During H1 2022, the Lithuanian insurance market grew by 19.4% y-o-y (or by EUR 97 million) to EUR 598 million, while the value of payments expanded by 36% y-o-y to EUR 328 million, according to the market figures published by the Bank of Lithuania.

Lietuvos draudimas ended the first half of 2022 with almost 29% share in the country's market portfolio. During the period, income of the company (together with the Estonian branch) reached EUR 158.8 million, which is 21.2% more y-o-y, draudimas.lt wrote.

According to the data of Lietuvos draudimas, homeowners already suffered insured losses that exceeded EUR 6 million in the first quarter of this year. This is exactly the amount that was paid to the customers, and is 20% less y-o-y, draudimas.lt wrote.

During Q1 2022, the Lithuanian insurance market grew by 17.13% y-o-y to EUR 292.02 million, while the value of payments expanded by more than 38% y-o-y to EUR 164.22 million, according to the market figures published by the Bank of Lithuania.

According to the Bank of Lithuania, in 2021 the insurance market was profitable, but the trends were different: profits of life insurance companies were growing, while those of non-life companies were declining. The entire insurance market grew by about 9% last year.

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.

According to the data of Lietuvos Draudimas, EUR 120 thousand have already been reserved to compensate losses of very strong wind gusts and thunderstorms recorded in Lithuania on Friday. The company's experts say that the numbers will definitely grow - it is expected to reach EUR 300 thousand, delfi.lt reports.

BTA insurance companies estimated that losses caused by fire last year are twice as high as in 2020. In total, over EUR 1 million was paid in 2021.

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.

Insurers are seeing an increase in fraudsters trying to illegally benefit from road accidents. According to Lietuvos DRAUDIMAS, the insurance market leader in Lithuania and the largest insurance company in the Baltic States, this year is already breaking records - from the beginning of the year to the mid-October, almost 900 fraud events have already been recorded, and the amount of illegally attempted payments exceeds EUR 1.7 million, delfi.lv said.

At the end of June 2021, Lithuanian domestic insurers posted aggregate profits of EUR 27.7 million (vs. EUR 27.5 million in June 2020), while the assets managed by domestic insurers remained stable at ~ EUR 1.7 billion. Life insurers reported net profits of EUR 9.3 million (vs. EUR 8.5 million a year before), the remaining EUR 18.4 million being accounted by non-life insurance companies (vs. EUR 19 million).

Lithuanian insurers posted GWP of EUR 501 million in 1H 2021, 6.5% more y-o-y, according to the half-year figures published on the Central Bank's website.

In the first quarter of the year, the Lithuanian insurance market grew by almost 4% y-o-y to EUR 249 million, while the value of payments decreased by 12% y-o-y to EUR 119 million, according to figures published by the Bank of Lithuania.

"The insurance sector successfully withstood the challenges caused by the pandemic and operated profitably last year", as the Lithuanian Central Bank reported in a statement published on its website. Thus, the net profit earned by Lithuanian insurers amounted to EUR 50 million, whereas that of insurance brokers totaled almost EUR 7 million.

Last year, the Lithuaian insurance market totalled EUR 954.87 million, which is 0.95% up, compared to 2019 results, as the figures published by the local insurance market regulator - The Lithuanian Central Bank - showed.

The Bank of Lithuania expects a moderate growth of the insurance market this year, by 3% to 5%, up to a total EUR 997 million in GWP. While the non-life business is expected to recover from the 2020 fall, life insurance will grow at a slower pace than last year.

Lithuanian insurers reported GWP of EUR 710 million at end-September 2020, 0.6% more y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published on the Central Bank's website.

This year, the Bank of Lithuania — the single supervisory authority for the whole financial sector in Lithuania, including the insurance market — conducted a mystery shopping exercise to evaluate the practices of certain companies and persons offering training and consultation on savings and investment.

Lithuanian insurers reported GWP of EUR 470.48 million in 1H 2020, 0.29% more y-o-y, according to the half-year figures published on the Central Bank's website.

Most insurance undertakings operating in Lithuania and providing unit-linked insurance services considered the Bank of Lithuania's position on the recovery of management fees (rebates). As a result, unit-linked insurance clients already benefit more and can accumulate more capital.