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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "bbb-" (Good) of Bosna Reosiguranje d.d. Sarajevo (Bosna Re). The outlook for both ratings remains stable.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
More and more agricultural producers are buying insurance, and the increasing frequency of natural disasters is one of the main reasons for the growing interest in agricultural insurance, according to Nina Kolchakova, Secretary General of the Association of Bulgarian Insurers (ABZ), the Association wrote.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Montenegro's top insurer Lovcen Osiguranje, part of Slovenia's Triglav Group, has reported that its consolidated net profit rose to EUR 3.17 million in the first half of 2026, from EUR 2.97 million a year earlier, SeeNews reports.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Global commercial insurance rates fell, on average, by 6% in the second quarter of 2026, following a 5% decline in Q1 2026. Property rates declined by 12% while casualty rates increased 2%, driven largely by continued challenges in the US, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index (GIMI) released today by Marsh.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The Insurance Supervision Agency (ANO) of Montenegro has issued a decision granting the non-life insurance company Wiener städtische osiguranje Podgorica Vienna insurance group a license to conduct non-life insurance business, ANO said on its website.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
For the fifth consecutive time, UNIQA has been named one of the best employers in Poland in Forbes' "Best Employers 2026" ranking. The company ranked third among insurers, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa (Insurance Gazette) wrote.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Romanian insurers paid EUR 33.3 million in claims during Q1 2026 for the repair of insured properties, according to official data published by the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) and quoted by UNSAR. The amount is approximately 19% higher y-o-y, reflecting both the rising costs of unforeseen events and the increasingly important role of insurance in protecting property.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Fierce competition, persistent inflation and the rise of electric vehicles are reshaping Turkiye’s motor insurance market. So, to stay ahead, motor insurers are leveraging data platforms and fraud-detection tools, according to Mr Bulent Karan, General Director of the Turkish Motor Insurers Bureau, Middle East Insurance Review reports.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
On 31 of July, S&P Global Ratings (Agency) published its latest credit ratings for Sava Re d.d. and Zavarovalnica Sava d.d., affirming their long-term issuer credit and financial strength ratings at “A+” with a stable outlook. The Agency also affirmed the “A-” issue ratings on two of Sava Re’s junior subordinated outstanding bonds.
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by Media XPRIMM, 2026-08-06
Shares of Sava Re gained 4.51% over the past week on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, amid market speculation that Belgian banking group KBC is considering a return to the Slovenian market, SeeBiz.eu wrote.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Zavarovalnica Triglav, the parent company of the Triglav Group, has signed an agreement to acquire a 49% stake in Croatia's Arsano Medical Group, one of the country's leading private healthcare providers, Triglav said on its website.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has affirmed its high "A+" financial strength and issuer credit ratings of the Triglav Group and thereby of its parent company Zavarovalnica Triglav and the Group member Pozavarovalnica Triglav Re. The medium-term outlook is stable, as the Group announced on its website.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The number of insurance fraud reports fell by 12.4% in the first half of this year, compared to the corresponding half of 2025, according to data from the Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau (SISEB) of the Insurance Information and Monitoring Centre, Middle East Insurance Review reports.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Swiss Re reported a net income of USD 1.3 billion for Q2 2026, bringing first-half net income to USD 2.8 billion. The result demonstrates improved earnings generation across all three Business Units, putting Swiss Re well on track towards its USD 4.5 billion full-year 2026 target.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Munich Re recorded a strong second quarter 2026. The Group’s preliminary net profit of approximately EUR 2.2 billion significantly surpassed analysts’ consensus estimate of EUR 1.786 billion for 2Q2026, according to the Group’s press release.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In the first half of 2026, Adris Group generated total consolidated revenue of EUR 574 million, up 9% compared to the first half of the previous year, the Group said in its report.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
SCOR recorded EUR 171 million net income (EUR 188 million adjusted) in 2Q2026, supported by all business activities, according to the company’s press release.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Total gross written premiums & other revenues of AXA in 1H2026 were up +5%, driven by Life & Health (+8%) and Property & Casualty (+3%), AXA said in its report.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Zurich Insurance Group delivered a strong set of results for 1H 2026, reporting net income attributable to shareholders of USD 3.5 billion, up 14% y-o-y, while business operating profit (BOP) reached a record USD 4.8 billion, an increase of 13%.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The revenue of WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, for the second quarter was USD 2.47 billion, an increase of 9% compared to USD 2.26 billion for the same period in the prior year.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The net income of Chubb Limited for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, was USD 2.85 billion, and core operating income was USD 2.84 billion. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net income was USD 5.17 billion, and core operating income was USD 5.53 billion, Chubb announced on its website.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Aon, a leading global professional services firm, delivered another quarter of strong performance, including 2% total revenue growth, 5% organic revenue growth and operating margin expansion, the company said in its second-quarter 2026 report.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In July, Fitch Ratings affirmed Generali and its core subsidiaries' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings at 'AA-'. The agency also affirmed Generali's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+'. The Outlooks are Stable.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Armenia's insurance sector increased tax payments to the state budget 2.8-fold in the first half of 2026, reaching nearly AMD 1.7 billion (~EUR 4.36 million).
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In the Armenian insurance market, the MTPL loss ratio fell to 72.1% in the first half of 2026, down from 73.3% in the same period last year, ArmInfo reports.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The net profit of Azerbaijani insurance companies in the second quarter of 2026 amounted to AZN 90.6 million (~EUR 46.71 million), which is 12% more y-o-y, according to Trend.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-07-29
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan has proposed a resolution "On establishment of rules for imputed liability insurance for tourist entities", kaktus.media reports.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-07-29
According to forecasts from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Ukraine's insurance market could increase its share of the economy from about 1% of GDP to 5-7% after the country's entry into the European Union, Forinsurer reports.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The Ukrainian MTPL market demonstrated positive dynamics across most key indicators in the first half of the year: GWP increased by 7% to UAH 11.74 billion (~EUR 0.24 billion), while paid claims rose by 95% to UAH 5.63 billion (~EUR 0.11 billion), Forinsurer writes, citing a report from the Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU).
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
On July 24 Allianz Group (Allianz) and HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC Group), announced that Allianz, through its wholly owned subsidiary Allianz Asia Holding Pte Ltd, agreed to acquire HSBC Life Singapore Pte Ltd (HSBC Life Singapore), subject to regulatory approval.
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INTERVIEW
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-07-29
The risk backdrop is volatile and will likely remain so. Geopolitical uncertainty, societal trends, technological disruption from AI, new energy sources, resurgent inflation and extreme weather all persist Simultaneously, there is still a significant protection gap, meaning our industry has a structural opportunity to grow risk transfer and to work with our partners to support resilience-building adaptation that makes a difference.
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TOP EVENT
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-07-08
Insurance professionals from across Europe will gather in Ljubljana for the next edition of the annual international conference organized by the Slovenian Insurance Supervision Agency (AZN), this year under the titles INSURED 360°.
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MARKETS & TRENDS
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In the first six months of the year, natural disasters caused worldwide losses estimated at nearly USD 112 billion. Of those losses, only USD 44 billion were insured, representing an insurance gap of 60%, according to the Munich Re’s natural disaster review for the first half of 2026.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
Global economic losses totaled USD 111 billion during 1H2026, 25% below the 21st-century average and the lowest first half total since 2018. However, the period still produced USD 23 billion economic loss events – matching the long-term average – and USD 13 billion insured loss events, exceeding the historical average of USD 10 billion insured loss events.
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STATISTICS
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-05
At the end of March 2026, the BiH insurance market totaled EUR 150.56 million (BAM 294.48 million), up by 6.94% y-o-y, as the local insurance agency – AZOBIH informed. At the same time, the value of claims paid by insurers expanded by 11.62% y-o-y to EUR 67.08 million.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Bulgarian insurance market reported Q1 2026 GWP worth EUR 695.75 billion, which is 0.4% less y-o-y, according to the official quarterly figures published on Financial Supervisory Commission website.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-05
According to the Czech National Bank data, Czech insurers ended Q1 2025 with GWP worth EUR 2.75 billion, 9.6% more y-o-y. Gross claims paid, including change in balance of technical provisions, have increased by 6.35%, to EUR 1.19 billion.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-05
Latvian insurers ended Q1 2026 with gross written premiums (GWP) worth EUR 403.84 million, 9.4% up y-o-y. Life insurance accounted for about 19.5% of this total, while motor insurance is the business segment with the largest participation to the market portfolio (~39% - MoD, MTPL and mandatory MTPL all together)
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Serbian insurers ended 1Q2026 with total GWP worth RSD 50.22 billion (EUR 427.73 million), which is 11.4% more y-o-y, according to the end-quarter statistics published by the National Bank of Serbia (NBS).
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
GWP by the insurers domiciled in Slovakia amounted, according to the official statistics of the Slovak National Bank, to EUR 615.9 million in Q1 2026, which is by 6.86% less y-o-y.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The regional insurance market in Eurasia grew by only 7.36% in euros at the end of 1Q2026, reaching EUR 12.30 billion, according to xprimm statistics.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In 1Q2026, Kyrgyzstan's insurance sector amounted to KGS 2,516.89 million (EUR 25.04 million), which is 61.53% more y-o-y, according to data published by the Service for regulation and supervision of the financial market of Kyrgyzstan. Total paid claims rose by 48.76% to KGS 475.04 million (EUR 4.73 million).
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ON THE MOVE
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
The Supervisory Board of Allianz SE and Günther Thallinger mutually agreed that Mr. Thallinger’s term as member of the Board of Management will conclude on December 31, 2026. Günther Thallinger joined the Allianz SE Board of Management in 2017, marking a ten-year tenure as a Board Member, Allianz announced in July.
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by Daniela GHETU, 2026-08-06
Swiss Re appointed Velina Peneva, currently Group Chief Investment Officer, as CEO L&H Re, while Martin Zingg, currently Group Head Corporate Development & Capital Markets, was appointed Group Chief Investment Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee.
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by Marina MAGNAVAL, 2026-08-04
In July Chubb Limited announced key executive appointments to its global reinsurance business, Chubb Tempest Re. James Wixtead, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Chubb Tempest Re Group, was named Executive Chairman.
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EVENTS
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CURRENT XPRIMM REPORTS
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