Last year an increase in life bancassurance sales through banks was observed, while non-life bancassurance has still not returned to growth.

Data collected by the Samar Automotive Market Research Institute (IBRM) shows that during the first three quarters of 2023, 992,552 passenger cars and commercial vehicles with a total permissible weight of up to 3.5 tons were registered for the first time, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa writes.

The Polish insurance market remains the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. However, the penetration rate is 2.2%, ranking Poland 53^rd in the world, according to Swiss Re, as EMIS (ISI Emerging Markets Group) analysts noted in the "Poland Insurance Sector Report 2023-2024", Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa writes.

TUW PZUW (Polski Zakład Ubezpieczen Wzajemnych) won the Insurance Stars ranking. The award was given at an event organized by the editorial office of "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". The company ranked first among all insurance companies in Poland and among mutual insurance companies, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa reports.

Polish insurance market reported 1H2023 aggregate GWP worth PLN 40 billion (EUR 8.8 billion), 10% more y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority).

Vienna Insurance Group is consolidating its operations on the Polish market, which means that instead of the current six insurance companies, only three will operate. The aim is to make greater use of the Polish market potential as one of the key markets for the group, and to strengthen competitive position, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.

In the first half of the year, the dynamics of premium collection in corporate insurance reached 112%, which, compared with inflation, means at most maintaining the market at a very stable level, according to Warta's estimates, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.

TUW PZUW (Polski Zakład Ubezpieczen Wzajemnych), the largest mutual insurance company in Poland, has exceeded 600 members, which means this number doubled in less than four years. TUW PZUW has a 34% market share and is the only insurance company with an international rating (A-), Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa reports.

In July, the average price of MTPL policy for owners of motor vehicles was PLN 518 (~EUR 117.46), while in the same period of 2022, it was PLN 497, which means that the current premium is 4.9% higher than a year ago, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote based on the insurance report of RMF FM and Rankomat.

WARTA, a leading motor insurer in Poland, and Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s largest telematics service provider, announced Warta4U, a connected insurance program that offers safe driving discounts. The program will begin by focusing on young drivers, providing them feedback on risk factors like speed, acceleration, braking, cornering, and phone distraction while driving.

In Poland insurers recorded another MTPL price reduction by the end of the first half of 2023. The average insurance premium decreased by 4.2% y-o-y and amounted to PLN 502 (~EUR 113), Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote based on the Rankomat data.

Thanks to the improvement in the insurance sector's solvency ratios observed in 2H2022, at the end of December the coverage ratio of the Solvency Capital Requirement with eligible own funds was 272% in life and 228% in non-life, which was more than at the end of June 2022, the "Financial Stability Report. June 2023" published by the National Bank of Poland said, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.

Polish insurance market reported Q1 2023 aggregate GWP worth PLN 20.12 billion (EUR 4.30 billion), 10.89% more y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). Claims and benefits paid by local insurers decreased by 2.46% y-o-y to PLN 11.25 billion (~EUR 2.40 billion) from PLN 11.53 billion a year before.

Dutch insurer Aegon announced the completion of the divestment of its businesses in Poland and Romania to Vienna Insurance Group for EUR 125 million.

According to the data collected by the Polish Insurance Association (PIU), at the end of March this year, 4.3 million Poles were covered by private health insurance, which is 12.5% more y-o-y. The quarterly GWP for this type of insurance reached PLN 454.4 million (~EUR 96.88 million), Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.

TUW PZUW, the largest mutual insurance company in Poland, part of the PZU financial group, launches "Szpital 360" - a new project that TUW PZUW intends to introduce in medical facilities from September, as a preventive program aimed at developing a medical risk management model in medical entities insured by the company.

Acrisure, a Fintech leader that operates a top-10 global insurance broker, announced its acquisition of Unilink Group, the largest insurance distribution platform in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Through this partnership, Acrisure adds over 1,300 colleagues across Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Moldova and clients in the same geography.

At the end of April, due to the expiry of the three-year contract, Andrea Simoncelli resigns from the position of the Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of insurance companies of Generali Polska, as the company informed here.

The latest report of the Financial Ombudsman for 2022 confirmed Warta's position as a leader in the quality of customer service in the property and motor insurance segments. The company has maintained this position for the fifth year in a row, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.

Nearly three-quarters of about 9,000 cases submitted to the Financial Ombudsman last year concerned property insurance, and almost half of all insurance cases referred to motor policies, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa wrote.