in premiums collected, with a growth of 7.7%. Adriatic osiguranje holds 11.7% of the market.

Source: osiguranje.hr.



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