The Dutch insurer Aegon reported second half year 2024 results. Net profit was EUR 741 million. Operating result was EUR 776 million, up 14% compared with the second half of 2023, the company said in its press release.

The charter capital of two companies of the Nomad Insurance Group — Nomad Insurance and Nomad Life — has been increased by KZT 15.5 billion (~EUR 28.36 million).

NN Group, an international financial services company, continued strong business performance in 2024. Full-year operating result increased to EUR 2.6 billion; the net result increased to EUR 1.6 billion from EUR 1.2 billion in 2023.

Generali Insurance has decided to withdraw from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) and the Association of Insurers of Serbia (UOS), after both organizations refused to respond to recent media attacks targeting the company's Executive Board, Dragan Filipović, Serbia Business News wrote.

TAS Insurance Group, one of the leaders in the insurance market, collected UAH 525.33 million (~EUR 12.08 million) under concluded insurance contracts in January 2025, which is 46.8% more y-o-y, Forinsurer writes.

During the Tashkent Marketing Forum 2025, which took place on February 15, Uzagrosugurta received the award “For contribution to the development of online insurance in Uzbekistan in 2024”, gazeta.uz writes.

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) delivered record results, driven by strong momentum in all areas of the business, with P&C and Life achieving their highest-ever business operating profits and the Farmers Exchanges lowering their combined ratio by 12 percentage points in just one year.

The net profit of the insurance sector in Armenia, after a 4.5-fold jump in 2022, began to decline in 2023, remaining in this trend in 2024 with a little slowdown in rate from 33% to 26%.

The value of MTPL (compulsory motor insurance) claims paid by insurers in Romania rose by 36% in 9M 2024, exceeding RON 3.4 billion (~ EUR 680 million), according to a statement from UNSAR, the professional association of the local insurers.

The inaugural edition of ReConnext, an all-inclusive reinsurance networking event, took place on February 16-19, 2025, at the Titanic Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya. The event organized by Confera Event Partners and IUC Group launched a completely new “all-inclusive event concept” and hosted several interesting conference sessions.

VIG Re appoints Hong-Wha Ling to the newly created role of Chief People Officer, underscoring its commitment to talent development and strategic growth. The creation of the Chief People Officer role reflects the evolving nature of People Management within VIG Re.

RiverStone International, a top acquirer of legacy business in the Lloyd’s market, has signed a reinsurance-to-close deal with Asta Managing Agency, transferring Hampden Risk Partners Syndicate 2689’s 2022 underwriting year into RiverStone Syndicate 3500. As of Q3 2024, net technical provisions stood at GBP 62.5 million.

The Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) shares the commitment of supervisors and regulators to ensure AI is used responsibly, whilst also fostering innovation to the benefit of consumers and industry.

At the end of 2024, the insurance market of Croatia totalled EUR 1.9 billion, of which EUR 335.1million (17.4%) related to life insurance premium and EUR 1.6 billion (82.6%) to non-life insurance segment, according to the YE 2024 statistics published by The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency – HANFA.

At the end of 2024, the BiH insurance market totaled EUR 555 million (BAM 1.1 billion), up by 10.3% y-o-y, as the local insurance agency – AZOBIH informed. At the same time, the value of claims paid by insurers expanded by 9.4% y-o-y to EUR 240 million.

Allianz Commercial announced that Aymeric Martin, currently Chief Financial Officer of Allianz Ireland, will join the Board of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (‘AGCS SE’ as the legal entity of Allianz with Board responsibility for Allianz Commercial) as Chief Risk and Resilience Officer (CRRO), with effect from April 1, 2025, subject to regulatory approval.

Marcel Zuidam, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Nationale-Nederlanden Bank (NN Bank) will step down as of 1 April 2025 to join Triodos Bank.

Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Alexandra Cliff as its Chief Financial Officer. Her appointment will commence on 1 May 2025, subject to regulatory approval.

Aviva, one of the UK’s leading Insurance, Wealth and Retirement businesses, with major businesses in Canada and Ireland, announced the appointment of Craig Fazzini-Jones as Group Chief Operating Officer, from 1 March. Craig will become a member of Aviva’s Group Executive Committee.

American International Group (AIG) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. General Insurance net premiums written (NPW) amounted to USD 6.1 billion, which means an increase of 6% y-o-y on a reported basis, or 7% on a comparable basis, according to the Group’s report.