Over the period of 3 years the non-life insurance company BTA registered almost 13,000 car accidents in the three largest cities of Lithuania as 58% were registered in Vilnius, 27% - in Kaunas and 14% - in Klaipeda, informs LETA/ELTA.

In the first half of 2014, the Lithuanian insurers wrote insurance premiums amounting to LTL 1,013.7 million (EUR 293.6 million), a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, but still 2.9% less than in the first half of 2008, when the volume of Lithuania's insurance market was the highest, Bank of Lithuania informed. According to the half-year review published by the market authority, the life insurance market grew by even 18.3% (to LTL 331.0 million / EUR 95.9 million), while the non-life insurance market was up by 3.4% (to LTL 682.8 million / EUR 197.7 million) over the year.

Eastern Europe's largest insurer, Poland's PZU, has agreed to spin off part of its Lithuanian business to assuage competition concerns and pave the way for its purchase of Lithuanian rival Lietuvos Draudimas.

The Lithuanian League ( LKL ) and insurance company IF have become partners ahead of the 2014-15 season. Both companies signed a cooperation agreement under which the League will receive assistance. LKL President Remigijus Milasius is glad that If joined the League, as the insurance company has earned international recognition, and says he's convinced this will be a fruitful cooperation. "I am glad that there are companies, such as IF, which are willing to contribute to the promotion of sports".

Poland's insurance group PZU, which has reached a 360-million-euro deal to buy RSA's business in the Baltics and Poland, so far failed to convince the Lithuanian Competition Council that its planned takeover of the country's leading non-life insurer Lietuvos Draudimas (Lithuanian Insurance) will have no negative effects on the market, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Wednesday.

During the first five months of 2014, Lithuanian non-life insurance company BTA generated almost LTL 76 million (EUR 22 million) of insurance premiums, while the volume of written gross premiums amounted to LTL 40 million (EUR 12 million), informs LETA/ELTA.

Based on the data of non-life insurance company BTA, July is the most dangerous month for Lithuania's motorcycle drivers. Statistics for the last three years show that the number of accidents caused by motorcycle drivers in July increases three times compared to other warm-season months, informs LETA/ELTA.

The insurance undertakings registered in the country and branches of insurance undertakings of other European Union Member States established in Lithuania wrote, in the first quarter of 2014, LTL 486.9 million (or EUR 141 million) of insurance premiums, a one-tenth increase year on year.

Largest Lithuanian insurance company Lietuvos Draudimas earned LTL 17.2 million (EUR 4.9 million) in pre-tax profit while non-life premiums written amounted to LTL 92.5 million (EUR 26.7 million) in Q1of 2014, reports LETA/ELTA.

PZU, eastern Europe's biggest insurer, is close to acquiring Lithuanian rival Lietuvos draudimas from British group RSA in a deal valued at around 100 million euros ($139 million), sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Last month Lithuanian media reports said that the PZU, the Polish state-controlled group, was bidding in competition with Austria's Vienna Insurance Group but PZU offered better conditions.

The largest insurer of the Central and Eastern Europe, the Polish company PZU, and the Austrian group VIENNA Insurance Group are the main competitors in the race for acquisition of DRAUDIMAS Lietuva, the top insurer in Lithuania, in a deal estimated at around EUR 100 million, informs REUTERS, quoting local press.

A study by non-life insurance company BTA revealed that each year thefts account for 2% of all CASCO (full-coverage car insurance) insured events in Lithuania. According to the data of the Police Department, 3,166 thefts were registered in Lithuania in 2013, or by 7% less year-on-year, informs LETA/ELTA.

Lithuanian insurance market increased to EUR 563 million (LTL 1.95 billion) in 2013 from the previous year, as reported by the Bank of Lithuania. Non-life insurance accounted for 68% of all market, increasing by 8.7% to EUR 382 million (LTL 1.32 billion). The number of policyholders increased by 4% to around 5.25 million, due to the 4% increase in the non-life insurance segment to around 5.2 million.

The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on February 12th, a loan of EUR 2.9 million for the state-owned housing mortgage insurance company, BUSTO PASKOLU Draudimas. The loan is necessary for helping the insurer to fulfill its obligations and continue to pay claims, informs LETA/ELTA.

A recent survey made by the non-life insurer BTA showed that Lithuanian citizens are mostly interested in the accident insurance products, perceived by about a third of the respondents as providing the highest sense of security. The following top choices expressed were health insurance, property and Motor Hull insurance.

Insurance market growth strengthened even more this year and life insurance segment was characterized by the largest volume of premiums written in six years, according to the January-September 2013 market data, recently published by the Bank of Lithuania.

In the first half-year the insurance market grew by almost one tenth — insurers registered in Lithuania and local branches of insurance companies from other European Union member states written LTL 940.1 million (or EUR 242 million) in premiums - 9.9% more than in the same period last year.

Insurance payments arising from the recent storms that hit some parts of Lithuania is expected to total at least 1 - 1.5 million Lithuanian litas (USD 385,514 - USD 578,271), Lithuanian news website Vz.lt reported.

The biggest insurance company in Lithuania Lietuvos Draudimas estimated that, due to the stormy weather in Lithuania, the company lost LTL 700 thousand (EUR 202 thousand), reported LETA/ELTA.

According to the Baltic communication Club 625 reported, Lithuania Central Bank data show that 1-5 parts of this legislation Insurance industry (including branches of foreign insurance companies in elevation) written premium income of 7.82786 billion cubic special, an increase of 10.6%.