In 10 years, between 2008 and 2017, the insurance market in Montenegro grew by EUR 21.2 million (+35.0%) in terms of gross written premiums (GWP). More than half of the market was represented by motor insurance classes. Life insurance maintained a positive trend the whole decade.

The gross written premiums of Montenegrin insurers increased to EUR 86.83 million in 2018, up by 6.19% y-o-y, official figures show.

On January 30, 2019 Representatives of the Insurance Supervision Agency and the National Bureau of Montenegro Insurers (NBMI) had a meeting, during which it was agreed that the Montenegrin insurance market is stable and has great development prospects, according to the press release of the supervisor.

During 3Q2018, the Montenegrin insurance market totaled almost EUR 65 million, a 6% increase y-o-y, as the Insurance Supervision Agency has reported.

Montenegro insurers reported GWP of EUR 41.27 million in 1H2018, up by 3.2% y-o-y. Paid claims increased at a higher pace, of 10.9%, reaching a total of EUR 17.6 million. The MTPL insurance line was the main driver in both cases.

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Montenegrin insurer Lovcen Osiguranje has said it completed a 100,000 euro capital hike as part of its shareholder remuneration policy.

The Montenegrin insurance market increased by 5.1% y-o-y during Q1 2018 to EUR 18.4 million, while the aggregate value of paid claims and indemnities was up by 16.2% y-o-y to EUR 9 million, as data from the Insurance Supervisions Agency shows.

The insurance market of Montenegro totalled EUR 81.77 million at the end of 2017, representing an annual increase of 2.00%, according to the preliminary figures published on the ISA's web-site.

Montenegrin insurers Sava Re and Lovcen osiguranje are entering the market of supplementary health insurance, raising the number of local providers to four, osiguranje.hr wrote.

According to data provided by the Insurance Supervision Agency of Montenegro, local insurers have ended 3Q2017 with GWP of EUR 61.2 million, 3.2% up y-o-y.

According to the centralized CEE figures, in terms of gross written premiums, at the end of June 2017, the insurance market of Montenegro was the smallest among all 17 CEE countries: GWP of EUR 40 million, up by 3.5% y-o-y.

The aggregate GWP of the 11 insurance companies operating in Montenegro has increased by 3.8% y-o-y to EUR 17.4 million in Q1 2017, data from the Insurance Supervisions Agency shows.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pledged to provide technical support for the supervision of banks and insurance companies in Montenegro, the country's central bank, CBCG, said on Monday.

The Montenegrin market reported a 4.2% y-o-y growth in FY2016 GWP, to EUR 80.1 million, according to the preliminary figures published on the ISA's web-site. The non-life insurance segment had the largest contribution to the aggregate figure, reporting GWP of EUR 66.5 million (83% of total GWP), while the life sector accounted for the remaining 17%, or EUR 13.7 million.

Grawe has confirmed for the local financial press the acquisition of Merkur Insurance Podgorica, the Austrian Merkur International Holding 100% owned subsidiary from Montenegro, in a deal worth EUR 1.39 million.

In 3Q2016, the Montenegrin insurance market totaled almost EUR 60 million, a 3.5% increase y-o-y, as the Insurance Supervision Agency has reported. Compared with September 2015, non-life insurance premium was up by 3.3% (to EUR 50.1 million), while the life insurance GWP grew by 4.2% (to EUR 9.2 million).

Montenegro insurers' GWP increased by 4.50% y-o-y to EUR 38.65 million in the first half of the year, according to the figures published by the Insurance Supervision Agency. The aggregate value of gross claims paid was EUR 14.73 million, 1.60% more y-o-y.

Montenegro's insurers have reported a decreasing consolidated GWP amount, by 1.84% lower y-o-y, mostly pushed down by the significantly decrasing property insurance business.

Austrian insurance group UNIQA said on Thursday its pre-tax loss from operations in Montenegro widened to 600,000 euro in 2015 from 300,000 euro a year earlier.