STATISTICS: CROATIA 1Q2026: Positive evolution in line with the previous year’s trends

30 April 2026 — Daniela GHETU
STATISTICS:  CROATIA 1Q2026: Positive evolution in line with the previous year’s trends

According to data provided by the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA), the 14 insurance companies operating on the market reported total premium collected in Q1 2025 of EUR 533.74 million (8.27% up y-o-y), of which EUR 84.17 million (9.54% up y-o-y) related to life insurance premium and EUR 449.57 million (+8.03% y-o-y) to non-life insurance premium.

It is worth noting that since January 1st, 2023, premium paid is reported instead of the Gross Written Premium.

The structure of the non-life insurance premium collected is dominated by motor vehicle liability insurance (MTPL) (33.9% of the total market collected premiums), followed by insurance of land vehicles (20.47%) and insurance against fire and natural disasters (9.6%).

The amount of claims settled in the first quarter of 2026 reached EUR 311.78 million. EUR 83.62 million of this amount related to life insurance, while EUR 228.16 million related to non-life insurance (73.17% of total claims paid).

Within the total amount of claims settled in non-life insurance, the largest amounts related to motor vehicle liability insurance (40.27%), insurance of land vehicles (21.27%), and insurance against fire and natural disasters (8.5%).

Wiener osiguranje Vienna Insurance Group was the leading life insurer, with a market share of 19.5%, followed by AGRAM LIFE (13.5%) osiguranje and GENERALI Osiguranje (11.75%).

On the non-life side, CROATIA osiguranje maintained its leading position (29.82% market share), followed by EUROHERC osiguranje (15.24%) and ADRIATIC Osiguranje (13.72%).

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