Climate: - temperate continental; - Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; - precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; - winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; - summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.
Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:
603,628
km2
Population*:
42.1
million
Pop. density*:
69.7
people/km2
GDP*:
106.9
EUR billion
GDP/capita*:
2,541.1
EUR
Currency: Hryvnia Code: UAH Since: 1996
Insurance market portfolio * 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:
8
%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:
92
%
Overall Property*:
22
%
Overall Motor*:
27
%
Sources: Starting July 1st, 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine took over all activities of financial market regulator, the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services of Ukraine
Insurers - full members of the MTIBU, who have the right to conclude international Green Card insurance contracts, will offer car owners an opportunity to conclude such contracts in electronic form from September 1, according to a press release from the MTIBU.
In the first half of 2022, the number of Green Card policies concluded in Ukraine more than doubled (+119%), exceeding the corresponding period in 2021, amounting to 720,000 units. This figure has almost reached the level of the first half of the "pre-COVID" 2019, according to a press release from the MTIBU (Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine).
In August 2022, Olga MAKSIMCHUK voluntarily completed her work at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) as Director of the Department for Supervision of the Non-Banking Financial Services Market,
The Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) has increased the cost of Green Card policies for those traveling abroad by 26.3% effective July 26, 2022. At the same time, the cost of these policies last changed on July 18, 2022, downward by 4.4%, Forinsurer wrote.
From January to May 2022, MTPL market in Ukraine decreased by 18.24% to UAH 2.218 billion (~EUR 70.10 million). In the first 5 months of the year, MTIBU member insurance companies concluded 32.25% fewer MTPL contracts than in the same period a year earlier, Forinsurer wrote.
Effective July 26, 2022, Sergiy SAVCHUK has been appointed to the position of Director of the Department of Methodology for Regulating the Activities of non-banking Financial Institutions at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Forinsurer reports.
Ukraine's insurance market grew by 8.2% to UAH 48.9 billion (EUR 1.58 billion) in 2021, with life insurance accounting for UAH 5.9 billion and non-life insurance - UAH 43 billion, as data, published by the National Bank of Ukraine, show.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) published a report on the non-banking sector for 2021, comprising 4Q2021 data on the insurance sector. The report is based exclusively on those insurers that submitted reports to the NBU as of May 16, 2022 (90% of non-life insurers and all life insurers).
The MTIBU decided not to collect recourses in a judicial or pre-trial order from the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the event that they cause car accidents without a valid MTPL policy, compensation to the victims will be paid out from the MTIBU Victim Protection Fund, according to a press release from the Bureau.
The Insurance Business Association, together with the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine, have developed ideas for the so called "Marshall Plan", a set of measures to help firms get back on their feet, and urged the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to support them, according to the article prepared by MTIBU and the Association for insuranceerm.com.
The war has created unprecedented operational and financial risks, and the risks for Ukraine's sector continue to spiral. Companies are not only worried about employee safety and business continuation, but the growing solvency, inflation and liquidity risks, according to the Leaders from Ukraine's Insurance Business Association and European Insurance Alliance.
As of April 30, 2022, 132 non-life insurers (compared to the previous month, the number has not changed), 13 life insurers (the number has not changed) and 64 insurance brokers (the number has not changed) were operating in the non-banking market of Ukraine, Forinsurer writes.
According to the MTIBU, the Green Card insurance segment in 2021 grew both in terms of the number of contracts concluded and in terms of GWP, Forinsurer reports referring to the Bureau.
French reinsurer SCOR announced, its Q1 2022 results will be impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. "Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine on 24th February 2022, SCOR has been closely monitoring the unfolding of events, and the resulting potential impact of the conflict and related international sanctions on its activity".
According to the MTIBU (Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine), in 2021, the number of concluded MTPL contracts amounted to 9 million units, which means a y-o-y increase of 12.7%, and GWP volume reached UAH 7.2 billion (+17.2%)/~EUR 0.23 billion*, the Bureau reports.
Due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, MABISZ - the Association of Hungarian Insurers informed it has taken initiative towards Ukrainian refugees arriving in the country by car.
Ukrainian subsidiaries of the UNIQA Group, insurance companies "UNIQA" and "UNIQA Life", continued to work despite the war situation in the country and paid their clients indemnities worth UAH 27.1 million between 24 February and 10 March, a company announcement said.
In connection with the martial law throughout Ukraine, the National Bank (NBU) has extended the deadline for submitting annual reports by non-banking financial institutions for 2021 until March 31, 2022, Forinsurer said.
In 2021, MetLife, the leader of the life insurance market in Ukraine, paid out UAH 311 million (EUR 10 million*) to its customers, which is almost one and a half times more y-o-y. It is noted that over the 19 years of its work, the insurer has paid out a total of UAH 1.17 billion to customers, Forinsurer wrote.
In 2021, the TAS insurance group (one of the five market leaders in Ukraine) collected GWP 20.9% more y-o-y in local currency (UAH 2.45 billion/EUR 79.23 million*), Forinsurer reports.