In 2024, GWP collected by insurance companies in Georgia reached GEL 1.25 billion (EUR 429.74 million), which is 18.41% more y-o-y, as the data published by the Insurance Supervision Service of Georgia show.

In 2024, Polish insurers paid out a record-breaking 50.3 billion PLN (EUR 11.76 billion) in claims and benefits, marking a 13.6% increase y-o-y. Notably, natural disaster-related payouts surged by 64.1% to 3.7 billion PLN (EUR 865 million), primarily due to floods and other extreme weather events. At the same time, gross written premiums rose by 8.9% y-o-y, to PLN 85.7 billion.

The Dutch insurer Aegon announced the nomination of David Herzog, Lori Fouché and Jay Ralph as new members of its Board of Directors at the company’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM) which will be held on June 12, 2025.

Aon, a leading global professional services firm, named Soeren Soltysiak as Asia CEO of Reinsurance Solutions, effective 1 April 2025.

The Board of Directors of KBC Group has decided to propose Ms. Kristine Braden and Ms. Line Hestvik to the General Meeting of Shareholders as new non-executive, independent directors on the Board of Directors of KBC Group and members of the Risk and Compliance Committee and the Nomination Committee of KBC Group.

Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor and a business of Marsh McLennan announced the appointment of Lindsay Roos as CEO, Bowring Marsh Bermuda, its Bermuda-based international placement specialist, effective immediately.

Igor Gordienko will become a member of the Supervisory Board of INGO, which is among the top 5 non-life insurers in the country.

The Dutch insurer Aegon has published its Integrated Annual Report 2024, which contains the company’s financial and non-financial results, as well as a detailed overview of the company and its various businesses. The report provides an analysis of Aegon’s business environment in 2024 and describes how the company brought its purpose and strategy to life during the year.

A competitive reinsurance market resulted in improved pricing for most insurers at April 1 renewals, driven by enhanced reinsurer results and relatively benign natural catastrophe loss activity across the region, the latest Aon’s report in its Reinsurance Market Dynamics series emphasized.

AXA has completed the acquisition of Gruppo Nobis (Nobis), a predominantly Retail P&C insurance company in Italy, benefiting from a well-diversified distribution network, that includes multi-tied agents and car dealer partnerships.

In January-February 2025, GWP of 16 insurance companies operating in Azerbaijan amounted to AZN 281.20 million (~EUR 158.87 million), which is 17.3% more y-o-y, ABC.AZ writes with reference to the Central Bank.

The largest and most important annual gathering for the insurance industry will once again be held in Opatija, from 14-16 May, at the Amadria Park Grand Hotel 4 Opatijska Cvijeta, osiguranje.hr writes.

Generali announced the completion of the share acquisition of Generali China Insurance Company Limited (GCI). Having received all regulatory approvals, Generali now has full ownership of its Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance business in China, the company said.

French insurer Groupama’s economic operating income increased to EUR 954 million at 31 December 2024, up 52% compared with 31 December 2023. It came from property and casualty insurance for EUR 429 million (vs EUR 316 million) and health and protection insurance for EUR 299 million (vs EUR 233 million).

This is the third consecutive year that MetLife, a global leader in insurance solutions, has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list in 2025.

MetLife, a global leader in insurance solutions, has been named as a 2025 CIO 100 Award Winner by Foundry CIO for My Leave Navigator. For almost 30 years, the CIO 100 Awards have recognized innovative organizations that exemplify the highest level of strategic and operational excellence in IT, the company said.

In the first quarter of this year, the price of third-party liability insurance for motor vehicle owners was on average PLN 118 higher than in the same period of 2024. In some regions, price increases even exceeded PLN 150, as data collected by Rankomat show, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa (Insurance Gazette) writes.

PZU has once again become the Best Insurer in Poland in the mojebankowanie.pl portal competition, confirming its high level of customer service. PZU has become a leader in two categories - service at a branch and remote communication. In the assessment of online travel insurance purchases, it ranked third.

Sava Insurance Group announced that the supervisory board of Sava Re d.d. approved the audited Annual Report of the Sava Insurance Group and Sava Re d.d. for 2024. The Sava Insurance Group achieved strong results in 2024, surpassing its financial targets and generating a net profit of EUR 87,846,542.

SCOR SE has been placed under examination as a legal entity in connection with a judicial investigation in France related to facts attributed to an association which allegedly attempted to obstruct the acquisition of Partner Re by the Covéa group in 2022.