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STATISTICS: BiH insurers’ 3Q2023 GWP exceeded EUR 380 million

The insurance market of Bosnia and Herzegovina Q3 2023 with aggregate GWP worth BAM 744.2 million (~EUR 380.5 million) vs. BAM 668.6 million (~EUR 341.8 million) a year before, according to the January-September 2023 market data published by AZOBiH - Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

STATISTICS: KYRGYZSTAN, 3Q2023: y-o-y growth of the insurance sector exceeds 60%

The growth of the insurance sector in 3Q2023 exceeded 60% y-o-y, total GWP reached KGS 2.39 billion (EUR 25.39 million). At the same time, paid claims increased by 54%, to KGS 387.36 million (EUR 4.12 million), according to data published by the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market at the government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

According to the 3Q2023 results, the insurance market of Azerbaijan grew by 28.17% to AZN 937.24 million (EUR 521.12 million). It is worth noting that GWP growth outpaced the growth in paid claims, which increased by 25.67%, amounting to AZN 400.39 million (EUR 222.62 million), as statistics published by the National Bank show.

STATISTICS: Turkiye market posted triple-digit GWP increases in local currency

According to the quarter figures published Insurance Association of Turkiye - at the end of September 2023 the local insurance market increased by 123.41% y-o-y reaching TRY 328.2 billion (~EUR 11.3 billion). In European currency, due to the exchange rates differences between September 30th 2023 and September 30th 2022, the market change was +39.6% y-o-y.

STATISTICS: CEE 1H2023: positive trends, but still under the high inflation’s impact

GWP in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, amounted to EUR 24.78 billion, showing a significant y-o-y increase of 11.8%. Meanwhile, claims paid decreased by 9.7% y-o-y, reaching EUR 11.34 billion. It's important to note that these claims figures do not include data for Croatia and Slovenia. If these two countries' payouts remain similar to the first half of 2022, the overall regional claims might match or slightly exceed the 2022 levels.

STATISTICS: Cyprus insurers' H1 GWP expanded to EUR 586 million

Cypriot insurers posted H1 2023 aggregate GWP of EUR 585.9 million, up by EUR 57 million (or by 11.8% y-o-y), according to the half-year market figures report published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC. Non-life insurance segment totaled EUR 292.5 million (up by 9.8% y-o-y), while the life insurance segment generated premiums of EUR 293.3 million, or 11.8% more y-o-y.

STATISTICS: Latvia 1H2023 insurers' business expanded to EUR 562 million

Latvian insurers' January-June 2023 aggregate GWP (local and EU branches, summed-up) expanded by 15% to almost EUR 562.3 million, while the amount paid claims and indemnities increased by 6.6% y-o-y to EUR 343 million, according to the half-year figures published by The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK).

Of total GWP, branches of EU insurers generated 35.6% - EUR 200 million, or 9.2% more y-o-y, the remaining EUR 362 million +~18% y-o-y being generated by the local insurers. According to FKTK half-year report, at the end of June 2022, there were 4 non-life insurance companies and 2 life insurance companies operating in Latvia, as well as 11 branches of foreign insurers (7 non-life and 4 life units).

In terms of GWP, the largest life insurer in the country is SEB Life and Pension Baltic SE (GWP of EUR 45.8 million, 3.4% market share), while BTA Baltic Insurance Company led the non-life ranking with GWP worth EUR 148 million or 32.9% market share.

Access xprimm.com database and download the H12023 Latvian insurance market statistics: GWP/claims portfolio and life/non-life rankings.

STATISTICS: Montenegrin insurers posted EUR 5 million y-o-y in H1 business

The insurance market of Montenegro totaled EUR 59.9 million at the end of H1 2023, up by 9.1% y-o-y (or by EUR 5 million), according to the half-year figures published by the local Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA). Gross written premiums from non-life insurance represents 82.7% of total insurance market - about EUR 49.5 million, up by 10.7% y-o-y while, life business GWP was up by 2.4% y-o-y to EUR 10.3 million.

STATISTICS: Slovenian insurers’ business expanded to EUR 825 million

The Slovenian insurance market totaled EUR 825.3 billion at the end of March 2023, an 8.3% increase y-o-y, according to the Slovenian Insurance Association's quarterly figures. Life insurance GWP posted a negative subunit rate of -0.2% y-o-y to EUR 197.3 million, while the general insurance segment increased by 11.2% y-o-y to EUR 628 million - or 76.1% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: Latvia insurers' Q1 business increased to almost EUR 300 million

At the end of March 2023, Latvian insurers' aggregate GWP (local and EU branches, summed-up) totaled EUR 295.43 million, up by 16.92% y-o-y, while the amount paid in claims and indemnities increased by 1.74% y-o-y to EUR 177.61 million, according to the quarterly figures published by The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK).

STATISTICS: ROMANIA, 1Q 2023: under the first effects of the Euroins failure

Romanian insurers reported GWP worth EUR 957.9 million in Q1 2023, which is only 1.74% up y-o-y. Out of this total, life insurance accounted for 16.75% share, with GWP of EUR 160.4 million, by 0.7% less than in the previous year. Non-life insurance saw a positive growth rate of 2.24%, to EIR 797.5 million, which is a rather modest evolution after the 2022 results.

STATISTICS: Hungary: insurers' Q1 net profits compressed to EUR 18.6 million

The aggregate Q1 GWP reported by Hungarian insurers totaled HUF 421.71 billion (~EUR 1.10 billion), 6.57% more y-o-y, according to the Q1 statistics published by the Central Bank of Hungary. The life insurance business accounted for 35.85% and the non-life insurance business accounted for 64.15% of total premium income.

STATISTICS: RUSSIA, 1Q2023: total profit of Russian insurers almost tripled

In 1Q2023, the market significantly grew y-o-y. This was largely due to the low base effect, since in February-March 2022 the external conditions for the Russian economy deteriorated sharply, which led, among other things, to a significant decrease in activity in the insurance market and a GWP reduction at the end of 1Q2022, the Central Bank notes in its review.

STATISTICS: Polish insurers posted almost half billion euro in Q1 profits

Polish insurance market reported Q1 2023 aggregate GWP worth PLN 20.12 billion (EUR 4.30 billion), 10.89% more y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). Claims and benefits paid by local insurers decreased by 2.46% y-o-y to PLN 11.25 billion (~EUR 2.40 billion) from PLN 11.53 billion a year before.

STATISTICS: Czech Insurance Association, Q1 2023: Compared to YE 2022, a slowdown in growth was recorded

The business of Czech insurers member of local professional association - CAP totaled at the end of March 2023 about CZK 42.9 billion (EUR 1.8 billion) up by 5.5% y-o-y, or by CZK 2.2 billion. According to the CAP representatives, "compared to the 8.5% growth rate recorded in the same period last year, or 7% growth achieved at the end of 2022, this is a slowdown in the growth rate of the entire insurance market".

STATISTICS: Lithuanian market expanded to EUR 350 million in Q1 2023

During January-March 2023, the Lithuanian insurance market grew by 20.50% y-o-y to EUR 351.92 million, while the value of payments expanded by 24.58% y-o-y to EUR 153.77 million, according to the market figures published by the Bank of Lithuania. It is worth mentioning that the value of payments includes only claims paid for insurance losses.

STATISTICS: ALBANIA, 1Q 2023: strong growth driven by the motor insurance segment

Albanian insurers recorded GWP worth EUR 45.42 million in Q1 2023, up by 29% y-o-y. In the same period, paid claims rose by 18.3% y-o-y, to EUR 14.23 million. However, one should note that due to the Albanian currency appreciation vs. the precedent year, the growth rates in European currency are significantly higher than those calculated with the premiums and paid claims values denominated in Albanian Lek.

STATISTICS: Slovenia: insurers' FY 2022 business increased to almost EUR 2.8 billion

The Slovenian insurance market totaled EUR 2.79 billion at the end of 2022, a 7% increase y-o-y, according to the Slovenian Insurance Association's year-end figures. Life insurance GWP increased by 3.12% y-o-y to EUR 770 million, while the general insurance segment increased by 8.5% y-o-y to EUR 2.02 billion - or 72.5% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: YE 2022 profits of Bulgarian insurers expanded to almost EUR 125 million

Bulgarian insurance market ended 2022 with a total GWP of BGN 3.61 billion (EUR 1.85 billion), up by 10.87% y-o-y, according to the market figures from the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC). Per business lines, 82.69% represented non-life GWP (EUR 1.53 billion, 12.69% more y-o-y), the remaining 17.31% being accounted by life GWP (EUR 319.76 million, up by 2.95% y-o-y).

The insurance market at the end of 2022 remained virtually unchanged, while the Central Bank noted that quarterly dynamics was multidirectional and followed changes in economic activity. GWP decreased in the insurance types related to lending and life insurance, and support was mainly provided by motor insurance and life insurance segments, according to the latest CB's review of key performance indicators of insurers.

STATISTICS: Poland insurance market expanded to EUR 15.4 billion last year

The Polish insurance market posted FY2022 GWP worth PLN 72.35 billion (EUR 15.42 billion), up by 4.53% y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers increased by 7.46% y-o-y to PLN 44.38 billion or EUR 9.46 billion.

STATISTICS: Hungarian insurers' YE2022 net profits decreased to EUR 89.5 million

According to the YE 2022 MNB (the National Bank of Hungary) statistics, the local insurance market totaled at the end of last year about HUF 1,428 billion (EUR 3.56 billion), up by 7.39% y-o-y. Life GWP increased by 1.02% y-o-y to HUF 609 billion / EUR 1.52 billion while non-life portfolio expanded by 12.68% y-o-y to HUF 819 billion / EUR 2.04 billion. Thus, during the analyzed period, the life insurance business accounted for 42.7% and the non-life insurance business for 57.3% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: CNB, YE 2022 figures: Czech market expanded to over EUR 8 billion

The Czech insurance market totaled CZK 200 billion (EUR 8.3 billion) at the end of 2022, up by 11.3% y-o-y, according to the year-end figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB). For the life segment, the GWP value (including reinsurance) increased by 5% y-o-y CZK 54.3 billion, while the non-life insurance market was up by 13.9% y-o-y to CZK 145.8 billion.

STATISTICS: Slovakia, FY 2022 NBS data: insurers' profits increased by 24% to EUR 195.79 million

At the end of 2022, the Slovak insurance market totaled EUR 1.92 billion, 4.7% more y-o-y, according to the Q4 2022 Analytical Data of the Financial Sector published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). The value of paid claims by local insurers increased by 15.5% y-o-y to EUR 1.18 billion, of which EUR 583.9 million related to life indemnities, EUR 176.9 million - Motor TPL, EUR 183.4 million- MoD and EUR 159.7 million - payments related to property claim files.

STATISTICS: AZERBAIJAN, FY2022: life insurance supports market growth

The insurance sector of Azerbaijan ended 2022 with an increase of 15%, reaching AZN 970.82 million (EUR 535.95 million). At the same time, paid claims decreased by 5.56% to AZN 433.20 million (EUR 239.15 million), according to the statistics published by the National Bank.

STATISTICS: Croatian FY 2022 insurers' business increased by 8% y-o-y

The aggregate FY 2022 GWP reported Croatia-based insurers increased by 8.18% y-o-y, reaching HRK 12.7 billion (EUR 1.68 billion), according to the yea-end data published by the Croatian Insurance Bureau. Total gross claims paid increased to HRK 7.71 billion from HRK 7.29 billion a year earlier.

STATISTICS: Serbia's insurers business expanded by 12.20% y-o-y during 3Q2022

Serbian insurance market ended the first three quarters of 2022 with aggregate GWP worth RSD 99.39 billion (~EUR 847 million), up by 12.20% y-o-y, according to the quarterly figures published on the website of National Bank of Serbia (NBS). Non-life GWP was up by 14.31% y-o-y to RSD 79.17 billion, while the life insurance segment totaled RSD 20.22 billion, up by 4.64% y-o-y.

STATISTICS: RUSSIA, 3Q2022: profit of the insurers drops by more than 31% y-o-y in 9M2022

At the end of 3Q2022, the market saw a slight decrease, amounting to RUB 1,327.93 billion (EUR 23.96 billion). It is worth noting the rapid growth in the European currency due to the positive dynamics of the ruble exchange rate against the euro (from ~84 rubles / euro in 2021 to ~50 rubles / euro at the end of September 2022), according to the market data published by the Central Bank.

STATISTICS: UKRAINE, 3Q2022: the insurance market shrank by 25%

Insurance companies of Ukraine in January-September 2022 collected UAH 28.57 billion (EUR 803.51 million) of insurance premiums and paid out UAH 9.50 billion (EUR 267.21 million), which is respectively 25% and 29% less y-o-y in local currency, according to data from the National Bank.

STATISTICS: SLASPO members Jan-Sep business increased to almost EUR 2 billion

According to the January-September 2022 aggregate figures published by SLASPO (Slovak Insurance Association), at the end of Q3, total GWP from the members of the association totaled EUR 1.95 billion, up by 4.42% y-o-y. Premiums written in life insurance decreased by 0.5% y-o-y to EUR 772 million, while non-life segment was up by 7.9% y-o-y to EUR 1.18 billion.

STATISTICS: Polish insurers' 9 months 2022 business expanded to almost EUR 11 billion

The largest CEE insurance market posted aggregate 3Q2022 GWP worth PLN 57.7 billion (EUR 10.8 billion), up by 3.6% y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers increased by ~11% y-o-y to PLN 33.6 billion or EUR 6.9 billion.

STATISTICS: Hungarian insurers' Q3 2022 net profits decreased to EUR 50 million

According to the quarterly statistics published by the Central Bank of Hungary, at the end of September 2022, the aggregate market gross profit of Hungarian insurers decreased by 65% y-o-y to HUF 23.2 billion the equivalent of EUR 55 million (vs. HUF 66.3 billion/ EUR 184 million), according to the quarterly statistics published by the Central Bank of Hungary. At the same time, the value of net profit decreased by 66% y-o-y to HUF 21 billion (~EUR 50 million) vs. HUF 61.8 billion/ ~EUR 171 million.

STATISTICS: Turkish market exceeds EUR 8 billion at end-September

According to the quarter figures published by TSB - Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey - at the end of September 2022 the local insurance market increased by 108% y-o-y reaching TRY 146.9 billion (~EUR 8.1 billion). In European currency, due to the exchange rates differences, the market change was only +18% y-o-y.

STATISTICS: BiH insurers' 9 months business extended by 8.15% y-o-y

The insurance market of Bosnia and Herzegovina ended the first nine months of the current year with aggregate gross written premiums worth BAM 668.66 million (~EUR 341.88 million) vs. BAM 618.26 million (~EUR 316.11 million) a year before, according to the January-September 2022 market data published by AZOBiH - Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

STATISTICS: KYRGYZSTAN, 3Q2022: the market is up by more than 51% y-o-y

3Q2022, the insurance sector of Kyrgyzstan ended with impressive growth y-o-y - by 51%, reaching KGS 1492.37 million (EUR 19.26 million), according to data published by the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market at the government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

STATISTICS: SLOVENIA, 1H2022:

Slovenian insurers reported GWP up by 4.62% y-o-y in 1H2022, to EUR 1.48 billion. The absolute trend setter was the non-life segment which saw a 6.3% GWP growth rate, to EUR 1.08 billion, while the life insurance segment remained, overall, at the 1H2021 GWP level, of EUR 393.6 million. Yet, one should notice that the Unit-Linked products line was the one which, by recording a 7.6% premiums growth, has offset the negative trend seen on the traditional life insurance lines. Paid claims went up by about 11,67%, to EUR 906 million, mostly driven by the health insurance line.

STATISTICS: POLAND 1H2022: KNF confirms PIU data on market results; market leadership unchanged

According to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) data, the local insurance market ended the first half of 2022 with GWP slightly under the 1H2021 level (-0.5% y-o-y). Thus, GWP reached EUR 7.57 billion. The stagnant status of the market was determined entirely by the life insurance segment which saw a 8.3% decrease in GWP. The results confirm the data previously released by the Polish Chamber of Insurance (PIU).

STATISTICS: BULGARIA, 1H2022: 7% y-o-y increase in the market aggregate profit

Bulgarian insurance market totaled almost BGN 1.8 billion (EUR 918 million) at the end of June 2022, up by 9.8% y-o-y, according to the official data provided by Financial Supervision Commission - FSC. The number of insurance companies active in Bulgaria decreased to 44 at the end of June from 51 a year earlier.

STATISTICS: Czechia 1H2022, CNB: double digit growth supported by the non-life segment

According to the latest information provided by the Czech National Bank (CNB), the insurance market ended 1H2022 with GWP worth EUR 4.094 billion, up by 17.18% y-o-y. The strong upward trend was given by the non-life insurance sector, which non only dominated the portfolio (72.7% of total GWP), but also saw an almost 23% y-o-y increase in premiums.

STATISTICS: UKRAINE, 1H2022: the market contracted by almost 31% y-o-y in UAH

The Ukrainian insurance market amounted to UAH 17.60 billion (EUR 571.84 million), at the end of 1H2022, which is almost 31% less y-o-y in local currency. The decline was recorded in both life and non-life insurance. At the same time, the decline was in all classes, except for MTPL and Green Card segment, as data from the National Bank of Ukraine show.

STATISTICS: UZBEKISTAN, 1Q2022: the market expanded by 93% y-o-y

According to the results of the first quarter of 2022, the insurance market of Uzbekistan grew by 93% y-o-y in local currency, to UZS 1,294.69 billion (EUR 101.88 million), according to data published by the Insurance Market Development Agency under the Ministry of Finance.

STATISTICS: Montenegrin insurers reported doble-digit increase in first half-year business

The insurance market of Montenegro totaled EUR 54.9 million at the end of H1 2022, up by 11.9% y-o-y (or by EUR 5.9 million), according to the half-year figures published by the local Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA).

Gross written premiums from non-life insurance represents 81.6% of total insurance market - about EUR 44.8 million, up by 12.4% y-o-y while, life business GWP was up by 9.2% y-o-y to EUR 10.1 million.

STATISTICS: KYRGYZSTAN, 1H2022: business of insurers grew by almost 28% y-o-y

The insurance sector of Kyrgyzstan ended the first half of 2022 with an increase of almost 28% y-o-y. Total GWP amounted to KGS 998.14 million (EUR 11.94 million), according to data published by the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market at the government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Polish insurance market reported Q1 2022 aggregate GWP worth PLN 18.14 billion (EUR 3.9 billion), 2.89% more y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers increased by 12.82% y-o-y to PLN 11.53 billion (~EUR 2.5 billion) from PLN 10.24 billion a year before.

STATISTICS: SEE insurance market compressed by 12.4% during 2021

The Southeastern Europe (SEE) insurance market defined by Cyprus, Greece and Turkey insurance markets, ended 2021 with aggregate GWP worth EUR 12.2 billion, 12.4% less y-o-y. The negative rate was driven by the more than EUR 2 billion compression reported by the largest regional insurance market: Turkey.

STATISTICS: Slovenian insurance market posted slight y-o-y increase in GWP to EUR 2.6 bn

The Slovenian insurance market totaled EUR 2.60 billion at the end of 2021, a 1.5% increase y-o-y, according to the Slovenian Insurance Association's year-end figures. Life insurance GWP posted a negative rate of -1.2% y-o-y to EUR 740 million, while the general insurance segment increased by 2.7% y-o-y to EUR 1.87 billion - or 71.63% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: BELARUS, FY2021: the market expanded by more than 14% y-o-y (in local currency)

In 2021, total GWP of insurers amounted to BYN 1,726.57 million (EUR 598.96 million), which is 14.33% more y-o-y in local currency, according to the data published by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic. It should be noted that due to a significant change in the exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble against euro compared to December 2020, the market result in euro looks more impressive (+25.65%).

STATISTICS: Russia, FY2021: life insurance segment continued to grow, its share in the market portfolio reached 29%

The Russian insurance market grew by 17.52% in 2021 supported by recovery in economic activity after 2020. GWP increased in all major segments, and more than a third of the growth came from insurance related to lending to individuals, about a third - from investment and accumulative life insurance, according to a review of key performance indicators of insurers published by the Central Bank.

STATISTICS: Slovak FY2021 insurers' business decreased to EUR 2.15 bn, NBS figures reveal

At the end of December 2021, the Slovak insurance market totaled EUR 2.15 billion, 3.34% less y-o-y, according to the FY2021 statistics published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS).

In GWP terms, the life insurance segment was down by 2.56% y-o-y to EUR 911.73 million, these types of policies generating 42.42% of the total insurance market, while the non-life classes accounted for EUR 1.23 billion (or 57.58% of total GWP), down by 3.92% y-o-y.

Overall, the value of paid claims by local insurers decreased by 7.80% y-o-y to EUR 1.16 billion, of which EUR 627.48 million related to life indemnities, EUR 214.57 million - Motor TPL claims, EUR 188.89 million- MoD payments, EUR 84.21 million - payments on Fire and other damages to property policies.

STATISTICS: Czech insurance market expanded to EUR 7.2 bn, CNB year-end 2021 figures show

The insurance market of Czech Republic totaled CZK 179.80 billion (EUR 7.22 billion) at the end of 2021, up by 6.92% y-o-y, according to the year-end figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB).

Claims paid by local insurers totaled CZK 101.91 billion (EUR 4.09 billion) up by 10.78 y-o-y, of which 61% related to non-life insurance, the remaining 39% being related to life insurance subclasses.

For the life segment, the GWP value (including reinsurance) remained at the 2020 level (~CZK 51.70 billion), while the value of paid claims and indemnities - including the change in balance of technical provisions, totaled CZK 39.57 billion.

STATISTICS: Hungary: Insurers' 2021 net profits compressed to EUR 217 million

Life GWP increased by 13.64% y-o-y to HUF 602.7 billion / EUR 1.6 billion while non-life portfolio expanded by 7.9% to HUF 726.8 billion / EUR 1.9 billion, according to the most recent statistics published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). Thus, during the analyzed period, the life insurance business accounted for 45% and the non-life insurance business for 55% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: Estonian insurers posted YE2021 aggregate GWP of almost half billion euro

Last year, Estonian insurance market totaled EUR 486.3 million in terms of GWP, up by 3.7% y-o-y, according to FY2021 market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. The life insurance segment increased by 1.5% y-o-y to EUR 86.8 million, while in the case of non-life insurance market, the GWP amounted to EUR 399.5 million (82.1% of total), up by 4.2% y-o-y.

STATISTICS: Slovakia: SLASPO members FY2021 GWP increased by 2.4% y-o-y to EUR 2.5 bn

According to the year-end preliminary statistics published by SLASPO (Slovak Insurance Association), the FY 2021 GWP from the members of the association totaled EUR 2.48 billion, up by 2.44% y-o-y. Premiums written in life insurance decreased by 0.8% y-o-y to EUR 1.05 billion, while non-life segment was up by 4.9% y-o-y to EUR 1.43 billion.

STATISTICS: ARMENIA, FY2021: insurers' business expanded by almost 11% (in local currency)

The insurance sector of Armenia ended 2021 with an increase of almost 11% y-o-y, reaching AMD 49.38 billion (EUR 91.01 million). However, the increase in paid claims more than doubled the GWP increase (almost 23%), their total volume amounted to AMD 28.50 billion (EUR 52.54 million), according to the data on activities of insurance companies provided by ArmInfo.

STATISTICS: Lithuanian insurance market exceeded EUR 1bn at the end of 2021

According to the year-end insurance market figures published by Lithuanian Central Bank, last year the local insurance market grew by 8.9% to EUR 1.04 billion. At the same time, total paid claims exceeded EUR 547 million, up by 9.3% y-o-y. "Last year, one of the engines of growth of the insurance market was the country's growing economy", as the representatives of Lithuanian Central Bank mentioned in a statement.

STATISTICS: CEE markets agregate GWP exeeds EUR 30 bn at end-September 2021

Thee aggregate GWP reported by the 17 CEE insurance markets totaled EUR 30.35 billion at the end of September 2021, about EUR 2.4 billion more as compared with 3Q2020 (+8.56% y-o-y), according to the quarterly market figures centralised by xprimm.com. For the analysed period, the aggregate claims and indemnities paid by CEE insurers increased by almost EUR 1 billion to EUR 17 billion (+6% y-o-y).

STATISTICS: Polish insurers posted Q3 aggregate profits of over EUR 1 bn

Polish insurance market totaled PLN 50.9 billion (EUR 10.9 billion) at the end of September 2021, up by almost 7% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published by The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF). Claims and benefits paid by local insurers increased by 2.9% y-o-y to PLN 30.2 billion or ~EUR 6.5 billion.

STATISTICS: Slovenian market exceeds EUR 2 bn at end-September 2021

The Slovenian insurance market totaled EUR 2.03 billion in the first nine months of 2021, a 3.29% increase y-o-y, according to the Slovenian Insurance Association's Q3 report. In terms of paid claims, the aggregate value was ~EUR 1.18 billion, of which about EUR 387 million - life indemnities and EUR 803 million - payments related to non-life insurance sub-classes.

STATISTICS: Czech National Bank: Insurers' 9 months GWP expanded to CZK 135 billion

The insurance market of Czech Republic ended the first 9 months of the year with GWP of CZK 134.7 billion (EUR 5.3 billion), up by 6.4% y-o-y, according to the end-September figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB), confirming the Q3 market data from the members of CAP (Czech Insurance Association): GWP worth CZK 110.84 billion (~EUR 4.35 billion), 4.7% more y-o-y.

Claims paid by local insurers totaled CZK
75.5 billion (EUR 2.9 billion) up by 10.6 y-o-y, of which 62% related to non-life insurance, the remaining 38% being related to life insurance subclasses.

For the life segment, the GWP value (including reinsurance)
increased by 1.2% to CZK 39.3 billion, while the value of paid claims and indemnities - including the change in balance of technical provisions, totaled CZK 28.5 billion. In the case of general insurance segment, the same indicators were as follows: GWP of CZK 95.3 billion (up by 8.7% y-o-y) and January-September 2021 payments worth CZK 47 billion, 14% more y-o-y.

STATISTICS: Romania, 9M2021: Top 10 insurers provided together for 88% of total GWP

The Romanian insurance market is characterized by a medium to high degree of concentration. In 9M2021, approximately 88% of the total volume of GWP was carried out by 10 companies, according to the ASF - Financial Supervisory Authority report. See the rankings of the players as calculated by XPRIMM and what the changes were compared to the same period last year.

STATISTICS: Serbian insurers posted 9.7% y-o-y increase in Q3 business

Serbian insurance market expanded by 9.7% y-o-y during 3Q2021 to RSD 88.5 billion (~EUR 754 million), according to the quarterly figures published on the website of National Bank of Serbia (NBS).

Non-life GWP rose 10.5% y-o-y to RSD 69.2 billion, whereas the life insurance segment earned premiums of RSD 19.3 billion, up by 6.8% y-o-y, as NBS announced.

The value of paid claims totaled RSD 37.3 billion (up by 2.2% y-o-y) of which RSD 12.1 billion - life indemnities (up by 28.6%) and RSD 25.2 billion (-7% y-o-y) related to non-life classes.

In terms of GWP volume, DUNAV was the largest insurance company in the country, accounting for 26.4% of total GWP. GENERALI osiguranje followed with 19.9%, while DDOR was third with 11.8%. A total of 16 insurance companies operated in the country at the end of September 2021.

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STATISTICS: Slovakia: SLASPO members 9 months GWP increased 1.2% y-o-y

According to the quarterly market figures published by SLASPO (Slovak Insurance Association), at the end of September 2021, total GWP from the members of the association totaled EUR 1.86 billion, up by 1.2% y-o-y. Premiums written in life insurance decreased by 3% y-o-y to EUR 772 million, while non-life segment was up by 4.4% y-o-y to EUR 1.08 billion.

STATISTICS: MOLDOVA, 3Q2021: the share of non-life insurance exceeded 95% of GWP

In the third quarter of 2021, the Moldovan insurance market ended with y-o-y growth of more than 35% (MDL 1.43 billion/EUR 69.83 million) in local currency. At the same time, the growth in paid claims was very moderate - at the level of 6.53% (MDL 467.10 million), according to the data published by the National Financial Market Commission.

STATISTICS: Lithuanian market posted Q3 GWP worth EUR 760 m, EUR 50 m more vs. 3Q2020

The insurance market of Lithuania totaled EUR 760 million at end-September 2021, about EUR 50 million more (or by 7% y-o-y) vs. Q3 2020, according to the quarterly market figures published on the Central Bank's website.

The life insurance segment expanded by 8% y-o-y to EUR 228 million due the 12.6% increase generated by the index-linked and unit-linked products. At the same time, Lithuanian non-life insurers posted a 6.8% y-o-y increase in Q3 GWP, except the MTPL LoB (-3.7% y-o-y), all other main non-life subclasses reporting positive rates.

STATISTICS: Croatian insurers posted double-digit increase in Q3 GWP

The Q3 2021 gross written premiums of Croatian insurers increased by 12.15% y-o-y to HRK 9.02 billion (EUR 1.20 billion), while gross paid claims by insurers totaled HRK 5.19 billion, up by 9% y-o-y according to the quarterly figures published by the Croatian Insurance Bureau - CIB.

STATISTICS: BiH, 1H2021: betting on digitalization, UNIQA osiguranje is the new market leader

Insurance market of Bosnia & Herzegovina ended the first half of 2021 by showing a positive dynamic, especially on the life insurance side. Yet, although recording a 12.3% y-o-y GWP growth, the life insurance segment remains very small, reaching a total GWP amount of EUR 42.8 million, still far from the market's potential. At the same time, indemnities paid for life insurance went up by 27% y-o-y, to EUR 21.7 million.

STATISTICS: Hungary: H1 market profit increased to EUR 146 million

Hungarian insurers' H1 2021 GWP rose 11.46% year-on-year to HUF 686.81 billion (EUR 1.94 billion), according to the quarterly statistics published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB).

Revenue from premiums on life insurance policies increased
in local currency by more than 18% y-o-y to HUF 306.31 billion (EUR 870 million), while non-life GWP rose 6.6% to HUF 377.5 billion (EUR 1.7 billion). About 45% of premium income originated from the life insurance business and 55% from the non-life insurance business.

At the end of 2021 Q2, the total contract porolio of insurance companies rose by 0.8% from its level a year earlier, reflecting over 108,800 increase in new contracts to 14,496,469. This mainly resulted from a 1.02% rise in the number of non-life insurance contracts (to 12,161,353), accompanied by a somewhat declining number of life insurance contracts (a decline of 0.6% to 2,335,116).

STATISTICS: Latvia: Insurers' HY 2021 profits increased by 33% to EUR 18 million

Latvian insurers' six months 2021 aggregate GWP remained at the H1 2020 level (local and EU branches, summed-up) totaling ~EUR 406.7 million, while the amount paid in claims and indemnities increased by 1.8% y-o-y to EUR 249.5 million, according to the half-year figures published by The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK).

STATISTICS: Kosovo insurers posted H1 2021 net profit of EUR 1.5 million

Kosovo active 13 insurers reported aggregate net profit of EUR 1.5 million at the end of June 2021, as compared with a market net profit of EUR 4.9 million at end of H1 2020, according to data provided by the Central Bank (CBK). At the same time, the total assets held by Kosovo insurance companies increased to EUR 230 million, from EUR 208.6 million a year earlier.

STATISTICS: Estonian insurance market closed H1 2021 with 2.4% increase in GWP

Estonian insurers reported H1 GWP of EUR 241.5 million, 2.4% more compared with January-June 2020, according to the market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board.

In GWP terms, the life segment was down by 2.7% to EUR 40.7 million (16.9% of total GWP), while the GWP by Estonian non-life insurers totaled EUR 200.7 million, 3.5% more y-o-y.

Among the five life insurers, the largest insurer remained SWEDBANK Life Insurance SE (46.1% market share), while If P&C Insurance AS (19.4%) lead the general insurance segment.

STATISTICS: Albanian insurers posted double digit increase in H1 business

According to the H12021 market statistics published by Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA), the gross written premiums of Albanian insurers amounted to over ALL 8.86 billion (~EUR 72.28 million), or 17.53% more compared to January-June 2020.

At the same time, the number of concluded insurance contracts reached 467,511 registering an increase of 7.48% compared to January-June 2020.

The insurance market continued to be oriented towards non-life insurance, which brought 92.34% share of the total premium volume, leaving life insurance with 7.65% share of the total premium volume., as AFSA representatives pointed out in a statement published on its website.

STATISTICS: CEE insurance market exceeds EUR 10 bn at the end of March 2021

The 17 CEE insurance markets have closed the Q1 2021 with aggregate GWP of EUR 10.34 billion, up by 4.66% y-o-y. Only four insurance markets posted negative dynamics, the others closing the quarter "in black", according to the data collected and centralized by xprimm.com from local insurance markets authorities and associations

STATISTICS: Cyprus: insurers reported subunit growth in Q1 business

The insurance market of Cyprus totaled EUR 243 million at the end of Q1 2021, up by 0.5% y-o-y, according to Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC's data. GWP from non-life insurance lines totaled EUR 131.8 million (down by -3% y-o-y), while the life insurance segment generated premiums of EUR 110.9 million, or 5% more y-o-y.

STATISTICS: Bulgarian market posted 6% increase in Q1 GWP

Bulgarian insurance market totaled BGN 807 million (EUR 413 million) at the end of March 2021, up by 6.1% y-o-y, according to the official quarterly figures from the Financial Supervision Commission - FSC.

Life insurers' GWP increased by an annual 16% to BGN 150 million, mostly driven by the 77% increase reported by UL life policies, while non-life insurers' GWP rose by 4% to BGN 657 million.


ALLIANZ Bulgaria Life was the biggest player on the life insurance market with GWP of BGN 42.5 million, while LEV INS was the largest insurer on the non-life insurance market with
GWP of BGN 81.3 million in the review period, equal to a market share of 12.4%.

STATISTICS: Slovak Rep: Insurers Q1 profits expanded by 55% y-o-y to EUR 51.59 m

In the first three months of 2021, the Slovak insurance market totaled EUR 601 million, 4.4% less y-o-y, according to the quarterly financial figures published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS).

The profits of local insurers amounted to EUR 51.59 million, which was a 55% increase as compared to end-March 2020 (EUR 31.3 million), as official statistics show.

STATISTICS: Polish insurers' GWP expanded by more than 5% y-o-y in Q1 2021

The largest CEE insurance market posted aggregate GWP of PLN 17.6 billion (EUR 3.8 billion) at the end of March 2021, 5.33% more y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers decreased by ~3% y-o-y to PLN 10.2 billion or EUR 2.2 billion.

STATISTICS: Cyprus insurance market ended 2020 with increasing GWP

Last year, the insurance industry of Cyprus totaled EUR 917 million, up by almost 3% y-o-y, according to end-year preliminary market figures published on the IAC website - the local professional association.

Non-life GWP reported subunit decrease (-0.7% y-o-y) to EUR 507 million, while the life segment accelerated by 7.5%% y-o-y, totaling ~EUR 410 million.

In terms of profitability, the life insurance market reported a gross underwriting profit of EUR 27.43 million vs. EUR 42.82 million in 2019, while the net underwriting profit was EUR 21.66 million. The underwriting result in non-life insurance increased to EUR 44.65 million vs. EUR 24.42 million in 2019.

STATISTICS: Bosnian insurers posted Q1 GWP of about EUR 100 million

Bosnian insurers reported aggregate Q1 GWP of BAM 192 million (~EUR 98.2 million), according to the most recent market data published by AZOBiH - Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

FBiH insurers have provided for almost 70.5% of the total GWP (EUR 69.3 million) vs. EUR 28.9 million - insurers domiciled in Srpska Republic.

STATISTICS: Kosovo insurers posted a quarterly loss of over half million euro

The insurance market of Kosovo totaled EUR 25.7 million at the end of Q1 2021, 12.5% more y-o-y, according to data provided by the Central Bank (CBK).

The figures reveal that the quarterly aggregate market result was negative, the 13 local insurers reporting a net loss of EUR -0.6 million, from a net profit of EUR 2.1 million at the end of March 2020.

STATISTICS: Over EUR 1 billion in Q1 GWP for Greek insurers

HAIC - the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies has published the Q1 20201 preliminary figures of the local insurance market. According to the data of the member insurance companies, the value of aggregate GWP - life and non-life insurance, added-up, was up by 8.1% y-o-y to EUR 1.07 billion.

Thus, during the first quarter of 2021, the Greek life insurance segment increased by more than 14% y-o-y to EUR 518.7 million, while the general insurance subclasses expanded by almost 3% y-o-y to EUR 557 million.

The Q1 2020 market results published by HAIC include the figures for 50 insurance companies of which 18 were active in life insurance (and accounted for 99.8% of the segment market's full data for 2020) and 45 were active in non-life insurance (94.6% market share).

The insurance market in Kyrgyzstan in the first three months of 2021 reached KGS 325.17 million (EUR 3.27 million), while insurers paid only KGS 42.27 million for insured events, thus the paid claims ratio amounted to 13%, as the data published by the State Service of regulation and supervision of the financial market at the government of the Kyrgyz Republic shows.

STATISTICS: Who are the 2020's biggest insurers in Kosovo?

SIGAL UNIQA, SIGMA VIG and ILLYRIA are, in terms of FY2020 GWP, the largest insurance companies that are active on Kosovo insurance market, according to the market shares presented by Slovene re/insurer SAVA Re in its 2020 Annual Report.

STATISTICS: Czech insurers' YE2020 GWP increased by 1.2% y-o-y, CNB figures show

The YE2020 statistics recently published by the Czech National Bank - CNB show that the local insurance industry totaled about CZK 168 billion (~EUR 6.4 billion), up by 1.23% y-o-y.


The life segment decreased by almost 3% to CZK 51.8 billion, while the value of paid claims and indemnities - including the change in balance of technical provisions, remained unchanged at CZK 37.5 billion.

In the case of general insurance segment, the same indicators were as follows: FY2020 GWP of CZK 116.2 billion (up by more than 3% y-o-y) and January-December 2020 payments of CZK 54.3 billion, down by 6.3% y-o-y.

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STATISTICS: Latvia: Insurers' FY 2020 business decreased by EUR 60 million

During last year, Latvian insurers' aggregate GWP (local and EU branches, summed-up) totaled EUR 797.5 million, almost EUR 60 million less than in 2019, while the amount paid in claims and indemnities decreased by 8.8% y-o-y to EUR 501 million, according to the year-end figures published by The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK).

STATISTICS: Slovenian market totaled almost EUR 2 billion at the end of Q3 2020

The Slovenian insurance market totaled EUR 1.97 billion in the first nine months of 2020, a 3.65% increase y-o-y, according to the Slovenian Insurance Association's Q3 report. Life insurance GWP increased by EUR 7.75 million to EUR 557 million, while the Non-life segment reported a positive rate of 4.68%, reaching EUR 1.42 billion - or 71.76% of total GWP.

STATISTICS: BiH insurers posted FY2020 subunit GWP decrease

At the end of 2020 the BiH insurance market totaled EUR 386.76 million (BAM 756.45 million), 0.83% less y-o-y, according to the YE 2020 market figures published by the local insurance agency - AZOBIH.

The value of GWP of the insurers operating in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 0.55% to EUR 270.52 million, while the Republika Srpska based insurers generated EUR 116.24 million, down by 1.48% y-o-y.
In terms of GWP, the top three largest insurers in the country were FBiH based insurers ADRIATIC osiguranje (9.13% market share), SARAJEVO osiguranje (8.60%) and EUROHERC osiguranje (8.27%).

STATISTICS: Montenegro 2020: GRAWE and LOVCEN accounted for the largest shares

LOVCEN osiguranje - local non-life insurer owned by Slovene TRIGLAV, and GRAWE osiguranje - the Montenegrin life unit of Austrian insurance group GRAWE - are in terms of GWP, according to the year-end 2020 market statistics published by Insurance Supervision Agency of Montenegro the largest insurers in the Adriatic country.

STATISTICS: Hungary: Insurers' Q3 profits expanded to almost EUR 200 million

According to the quarterly MNB published statistics, at the end of September 2020 the aggregate market gross profit of Hungarian insurers was up by 27.20% y-o-y to HUF 70.45 billion the equivalent of EUR 193 million (vs. HUF 55.39 billion), while the value of net profit increased to HUF 65.96 billion (EUR 180 million).

STATISTICS: Polish insurers' Q3 profits decreased by 13% y-o-y

Polish insurance market totaled PLN 46.5 billion (EUR 10.2 billion) at the end of September 2020, down by 1% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published by The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers decreased by ~4% y-o-y to PLN 29.5 billion EUR 6.5 billion.

STATISTICS: 9 months profits of Slovak insurers more than doubled to EUR 132.63 million

In the first three quarters of 2020, the Slovak Republic insurance market totaled EUR 1.68 million, 1.88% less y-o-y, according to the quarterly financial figures published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS).

The life insurance segment was down by 6.82% y-o-y to EUR 702.89 million, these types of policies generating 41.79% of the total insurance market, while the remaining 58.21% was accounted by non-life subclasses - GWP of EUR 979.17 million or 2% more y-o-y.

STATISTICS: Macedonian insurance sector responses to COVID-19 with 5.2% contraction after Q3

Macedonian insurers posted nine-months 2020 aggregate GWP worth MKD 7.52 billion (~EUR 122 million), 5.22% less y-o-y, according to the market figures published by the Insurance Supervision Agency of Macedonia.

Non-life GWP dominated the market portfolio accounting more than 84% of the total GWP (MKD 6.33 billion, or EUR 102.7 million) - of which MTPL (40.75% of total), property (20.13%), MoD (8.18%) and GTPL (2.11%) - , the remaining share of 16% being represented by the life insurance segment: GWP of MKD 1.18 billion (EUR 19.2 million).

TRIGLAV (15.18% market share), EUROLINK (11.85%) and MAKEDONIJA (11.41%) were the largest non-life insurers, while CROATIA (38.34%), GRAWE (30.95%) and WINNER LIFE (17.87%) were the top 3 life insurers.

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STATISTICS: BELARUS, 3Q2020: The market expanded by 6.43% y-o-y

For 9 months of 2020, GWP of the Belarusian insurance market amounted to BYN 1.09 billion (EUR 355.72 million), which is 6.43% more y-o-y in local currency. At the same time, paid claims increased by 12.25% to BYN 577.79 million, according to the data published by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic.

STATISTICS: CEE Region, 1H2020: GWP down by 3.8% y-o-y, a better than expected evolution

GWP in the CEE insurance market amounted to EUR 19.11 billion, by 3.80% less y-o-y. Results denominated in European currency show only five markets recording a positive dynamic: Latvia (+3.31%), Serbia (+4.28%), Slovenia (+4.21%), Romania and Lithuania, markets that rather managed to maintain the 1H2019 level than really significantly increase the business volume.

STATISTICS: CZECH REPUBLIC, 1H2020: GENERALI's subsidiaries merger gave birth to a new market leader

Czech insurers ended the first half of 2020 with GWP worth EUR 3.16 billion. Which is 4.29% less y-o-y, the Central Bank's statistics show. However, in local currency, the rate growth remained slightly positive, of about 0.6% y-o-y. In fact, the overall negative trend was mainly driven by the life insurance segment which saw a 16.8% decline in GWP, thus losing about 5p.p. of its weight in the market portfolio.

STATISTICS: POLAND, 1H2020: 7% y-o-y decline of the market net profit, but still a market of over EUR 7 billion at mid-year

Polish insurers ended the first half of 2020 with a 6.7% y-o-y decline of the GWP volume, to EUR 7.05 billion. In absolute terms, this means an about EUR 512 million drop in the market premiums turnover, almost equally divided between the life and non-life segments. Yet, given the about 5% depreciation of the Polish currency against Euro, the market results denominated in local currency look much better, showing just a 2% depreciation of the GWP volume.

STATISTICS: HUNGARY, 1H2020: Insurers' profits expanded to more than EUR 140 million

According to the half-year market figures published by the Central Bank of Hungary - MNB, the insurance sector's 1H2020 premium income amounted to HUF 613 billion (~EUR 1.72 billion), rising in local currency by 3.65% y-o-y. Life insurance H1 2020 premium income increased by about 0.59% to HUF 259.4 billion, while non-life segment expanded by more than 6pp to HUF 353.69 billion. About 42.31% of premium income originated from the life insurance business and 57.69% from the non-life insurance business.

STATISTICS: NORTH MACEDONIA, 1H2020: Property insurance grew by 20.5%

During the first six months of 2020, the insurance market of North Macedonia amounted to MKD 5.2 billion (~EUR 83 million*) in gross premiums written (GWP) and MKD 1.8 billion (~EUR 29 million*) in claims paid. The overall GWP of the market decreased by 1.7%, while consolidated claims decreased by 6.8%, in local currency.

STATISTICS: RUSSIA, 1H2020: Generated GWP remained almost unchanged y-o-y in local currency

In the second quarter, the decline in economic activity due to the pandemic led to a decrease both in GWP and paid claims, mainly because of reduction of insured events. In general, at the end of 1H2020, total market GWP amounted to RUB 739 billion (~EUR 9.39 billion*) , and remained almost at the level of 1H2019 (-0.03%), according to the data, published by the Central Bank of Russia.

STATISTICS: TURKEY, 1H2020: Local insurance market expanded by 21%

The Turkish insurance market generated total premium of TRY 40.2 billion (~EUR 5.2 bilion*) in the first half of this year, an increase of 21.0% compared to the corresponding period in 2019, according to data released by the Insurance Association of Turkey (TSB).

STATISTICS: ROMANIA, 1Q2020: Private health insurance expanded by 44% y-o-y

Between January-March 2020, the Romanian insurance market wrote a gross amount of premiums of RON 2.95 billion (~EUR 612 million*), up 8.8% year-on-year, and paid a total volume of claims in amount of RON 1.79 billion (~EUR 370 million*), 14.2% more y-o-y, the latest figures from the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) show.

STATISTICS: LATVIA, 1Q2020: Life insurers ended Q1 on loss even tough the GWP volume expanded by more than 75%

Latvian insurers reported EUR -3.52 million net loss at the end of March vs. EUR 4.87 million net profit in Q12019, according to figures released by the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FKTK). Non-life insurers closed Q12020 with a net profit of EUR 7.85 million (vs. EUR 3.64 million a year ago), while the life insurers reported a negative result of EUR -11.37 million vs. a net profit of EUR 1.22 million at the end of March 2019.

STATISTICS: KAZAKHSTAN, 1Q2020: life insurance GWP grew by almost 55% y-o-y

In 1Q2020, the Kazakhstani insurance market showed an impressive growth in local currency both in total GWP (+36.1%), and separately in the life sector (+55.0%) and non-life (+31.3%), according to the data, published by the National Bank. The positive trend was seen in EUR currency too, the overall market GWP increasing by 16.2%.

In 1Q2020, the GWP of Belarusian insurance market amounted to BYN 379.9 million (~EUR 132 million*), in local currency reflecting an increase of 13% year-on-year, while in European currency the market growth rate was negative (-6.3%), as the data published by the Ministry of Finance show.

STATISTICS: CROATIA, 1Q2020: Local insurers' GWP exceeded EUR 400 million

The Croatian insurance market ended 1Q2020 with GWP worth HRK 3 billion (~EUR 402 million*), 4.12% up y-o-y. The largest contributions to the aggregate GWP, in absolute terms, came from the motor insurance classes, traditional life insurance and both property LoBs, according to the figures published by the Croatian Insurance Bureau.

STATISTICS: SERBIA, FY2019: Local insurers reported positive y-o-y GWP changes

The Serbian insurance market reported a 7.5% y-o-y increase in FY2019 GWP to RSD 107.5 billion (EUR 914 million), according to the NBS's (National Bank of Serbia) year-end figures. Non-life insurance made up 76.7% of total GWP (RSD 82.4 billion, up by 8.2% y-o-y), while the share of life insurance premiums was 23.3.% (RSD 25.1 billion, up by 5.4% y-o-y).

STATISTICS: TURKEY, FY2019: Local market sees double-digit growth at the end of the year

The Turkish insurance industry totaled TRY 69.24 billion (EUR 10.37 billion) in premiums in 2019, according to data released by the Turkey Insurance Association (TSB). The figure represents a nominal increase in local currency of 26.69% over 2018, while the same indicator calculated in European currency was 14.90% due the deprecietion of Turkish Lira against Euro.

STATISTICS: LATVIA, 3Q2019: Insurers' profits doubled to ~EUR 18 million

The Latvian insurance market totaled EUR 588.70 million at the end of September 2019, or 3.69% more y-o-y, according to data published by the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FKTK). At the same time, the insurance companies paid EUR 384.20 million in claims (28.81% more y-o-y).

STATISTICS: SLOVAK Q3 insurance market net profit almost halved to ~EUR 63 million

In the first three quarters of 2019, the Slovak insurance market totaled EUR 1.71 billion, 2.50% more y-o-y, according to the quarterly financial figures published by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). Life and non-life paid claims and indemnities increased by 6% to EUR 1.05 billion, of which about 46% were related to non-life sub-classes.

STATISTICS: HUNGARY, 3Q2019: Insurers' 9 months GWP climbed 11% y-o-y

Hungarian insurance market totaled HUF 862.20 billion (EUR 2.66 billion) at the end of Q3 2019, 10.97% more y-o-y, official statistics showed. In terms of damages, the value of incurred claims (paid claims and reserves, summed-up) amounted to HUF 312.95 billion for life insurance contracts (+10.72% y-o-y) and HUF 198.45 billion for non-life policies, +13.96 more y-o-y.

STATISTICS: AZERBAIJAN, 3Q2019: life insurance dropped by more than 7% y-o- y

From January to September 2019, total market GWP decreased by 8.11% y-o-y, to AZN 522.45 million (EUR 281.01 million). Paid claims, on the contrary, went up by almost 8% and reached AZN 201.70 million (EUR 108.49 million), as the data, published by the Azerbaijan's Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FIMSA) show.

STATISTICS: BELARUS, 1H2019: life insurance increased by almost 31% y-o-y

In the first half of 2019, GWP of the Belarusian market amounted to BYN 689.9 million (EUR 296.72 million), which in local currency is 13.63% more y-o-y. At that, paid claims increased by only 9.16%, to BYN 333.56 million (EUR 143.46 million), data published by the Ministry of Finance show.

STATISTICS: Almost EUR 5 million in profit for Latvian insurers at the end-March

Latvian insurers generated EUR 4.8 million in first quarter net profit, EUR 2.2 more compared with Q12018, according to figures released by the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FKTK). About 64% of total GWP were written by local insurers (EUR 132.5 million, or 1% less y-o-y), the rest by EU insurers (EUR 75 million, up by 7.9% y-o-y).

STATISTICS: POLAND: Almost EUR 4 billion in GWP after the first quarter

Polish insurers' aggregate GWP was up by 0.6% y-o-y to PLN 16.35 billion (~EUR 3.80 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, financial indicators from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) showed. Official figures also revealed that the amount of paid claims/indemnities during the period was PLN 10.2 billion, representing a decrease of 2.7% y-o-y.

STATISTICS: HUNGARY, 1Q2019: Market profitability remained almost unchanged

25 Hungarian insurers reported 1Q2019 aggregate GWP up by 14.8% y-o-y to HUF 316.4 billion (EUR 986 million), according to the quarterly market data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). Life insurance GWP increased by 11.2% to HUF 132 billion (EUR 411 million), while non-life GWP increased by 17.5% to HUF 185 billion (EUR 575 million), as the MNB figures reveal.

STATISTICS: ROMANIA, 1Q2019: Market GWP increased by 5% y-o-y

At the end of 31 March 2019, Romanian insurance market grew by EUR 27 million (+5.0%) y-o-y in terms of gross written premiums (GWP). In local currency, the premium growth was slightly higher (+7.4%), as Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) figures show.

STATISTICS: TURKISH insurers' Q1 GWP dynamic affected by the TRY depreciation against euro

Turkish insurance market's GWP was of TRY 17.5 billion (about EUR 2.7 billion) in Q1 2019, ~20% up y-o-y in nominal terms, according to the preliminary data published by the local association - TSB. In European currency, the rate was negative (-7.7% y-o-y) due the depreciation registered by the local currency against euro (6.3188 TRY/EUR, March 31st, 2019 vs. 4.8673 TRY/EUR, March 31st, 2018).

STATISTICS: SEE, FY 2018: downsize trend driven by the Turkish currency crisis

In the Southeast European (SEE) region, Turkey accounts for more 65% of the regional GWP. Thus, the over 12% market fall recorded by the local insurance market, in European currency -, triggered a negative change in the regional GWP also, despite the positive trend recorded by the insurance markets of Greece and Cyprus.

STATISTICS: UKRAINE, FY2018: Life insurance increased by 34% y-o-y

GWP of Ukrainian insurers in 2018 increased by 13.67% y-o-y, to UAH 49.36 billion (EUR 1.56 billion), as data published by the regulator show. The market growth in Euro was over 20% due to a more favorable exchange rate of the national currency at the end of 2018.

STATISTICS: ROMANIA, FY2018: Health insurance rose by 74.3%

Romanian insurance market recorded in 2018 GWP worth EUR 2,174 million and EUR 1,278 million in paid claims. Total GWP volume rose by EUR 92 million compared to 2017 results (+4.44%) while claims level increased by EUR 185 million (+16.97%), mainly due to motor claims increases.

STATISTICS: ROMANIA, 2008-2017: Motor business lines drove market evolution

Between 2008-2017, in the Romanian insurance market, MTPL was the only insurance class that maintained a positive dynamic. MTPL, together with the Life insurance segment, had the biggest influence over general market evolution. The Romanian market is still recovering after the post-crisis effects.

STATISTICS: CROATIA timeline 2008 - 2017: the MTPL prices liberalization was the event with the highest impact on the market evolution

Between 2008 and 2017, the Croatian insurance market saw an 8% decrease in business, in GWP terms. From an absolute value of EUR 1.32 billion recorded in 2008, GWP at the overall market level gradually decreased year by year, until 2015, when the market started to grow again. The positive trend seen in 2016 and 2017 was not strong enough to bring the market at the pre-crisis level.

STATISTICS: SLOVENIA timeline 2008 - 2017: steady and smooth transition year over year

The Slovenian insurance market maintained steady between 2008-2017, the difference from the first year to the last one being summed up in a small growth, in both written premiums and paid indemnities. In this period, the Slovenian insurance sector kept a smooth transition year over year, with no sudden changes in any of the main business lines, reflecting a good stability and steadiness.

STATISTICS: SLOVENIA, FY2017: life insurance and Motor Hull, the market drivers

Slovenian insurers ended 2017 with GWP of EUR 2.18 billion, 5.5% up y-o-y, mostly capitalizing from the life insurance segment's revitalization. Thus, after a weak 2016, when the life insurance business followed a descending path, in 2017 the almost 10% growth of the Unit-Linked insurance products line gave the segment the needed stimulus to re-enter on a positive trend.

STATISTICS: SERBIA, FY2017: positive trend in business; changes in preparation of the regulatory side

Serbian insurance market ended 2017 with FWP worth EUR 785.8 million, 8.8% up y-o-y, a result supported in part also by the Serbian Dinar appreciation against the European currency. In local currency, the GWP growth was of only 4.4%. Most of the market growth came from the non-life insurance side, which saw a 11% increase in premiums, thus raising its weight in the market portfolio by about 1.5 percentage points.

STATISTICS: MOLDOVA, FY 2017: GWP increased by 6.9%

In 2017 Moldovan insurance market produced GWP in the amount of EUR 70.6 million (MDL 1.5 billion), 6.9% up y-o-y, according to the final data of the Supervisory Authority (CNPF), centralized by the specialized portal www.xprimm.md.

Claims paid by the companies decreased by 2.15% y-o-y and reached EUR 24.9 million (MDL 507.97 million).

STATISTICS: Latvian insurers' profits decreased by 88% during 3Q2017

The Latvian insurance market totaled EUR 482.63 million at the end of September 2017, or 15.21% more y-o-y, according to data released by the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FKTK). At the same time, the insurance companies paid EUR 262.12 million in claims (1.77% more y-o-y).

STATISTICS: BULGARIA 1Q 2017: GWP up by 9.7%

The total GWP by Bulgarian insurers in 1Q 2017 was BGN 572 million (EUR 293 million), up by 9.7% y-o-y, according to the quarterly statistics published on the country's financial regulator website.

STATISTICS: CYPRIOT insurers' Q1 GWP up by 6.5% y-o-y

Cypriot insurers reported aggregate GWP of EUR 234.4 million in the first three months of 2017, up by 6.5% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC.

STATISTICS: Hungarian market leaders in 2016

The thirty active members of MABISZ (the Hungarian insurance association) posted aggregate FY2016 GWP of HUF 920.6 billion (~ EUR 2.9 billion), up by 5.1% y-o-y, according to the association's website.