RUSSIA: the national rating of VTB Insurance confirmed at ruAAA

22 November 2018 —
The national agency Expert RA confirmed the rating of VTB Insurance at ruAAA with stable forecast followed 100% sale of VTB Insurance to SOGAZ in November 2018, ASN wrote.

The rating was positively influenced by the company's ownership change. Also the agency pointed out the company's market share (6.2% in 2017) as a positive factor.

The Loss ratio is at low level (for 9 months in 2019 it amounted to 19.1%), as well as the combined ratio (58.3% from January to September, 2018). The insurer's financial result for 9 months shows high rates of return on sales (31.7%), return on capital (110.9% y-o-y) and return on invested capital (6.5%).

The insurance portfolio is stable and low lossmaking. As a negative factor the agency emphasized low diversification of the insurance portfolio (during 9 months this year 60.8% of GWP were generated by the major business line - accident and illness insurance. Diversification of the customers' base is low. For the first half of 2018 the share of the 5 biggest customers in the insurer's premiums amounted to 44%, at that the biggest customer accounted for 38% of GWP. At the same time the agency positively considers high reliability of the company's reinsurance protection.

According to the agency, as of 30.09.2018 the insurer's assets amounted to RUB 190 billion, equity - RUB 30 billion, charter capital - RUB 5.5 billion. For 9 months in 2018 the company generated RUB 78 billion of premiums. The growth rate of premiums y-o-y reached 34.4%.

*EUR 1 = RUB 76.2294 (as of 30.09.2018)

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