Poland

Location:
Central Europe, East of Germany

Climate:
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers

Natural hazards:
destructive earthquakes

Currency: Zlots (PLN)
1 EUR = 4.4240 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2016)
1 EUR = 4.2615 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2015)
1 EUR = 4.2623 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2014)
1 EUR = 4.1472 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2013)
1 EUR = 4.0882 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2012)
1 EUR = 4.4168 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2011)
1 EUR = 3.9603 Zlots - PLN (December 31st, 2010)

Sources:
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)
The Polish Chamber of Insurance (PIU)
National Bank of Poland

Insurance statistics
1Q2017	Market portfolio	xlsx
1Q2017	Insurance companies rankings	xlsx
FY2016	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2016	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2016	Market Portfolio	xlsx
3Q2016	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2016	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1H2016	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2016	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1Q2016	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
FY2015	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2015	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2015	Market Portfolio	xlsx
3Q2015	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2015	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1H2015	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2015	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1Q2015	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
FY2014	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2014	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2014	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2014	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1H2014	Insurance market overview	pdf
1H2014	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1H2014	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2014	Market portfolio	xlsx
1Q2014	Insurance companies rankings	xlsx
FY2013	Insurance market overview	pdf
FY2013	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2013	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2013	Market Portfolio	xlsx
3Q2013	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2013	Insurance market overview	pdf
1H2013	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1H2013	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2013	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2013	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2012	Insurance market overview	pdf
FY2012	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2012	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2012	Market Portfolio	xlsx
3Q2012	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2012	Insurance market overview	pdf
1H2012	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2012	Market Portfolio	xlsx
1Q2012	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1Q2012	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2011	Insurance market overview	pdf
FY2011	Market Portfolio	xlsx
FY2011	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
3Q2011	Market Portfolio	xlsx
3Q2011	Insurance Companies Rankings	xlsx
1H2011	Insurance market overview	pdf
1H2011	Market portfolio and rankings	xlsx
2010	Insurance market overview	pdf
2010	Market portfolio and rankings	xlsx
1H2009	Polish insurance market overview	pdf
1H2009	Market portfolio	xls
1H2009	Life insurance rankings	xls
1H2009	Non-Life insurance rankings (total & main lines)	xls
2009	Polish insurance market overview	pdf
2009	Market portfolio	xls
2009	Life insurance rankings	xls
2009	Non-Life insurance rankings	xls
1H2010	Polish insurance market overview	pdf
1H2010	Market portfolio	xls
1H2010	Life insurance rankings	xls
1H2010	Non-Life insurance rankings (total & main lines)	xls

Poland 3Q2018 Market Portfolio

Poland 3Q2018 Insurance Companies Rankings

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POLAND: platform for identifying insurance fraud launched by the Insurance Guarantee Fund

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2019-02-07

Aiming to help all market participants in revealing and preventing insurance fraud, the Polish Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG) has launched a dedicated platform using advanced technologies.

POLAND, 3Q2018: Bancassurance arrangements provided for 12.6% of the market GWP

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2019-01-25

The Polish bancassurance distribution channel provided for 12.6% of the total premium production of the local market in 3Q2018, i.e. for a GWP volume of PLN 5.8 billion.

Poland: the financial markets' supervisory body reorganized as state legal entity

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2019-01-08

On 1 January 2019, further provisions of the Act of 9 November 2018 amending certain acts in connection with the strengthening of supervision over the financial market and investor protection on the Polish market entered into force.

STATISTICS: POLAND, 3Q2018: the decreasing popularity of the UL life insurance products pulled down the market

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2018-12-20

Polish insurers have collected premiums worth EUR 10.84 billion, which is about 1.2% more y-o-y, and paid claims totaling EUR 6.87 billion, most damages and liquidated damages being related to motor insurance.

Insurer PZU signs agreement with US advisory centre Atlantic Council

2018-12-17

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Stackhouse Poland completes specialist real estate broker acquisition

2018-12-17

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POLAND: insurance brokers have mediated GWP of EUR 1.7 billion in 2017

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2018-12-13

The total number of insurance brokers licensed in Poland at the end of 2017 was of 1,416. Throughout the year, 34 deletions from the register of insurance brokers were made, a Polish Financial Supervision Authority's Report on the condition of the brokerage market in 2017 shows.

STATISTICS: POLAND, 2008-2017 timeline: motor lines took over the trendsetter role after 2015

Editor: Daniela GHETU, Cosmin CONCEATU
2018-12-13

As the XPRIMM 10 years GWP timeline for Poland shows, the local insurance market needed about 10 years to regain and exceed its pre-crisis level: GWP of EUR 14.95 billion in 2017 vs. EUR 14.2 billion in 2008.

GENERALI completes the acquisition of CONCORDIA companies

Editor: Andrei Victor
2018-12-05

Italian insurer GENERALI announced it entered into the final agreement to acquire full control of the Polish insurers CONCORDIA Capital (life insurance) and CONCORDIA Polska TUW (non-life insurance) from their German shareholders CONCORDIA Versicherung and Vereinigte Hagelversicherung.

Jacek JASTRZEBSKI is the new Chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2018-11-28

KNF- the Polish Financial Supervision Authority has announced the appointment of Jacek JASTRZEBSKI as Chairman of the market regulator, replacing Marek CHRZANOWSKI who resigned amid corruption allegations.

Bulgaria's Lev Ins planning to offer MTPL insurance in Poland

2018-11-25

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PZU Group, 3Q2018: the highest quarterly profit for 5 years and record GWP

Editor: Daniela GHETU
2018-11-21

In Q3 2018 the PZU Group recorded the highest quarterly net profit in the last five years. At Group level, the net profit reached PLN 1.56 billion (EUR 366.75 million) in Q3 and increased by 34.6% y-o-y, to PLN 3.9 billion (EUR 916.9 million) for the first three quarters.