Montenegro

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Location:
- Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea;
- Neighbours: Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo.

Climate:
- Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland.

Natural hazards:
- destructive earthquakes.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:13,812km2
Population*:0.6million
Pop. density*:44.9people/km2
GDP*:4.6EUR billion
GDP/capita*:7,323.0EUR

European Union:
Official candidate

Currency: Euro
Code: EUR
- unilaterally adopted currency


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:18%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:82%
Overall Property*:12%
Overall Motor*:50%


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STATISTICS: MONTENEGRO Q1 2026: in an overall positive market trend, but claims increased faster than premiums

According to preliminary figures published by the Insurance Supervision Agency of Montenegro (ISA), the business of Montenegrin insurers increased by 6.18% y-o-y in the first quarter of 2026, reaching EUR 39.45 million.

Gross written premiums from non-life insurance totaled EUR 31.87 million in January-March 2026, up by 4.33% y-o-y, while the life insurance GWP totaled EUR 7.58 million, up by 14.7% y-o-y.

At the same time, total gross claims paid increased by 13.8% to EUR 16.36 million. Of this total, life indemnities amounted to EUR 3.81 million vs. EUR 3.18 million a year before, while non-life payments increased by 12.11% y-o-y to EUR 12.55 million mostly because of the 9.8% growth reported in motor insurance.

The statistics published by Montenegrin ISA comprises data from nine insurance companies operating in the country: four life and five non-life insurers. Wiener Stadtische zivotno osiguranje remains the largest life insurer with 50.78% market, while Lovcen osiguranje is the largest non-life insurer with a 31.9% market share.

Access XPRIMM Database and download the Q12026 Montenegrin insurance market statistics.



MONTENEGRO: The insurance market rises 7% in January

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.




STATISTICS: MONTENEGRO, 3Q 2025: motor insurance set the market trends

At the end of September 2025, the insurance market of Montenegro totaled EUR 112.9 million, 10% more y-o-y, while the value of paid claims by insurers totaled EUR 45.84 million, up by 7.5% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market data released by Insurance Supervision Agency.