China's FOSUN expressed its interest in Greece's largest insurer ETHNIKI a few days before the deadline for the EXIN Group to implement the deal for the acquisition of 75% of ETHNIKI from National Bank of Greece - NBG.

According to the year-end market figures published by HAIC - the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies, the Greek insurance market totalled EUR.3.78 billion at the end of 2017, up by 0.05% y-o-y.

The sale of the Greek largest insurer to the American-Dutch consortium CALAMOS-EXIN remained under the question mark after CALAMOS Family Partners had filed a legal action against EXIN Financial Services Holdings, wrote ekathimerini.com.

The Greek insurers reported gross written premiums of EUR 2.80 billion at the end of September 2017, up by 0.26% y-o-y, according to the nine-months market report published by the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies (HAIC).

The Greek insurers members of HAIC - Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies, reported a GWP of EUR 1.9 billion in 1H2017, or 1.2% more y-o-y, according to the half year report published on HAIC's website.

Eurolife ERB has selected the FRISS solution to confront insurance fraud more effectively. Eurolife ERB will be using FRISS to assess risks at underwriting and to detect fraud during the claims process, has announced FRISS.

ETHNIKI Insurance's sale entered its final stage once the National Bank of Greece's board approved the sale of a majority stake in it to American-Dutch consortium Calamos-EXIN, a banker close to the deal told Reuters.

At the end of March 2017, the Greek insurance market totaled EUR 962 million, up by 1.4% y-o-y, according to the preliminary market figures published by the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies (HAIC).

Four investors submitted binding bids to acquire a majority stake in Greek lender National Bank's (NBG) insurance unit, ETHNIKI Insurance, reports Reuters quoting a banking source close to the deal.

According to a recent press release of the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies (HAIC), the Greek insurance market saw a 4.6% y-o-y increase in the overall premium income in 2016, to EUR 3.78 billion. The result takes into consideration the 56 insurance undertakings HAIC members, representing approximately 97.1% of total premium income.

Specialists from ICMIF - International Cooperative Mutual Insurance Federation and PensionsEurope, representatives of national insurance associations from Austria and Turkey, as well as professionals representing SWISS Re, GEN Re and AUDATEX are just a few of the speakers who have already confirmed their presence at FIAR 2018 - The International Insurance-Reinsurance Forum.

Insurance professionals from all over Europe gathered on Tuesday, 17 April, in Zagreb, Croatia, at the "Challenges and Practice of Insurance Supervision in South East Europe" conference. The event represents a unique forum for an open dialogue between insurance companies and insurance supervisory authorities of the SEE region.

In 2017, life insurance was the market driver for the Russian insurance market, mainly due to investment life insurance

The XXII International Reinsurance Conference has started today in Moscow, organized by Delovoy Format, with the support of the Russian Insurers Association. XPRIMM, the traditional Media Partner of the conference, has launched on the occasion the latest edition of its Insurance Profile Russia, providing for 2017 insurance statistical data.

The "IIF 2018 - PROPERTY INSURANCE - the NatCat challenge and beyond", taking place on Friday, 23 March, in Prague, bought into debate the NatCat insurance gap, but also the newly developed aspects of the manmade property risks.

The European Consumer Protection Conference, taking place on Thursday, 22 March, in Prague, brought into debate the consumer environment in the current European regulatory and economic landscape, the upcoming legislative changes that will benefit consumers and users of insurance and private pension products, as well as digitalization and the impact of technological advances in the field of financial services.

Insurance professionals from all over Europe gather today, 16 March, in Vienna, to participate at the "IIF 2018 - MOTOR INSURANCE - the innovation challenge" conference.

Industry professionals from CEE gathered on 22 February, in Macedonia, at the "IIF 2018 - CEE & SEE - Regional Actuarial Insurance Conference", to analyze the current reality of the actuarial job.