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Location:
- Central Europe;
- Neighbours: Slovakia, Czechia, Germany, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine.

Climate:
- temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation;
- mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers.

Natural hazards:
- destructive earthquakes;

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:312,696km2
Population*:38.0million
Pop. density*:121.5people/km2
GDP*:492.2EUR billion
GDP/capita*:12,960.2EUR

European Union:
EU member, since 2004

Currency: Zloty
Code: PLN
Since: 1994


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:35%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:65%
Overall Property*:11%
Overall Motor*:38%


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Polish Chamber of Insurance appoints Artur Dziekański as new spokesperson

The Polish Chamber of Insurance (PIU) has appointed Artur Dziekański as its new Spokesperson and Head of Communications. With extensive experience in corporate communications, financial reporting, and crisis management, Dziekański is set to enhance PIU’s public relations strategy and industry outreach.


POLAND: MTPL losses are growing due to high claim settlement costs

According to Rankomat data, the average MTPL price in January was PLN 693 (EUR 164). The experts note that MTPL rates increased by 23%, and by 41% over the past two years, respectively. Despite this fact, insurers in the motor insurance segment are recording growing losses caused by increasingly high claim settlement costs, Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa (Insurance Gazette) writes.



STATISTICS: POLAND, 3Q 2024: Steep increase in claims expenses following the autumn weather events

The largest CEE insurance market posted aggregate 3Q2024 GWP worth PLN 63.25 billion (EUR 14.75 billion), up by 9.6% y-o-y according to the quarterly statistics published by Polish KNF (Financial Supervision Authority). At the same time, claims and benefits paid by local insurers increased by 11% y-o-y to PLN 36.78 billion or EUR 8.58 billion.

Life GWP was up by 4% y-o-y to over PLN 17.7 billion (EUR 4.13 billion), while the non-life insurance segment increased by 11.95% to PLN 45.55 billion (EUR 10.6 billion).



Polish market authority reveals its supervisory priorities for 2025

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF) has unveiled its supervisory priorities for 2025, with a significant emphasis on the insurance sector. These priorities aim to address emerging risks, enhance product quality, and strengthen market stability.






STATISTICS: POLAND, 1H2024: weather-related events increased claim paid for property losses by 34.8%

Polish insurers wrote gross premiums worth EUR 9.93 billion in 1H2024, 13.8% up y-o-y, almost all business lines recording solid growth rates. Paid claims reached EUR 5.55 billion, 13% more y-o-y. The results denominated in Euro look better due to the y-o-y slight appreciation of the zloty against euro. As such, in the national currency, the market grew by 9.9%, while paid claims by 9.6%.