The market share gap between life and non-life sectors in 2018 has decreased (46.84% and 53.16% vs 37.89% and 62.11% in 2017 accordingly). That was possible due to the rapid growth of life premiums (almost +62% vs non-life premiums' growth by about 12%). In non-life sector good growth by about 43% was recorded in voluntary classes, which generated 73.7% of the total market GWP, while mandatory insurance increased by 5.6% y-o-y.
Total paid claims in the national currency decreased by 6.5%, to AZN 240.3 million. The share of voluntary classes amounted to 71.8% (AZN 172.5 million), and the share of mandatory classes reached 28.2% (AZN 67.8 million).
There are 21 insurance companies in Azerbaijan. The leader in terms of GWP is PASHA Hayat Sigorta (the market share is 36.4%), second goes PASHA Sigorta, the share of which decreased from 19.32% to 17.58%, however, together these two leaders control over 50% of the market volume. Among TOP-5 insurers the most impressive growth rate was demonstrated by ATESGAH Hayat (+56.65%), while its paid claims dropped by 73.26%.
*1 EUR = 1.9468 Manat - AZN (December 31st, 2018)
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- Azerbaijan FY2018 Market Portfolio (per insurance class, in AZN and EUR):
- Gross written premiums;
- Paid claims;
- Changes y-o-y;
- Voluntary and mandatory business lines total;
- Azerbaijan FY2018 Insurance Companies Rankings (in AZN and EUR):
- Gross written premiums;
- Paid claims;
- Changes y-o-y;
- Top 21 companies;
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