Damages under compulsory liability insurance this year keep increasing – the average payment for property damage increased by 9.9% as of September 30, 2024. Growth continues to be influenced by higher prices for labor and spare parts in car repair shops and gradual modernization of the vehicle fleet, the Czech Office of Insurers wrote.

From October 1, 2024, there will be significant digitization in liability insurance. Online insurance registration will allow drivers to no longer keep Green Card policies with them, even in electronic form, the Czech Office of Insurers wrote.

According to the Czech National Bank data, Czech insurers ended H1 2024 with GWP worth EUR 4.63 billion, a total slightly superior to the H1 2023 one (+2.6%). Paid claims have also remained quasi stable, increasing by 1.85%, to EUR 2.28 billion.

Trucks make up a significant part of the cars that move on roads. However, this type of transport is also involved to a considerable extent in accidents on Czech roads.

VIG Re announced that effective January 1, 2025, Tobias SONNDORFER will succeed Johannes Martin HARTMANN as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors in line with the established succession plan.

According to the Czech National Bank data, Czech insurers ended Q1 2024 with GWP worth EUR 2.35 billion, a total sum fairly equal to the Q1 2023 one. Paid claims have decreased by 1.6%, to EUR 1.07 billion.

Ten insurance companies have already voluntarily signed up to the self-regulatory standard set up by the Czech Association of Insurance Companies (CAP) in November 2023 regarding equal access to persons who have experienced cancer.

VIG Re, the reinsurance arm of Vienna Insurance Group, has published its Annual Report confirming preliminary financial figures communicated on 20th March 2024.

The Czech insurance market totaled CZK 213.15 billion (EUR 8.62 billion) at the end of 2023, up by 6.52% y-o-y, according to the year-end figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB).

According to the Q4 2023 market data published by the Czech Insurance Association – CAP, total premiums of the members of the association reaches a value of CZK 168.5 billion (~EUR 6.8 billion) by the end of 2023, up by 7.1% y-o-y, or by CZK 11.1 billion.

51% of Czechs have taken out life insurance, with the primary reason of protecting their family in case they become unable to provide because injury or illness or death. Providing for their own needs in the event of illness or injury only comes second, a recent CAP survey shows.

The Czech insurance market ended the third quarter of 2023 with GWP worth CZK 160.9 billion (EUR 6.6 billion), up by 6.1% y-o-y, according to the end-September figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB).

According to the CAP (Czech Insurance Association) quarterly figures, at the end of September 2023 the aggregate GWP reported by member companies totaled CZK 127 billion (EUR 5.2 billion) up by 6.5% y-o-y.

Czechs lost CZK 550 million in insurance benefits in 2022 because the lack of insurance coverage. According to CAP – the insurers’ association’s estimations, out of the 116,000 unexpected property events in households last year, only an estimated two-thirds were insured. In 10 years, uninsured households in the Czech Republic cost CZK 6.8 billion.

On the first of November, an updated version of the risk maps of river and flash floods was launched in Czechia through the cooperation of the Czech Association of Insurance Companies (CAP) with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Water Management Research Institute and other state institutions resulted in the expansion of flood hazard maps.

The leading Czech insurance broker RENOMIA has bought a stake in the Austrian company Steinmayr & Co and is thus entering the Austrian market. With this acquisition, the insurance premiums that RENOMIA GROUP manages for its clients in the countries of Central Europe will exceed EUR 800 million.

The Czech insurance market ended the second quarter of 2023 with GWP worth CZK 107.8 billion (EUR 4.5 billion), up by 6.4% y-o-y, according to the end-June statistics published by the Czech National Bank (CNB).

Over 70% of the respondents to the 2023 edition of the annual survey undertaken by the Czech Insurance Association (CAP) are concerned about the inability to provide for themselves in old age. Also, availability unavailability of quality medical care is among the top concerns.

In 2022, firefighters went to almost 21 thousand fires with a total damage of almost CZK 5.3 billion (~EUR 220 million). But, according to an analysis conducted by the Czech Association of Insurance Companies, only a quarter of them were insured. As a result, more than CZK 1.7 billion (EUR 70 million) could have been paid out by insurers.

The Q1 2023 figures published by the Czech National Bank (CNB) show that the local insurance industry totaled about EUR 2.3 billion - CZK 54.8 billion, up by 6.6% y-o-y.