Location: - Eurasian island located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea; - Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. - Neighbours: Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt.
Climate: - subtropical climate Mediterranean type of climate, with very mild winters (on the coast) and warm to hot summers; - snow is possible only in the Mountains, in the central part of island; - rains occurs mainly in winter, summer being generally dry.
Cypriot insurers reported aggregate GWP of EUR 457 million in the first six months of 2020, up by 1.8% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures report published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC.
With the UK leaving the European Union, Steamship Mutual chose to set up a new insurance company in Cyprus to service its clients all over Europe and started writing business in February 2020.
The insurance market of Cyprus totaled EUR 255.63 million at the end of Q1 2020, up by 4.46% y-o-y, according to the most recent market figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC.
At the end of 2019 the SEE insurance market (the region formed by Cyprus, Greece and Turkey) totaled about EUR 15.3 billion in terms of GWP, 12.5% more y-o-y, according to preliminary figures centralized by XPRIMM.
Last year, the insurance industry of Cyprus totaled EUR 892 million, up by almost 4% y-o-y, according to end-year preliminary market figures published on the IAC website - the local professional association.
At the end of 3Q2019, the SEE insurance market (inclusing Cyprus, Greece and Turkey) totaled about EUR 11.5 billion in GWP, 26.44% more y-o-y, according to preliminary figures centralized by XPRIMM.
The Cypriote insurance market increased by 4.66% y-o-y at the end of 3Q2019 according to the data published by The Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC, amounting to a figure over EUR 678.55 million in GWP.
During January-June 2019, the Cypriot insurance industry increased by 2.5% y-o-y to EUR 468 million, according to half-year market figures published on the IAC website - the local professional association.
Cypriot insurers reported aggregate GWP of EUR 250.6 million in the first three months of 2019, down by 1.2% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC.
CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings announced that its majority shareholder - the France's insurer CNP Assurances which owns 50.1% of its share capital, came to an agreement with Bank of Cyprus to acquire the remaining 49.9% stake in CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings.
Insurance Association of Cyprus (IAC) figures show an increase of EUR 17.8 million (+12.6%) in the local market Health insurance business line; the segment reached EUR 159.2 million in 2018.
The insurance market of Cyprus totaled about EUR 871.5 million at the end of 2018, up by 7% y-o-y, according to year-end market figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus, IAC.
The cabinet of Ministers approved in February, 2019 the creation of a new insurance system for farmers that seeks to offer financial support to producers of all crops, as well as for sheep and goat farmers.
Hellenic Bank is about to revise its insurance activities to discover the best alternatives for the subsidiary insurance companies, according to the portal insuranceworld.gr of Ethos Media.
The nine months report on insurers' performance published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus (IAC), shows that at the end of September 2018 the local insurance market totaled EUR 651 million in premiums, up by 7.2% y-o-y.