In January 2026, AZN 20.14 million (~EUR 9.92 million) were collected in mandatory insurance in Azerbaijan, which is 12.6% less y-o-y, Trend reports citing the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

A new insurance company, SBS-Polis, has been registered on the Belarusian insurance market. In February of this year, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus approved SBS-Polis’s license to conduct insurance activities, according to the Belarusian Association of Insurers.

In January 2026, total GWP in the Belarus's insurance sector amounted to BYN 267.75 million (~EUR 78.75 million), which represents a 6.1% increase y-o-y, according to data from the Republic's Ministry of Finance.

MTPL demonstrates growth of about 10%, while Motor Hull - about 15%. And there is a significant increase in property insurance - about 25%, as this business line covers household property, corporate assets and agricultural production, said Nikolay Stanchev, Chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Insurers (ABZ) and CEO of Generali Bulgaria.

In 2025, the number of motor insurance claims in Estonia decreased by 3% compared to 2024. A total of 32,601 cases were registered in Estonia last year, with a total loss of EUR 77 million, according to the Estonian Motor Insurance Fund (LKF).

Hannover Re achieved its increased earnings guidance in the 2025 financial year despite challenging market conditions. Group net income rose sharply to EUR 2.6 billion, while at the same time Hannover Re continued to significantly strengthen its resilience and sustained profitability.

On March 17, the Portfolio Insurance 2026 conference will take place as the defining professional event of the domestic insurance market. The top executives of Allianz, CIG, Gránit, Groupama and Union will talk about the most pressing topics during the morning roundtable discussion of insurance executives.

The government will continue to cover 70% of agricultural insurance premiums through the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development. This decision was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers in early March, bizlaw reports.

Total GWP of insurance companies operating in Montenegro rose to EUR 12.8 million in January 2026 from EUR 11.9 million in the like period of last year, according to the country’s Insurance Supervision Agency, ANO, SeeNews writes.

In 2025 UNIQA increased its premium revenues by 8.2% to EUR 8.36 billion in 2025. This strong and profitable growth came from all business lines. The main drivers were property and casualty insurance (up 10%) and health insurance (up 6.3%), UNIQA said in its press release.

Gross written premiums of Generali in 2025 rose to EUR 98.1 billion (+3.6%), thanks to significant growth in both Life and P&C. Life net inflows were very positive at EUR 13.5 billion mainly driven by Protection & Health and Unit-Linked & Hybrid, in line with the Group’s strategy, the Group said in its report.

Triglav Group in 2025 achieved 9% organic growth in the total business volume, reaching EUR 1,868.3 million. In mid-2025, in cooperation with partners, the Group entered the Italian motor vehicle insurance market, generating an additional EUR 692.9 million in written premium and bringing total business volume to EUR 2,561.2 million (49% growth).

Swiss Re has entered into a USD 2 billion liability longevity reinsurance transaction, building on its global track record in the longevity risk transfer market and marking its first such transaction covering US retirees. Athene participated as the transaction counterparty as part of its ordinary course risk management activities.

GWP by the Slovak insurers amounted, according to data provided by the SLASPO - Slovak Insurance Association, to EUR 3.2 billion in 2025, which is by 7.44% more y-o-y, while the market portfolio structure remained mostly unchanged.

The Hungarian insurance sector’s cumulative premium income amounted to HUF 1,961.74 billion in 2025 (EUR 5.09 billion), 15.7% higher y-o-y, data provided by the National Bank of Hungary show. While the life insurance premium income rose by 27.8%, non-life GWP increased by 8.48%.

Insurance Europe announced it opened registrations for Insurance Europe’s event on “Building Europe’s climate resilience: a shared agenda for by-design approaches” on 24 March, with special guests from the European Commission, European Parliament, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the insurance sector.

Marsh Risk, a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) and the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, and Apollo, a Skyward Group Company (Nasdaq: SKWD) and a leading specialty insurer, today announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind insurance facility for Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER), to accelerate the deployment of autonomous vehicles across Uber’s global platform.

Nexus Underwriting, an Arrowhead Intermediaries company, announced the appointment of Walid Youssef as unit head of UK Financial Institutions, reporting to Joanne Edgley, UK head of Financial Lines.

Over the past decade, nearly 3,400 disputes between financial institutions and clients in Poland have been resolved amicably through procedures conducted by the Financial Ombudsman, resulting in settlements worth more than PLN 31.6 million, Polish Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote quoting data presented during a recent anniversary conference.

Swiss Re has published its 2025 Annual Report and the invitation to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for 10 April 2026, confirming the Group’s strong capital position and proposing a higher dividend for shareholders.