In January-October 2022, 20 Azerbaijani insurers collected premiums in the amount of AZN 797.625 million (EUR 471.96 million), which is 13% more than a year earlier for the same period, ABC.AZ reports citing the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

Full launch of health insurance in Armenia will be completed by 2027, ArmInfo wrote referring to the statement of the Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan.

Every Czech has at least one insurance policy according to a Survey published by Czech Insurance Association - CAP, about the perceptions of the insurance industry and conducted by the independent research agency SC&C.

According to an announcement published on Ljubljana Stock Exchange website, David BENEDEK, Board Member, Zavarovalnica TRIGLAV will leave its position on 1 December 2022.

The GWP of Kosovo insurers increased by 11.3% y-o-y to EUR 98.3 million during January-September 2022 while total gross claims paid increased by 2.2% y-o-y to EUR 46.6 million, as official monthly figures published on the website of the Central Bank showed.

The insurance market of Bosnia and Herzegovina ended the first nine months of the current year with aggregate gross written premiums worth BAM 668.66 million (~EUR 341.88 million) vs. BAM 618.26 million (~EUR 316.11 million) a year before, according to the January-September 2022 market data published by AZOBiH - Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Albanian insurance market posted January-September 2022 GWP of ALL 15.50 billion (~EUR 133 million), or 9.5% more y-o-y, according to the 3Q2022 figures published on the website of the local financial supervisory authority - AFSA.

The insurance market of Moldova at the end of 3Q2022 grew by 26.56% to MDL 1.82 billion (EUR 95.84 million), according to data published by the National Financial Market Commission. Paid claims reached MDL 585.80 million (EUR 30.84 million), which is 25.41% more than in the same period of 2021.

Despite challenging business conditions, Slovenian Triglav Group increased its total revenue by 10% to EUR 1,241.1 million in the first 3Q of 2022, achieved a favorable combined ratio of 89.5% and generated EUR 89.2 million in profit before tax, down by 3% relative to the same period last year.

The value of insurance premiums collected by the PZU Group throughout the first three quarters of 2022 exceeded PLN 19 billion (~EUR 4.05 billion), 4.3% up y-o-y. In Q3 alone, GWP growth rate was the highest in a year (12.1% y-o-y), thanks to the rapidly growing sales of non-life insurance, motor insurance in particular.

Alexander SARRIGEORGIOU, chairman of the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies, and chair and CEO of Eurolife FFH, has been elected vice-president of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, with a mandate running until June 2025.

SCOR Investment Partners, announced the launch of a new corporate loan fund focused on environmental sustainability and the preservation of natural capital: SCOR Euro Loans Natural Capital, thus reaffirming its position as a responsible investor focused on increasing its sustainability linked platform.

Azerbaijan's insurance sector ended 3Q with an increase of 12.24%, reaching AZN 731.22 million (EUR 438.62 million). At the same time, paid claims decreased by 14.69% to AZN 318.61 million (EUR 191.12 million), according to the statistics published by the National Bank.

3Q2022, the insurance sector of Kyrgyzstan ended with impressive growth y-o-y - by 51%, reaching KGS 1492.37 million (EUR 19.26 million), according to data published by the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market at the government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Austrian insurance group UNIQA generated premiums worth EUR 5.03 billion (+4.3% y-o-y) in 9M2022, due to increases recorded in all business lines: property and casualty insurance grew by 5.5% (to EUR 2.83 billion), health insurance by 4.9% (to EUR 963.6 million) and life insurance by 1.2% (to EUR 1.23 billion).

Slovenian re/insurance Group SAVA announced it has generated a net profit of EUR 46.5 million in the first nine months of 2022, reaching 77.5% of its annual target.

Total GWP of insurance companies ARX (risk insurance) and ARX Life (life insurance) for 9 months of 2022 amounted to UAH 2.1 billion (~EUR 58.25 million). ARX for the reporting period collected UAH 1.96 billion and concluded 2.4 million insurance contracts with clients, which is 35% more y-o-y, Forinsurer writes.

In January-September 2022, total income of 14 insurance companies operating in the market increased 1.4 times y-o-y, amounting to KGS 1.8 billion (EUR 22.90 million), according to the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Over the past three years, the assets of insurance companies have grown by 74.6% to KZT 2 trillion (~EUR 4.35 billion).

According to the data of the Croatian Insurance Agency for October 2022, GWP of insurance companies reached HRK 10.64 billion (~EUR 1.41 billion), which is 7.62% more compared to the same period of 2021, www.svijetosiguranja.eu wrote.