Arzybek KOZHOSHEV was appointed Chairman of the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market under the Ministry of Economics and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic, as announced on the website of the market regulator.

Eurohold, the Bulgarian public holding and an independent financial and insurance group operating in the CEE/SEE/CIS region, has mandated J.P. Morgan AG to act as its lead and exclusive arranger for structuring the debt financing related to the deal with CEZ Group.

The European Union can play a role in supporting and promoting the efforts of member states to boost the financial (and digital) literacy of vulnerable persons. This includes raising awareness of the need to prepare for retirement and of the benefits of long-term saving, according to a paper issued by Insurance Europe.

Lloyd's announced that it has appointed Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) to provide an additional independent opinion of Lloyd's financial strength "and further demonstrate the market's exceptionally strong financial position to investors and customers".

After the decision of the Hungarian authorities to block the sale of Aegon NV's local unit to Vienna Insurance Group in a regional deal of EUR 830 million sale of Dutch insurer's CEE operations to Austrian insurer, Hungarian CIG Pannonia could be the potential buyer, Bloomberg informed here.

According to the National Association of Agriculture Insurers (NAAI), in 2019-2020 all NAAI insurers increased their activity in the agroinsurance with state support.

On April 27, 2021, the 5^th InnoIns-2021 Insurance Innovation Forum will take place. The event will be held in a mixed, online + offline format. Forum speakers and moderators will gather in a studio, while the rest of the participants will work online. The forum of insurance innovations InnoIns-2021 is held by MIG Insurance Today and the analytical agency BusinessDrom with the support and participation of the All-Russian Insurance Association.

The COVID-19 crisis made and continues to make the headlines since the beginning of 2020. Yet, as the worst pandemic ever is expected to lose its intensity in the months to come, there are pre-existing grave topics on the agenda that are far from losing ground and are equally far from finding an all-encompassing solution.

Last year, the Slovak insurance market totaled EUR 2.17 billion, 4.75% less y-o-y, according to the end-year statistics published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS).

Swiss Re Institute has issued the Climate Economics Index a stress-tests analysis on how climate risks will impact 48 countries representing 90% of the world economy and ranks their overall climate resilience. It shows all countries will be affected, but some are more vulnerable than others.

Swiss Re has published the 2020 Financial Condition Report for the Swiss Re Group and regulated re/insurance legal entities domiciled in Switzerland for the reporting period ended 31 December 2020.

Guy Carpenter & Company announced the appointments of Christophe GAUDRON as CEO, Guy Carpenter France, effective January 01, 2022, and Michel DEN BOER as Managing Director, Treaty Broking, Guy Carpenter Benelux, with immediate effect.

Th National Bank of Greece, the shareholder of Ethniki Asfalistiki - the largest and the oldest insurer in the country - announced that on Extraordinary General Meeting of its Shareholders held on April 21st 2021 remotely in real-time via teleconference it was approved the sale of 90.01% in the company to CVC.

Insurance Europe agrees with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) that for insurers' key performance indicators the alignment with taxonomy-aligned activities should be assessed based on non-life gross premiums and the assessment of funding taxonomy-aligned economic activities should be based on the investments.

After a warm March, low temperatures and frost have recently hit Central and Western Europe, some countries experiencing the coldest months of April ever observed, with temperatures well below freezing. Winegrowers and fruit growers in Croatia, France, Italy and parts of Germany said their hopes for good crops were ruined.

Serbian "Dunav osiguranje" is the winner of this year's award "Consumer's favorite" in the insurance category, designating the most popular brands on the Serbian market. Organized by the association "My Serbia" and with the support of the City of Belgrade, the contest awards the best brands based on the consumers' votes.

Despite the combined effects of around USD 25 billion of pandemic and natural catastrophe related losses and a compromised investment return, Aon's Reinsurance Aggregate (ARA) of reinsurers was able to report positive earnings for the year and an increased capital base, aided by demonstrated access to new funding.

Uzbekinvest National Export-Import Insurance Company and Malakut Insurance Brokers settled a USD 2.9 million fire loss at a cotton pulp mill in Tashkent region of Uzbekistan, according to Malakut.

INGOSSTRAKH took part as a General Partner and GIC Reinsurance as a Partner of the 25th Anniversary Annual Reinsurance Conference hold on April 14-15 in Moscow.

Paid claims of SBERBANK Life Insurance on credit insurance in January-March 2021 reached to RUB 2.5 billion (~EUR 28.17 million*). Compared to the first quarter of 2020, the number of paid claims increased by a third, and their volume - by 38%, according to the insurer's press release.