AB Lietuvos Dujos shareholders at their Annual General Meeting of 23 April 2012 approved the Company's activity results of the year 2011. Compared to 2010, the consolidated audited sales revenue of AB Lietuvos Dujos increased by 5.3% and amounted to LTL 1,840.0 million* (2010: LTL 1,746.8 million). The revenue growth was determined by the higher revenue from the supply activity. The revenue from the transportation activity remained at the level of 2010, of which the revenue from gas transit showed a significant increase. The consolidated pre-tax profit of AB Lietuvos Dujos decreased from LTL 148.9 million in 2010 to LTL 104.3 million in 2011.

Lithuania's insurance broker Balto Link has established a subsidiary in Estonia as it seeks to offer services to the companies active in all Baltic countries, the Verslo Zinios business daily reports on Tuesday.

Lithuania's insurance brokers boosted significantly their activity volumes; 1.024 million of insurance and pension accumulation funds were concluded in 2011 (19.2% more than in 2010), the bank of Lithuania said in a statement.

The Board of the Bank of Lithuania approved Kestutis Bagdonavicius as a candidate to hold the position of the Chairman of the Board of ADB ERGO Lietuva and Deniss Sazonovs, Maarika Liivamagi and Saulius Jokubaitis as candidates to hold the positions of members of the Board of this company.

The Board of the Bank of Lithuania ruled that insurance brokers must pass an examination to prove their qualification.

The amount of insurance premiums written in the domestic insurance market over the first month of this year made up 145.7 million litas in January 2012, which was 3.5% less than in a corresponding month 2011, the Bank of Lithuania said in a report.

Last year was a successful one to the insurance market as its growth rate almost doubled compared with the national economy. In 2011, the amount of written premiums reached as high as LTL 1.7 billion, a year-on-year rise of 9.5%. The number of insurance contracts surged in 2011 by 3.3% to LTL 4.9 million. The premium amount paid out last year by domestic insurers saw an increase of 15.5% compared with the year before last year.

As from 1 January 2012, the Insurance Supervisory Commission (ISC) of Lithuania was liquidate, its functions being transferred to a new operational unit of the Bank of Lithuania (LB), the Supervision Service. The new LB structure will supervise commercial banks and other credit and payment institutions, securities and insurance markets, and will investigate disputes of consumers and financial institutions.

According to the Insurance Supervisory Commission of the Republic of Lithuania, in the first nine months of this year, the local insurance market, grew by 11.2% to LTL 1.26 billion (EUR 365 million).

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance belongs to the same international insurance company RSA as the previous shareholder Codan A/S, reports LETA/ELTA.

According to the study done by the independent research company EPSI Baltic in 2011, the satisfaction of Estonian (-4.7 points) and Lithuanian (-5.6 points) respondents with their insurance companies decreased this year.

In the first semester of 2009, insurance companies that activate in Lithuania underwrote a volume of EUR 242 million, down by 20.1%, compared to the same period from 2008, as the National Insurance Supervisory Commission reported.

In 2008, Lithuanian insurers accounted a EUR 24.76 million net profit, in decrease by 35% compared to 2007, according to preliminary results of Lithuanian Insurance Supervisory Commission (ISC).
Last year, out of seventeen companies, five insurers have ended the year with loss.