Climate: - temperate continental; - Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; - precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; - winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; - summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.
Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:
603,628
km2
Population*:
42.1
million
Pop. density*:
69.7
people/km2
GDP*:
106.9
EUR billion
GDP/capita*:
2,541.1
EUR
Currency: Hryvnia Code: UAH Since: 1996
Insurance market portfolio * 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:
8
%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:
92
%
Overall Property*:
22
%
Overall Motor*:
27
%
Sources: Starting July 1st, 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine took over all activities of financial market regulator, the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services of Ukraine
In the first quarter of 2024, TAS Group confirmed its undisputed leadership in the MTPL market - in terms of collected premiums, number of settled claims and amount of payments, Forinsurer writes.
The rating committee of the "Credit-Rating" agency decided to confirm the long-term credit rating of the TAS insurance group according to the National Rating Scale at uaAA.
GWP of Ukrainian insurers in 2023 increased by 18.68% to UAH 47 billion (EUR 1.11 billion), as data published by the National Bank show. At that UAH 28.76 billion were received from individuals, UAH 17.2 billion - from legal entities, and UAH 1.06 billion - from reinsurers.
TAS insurance group, companies of which are among the top 20 insurers in Ukraine, collected UAH 669.95 million (~EUR 16.22 million) in premiums in the first two months of 2024, which is 37.7% y-o-y, Forinsurer reports.
In the first two months of 2024, Ukrainian insurance companies concluded 1,124.1 thousand MTPL contracts, which is 2.37% more y-o-y. In January-February 2024, total GWP in the segment amounted to UAH 1.43 billion (+22.6%)/~EUR 34.63 million, according to the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU).
In 2023, INGO, which is among the top 10 insurers based on the 3Q results, paid out over UAH 1.172 billion (~EUR 27.82 million) to its clients, which is 74% more y-o-y. At the same time, the company's GWP increased by 50%, Forinsurer writes with reference to the insurer's annual report.
Insurance companies PZU Ukraine and PZU Ukraine life insurance (among the top 25 insurers in Ukraine) have summed up preliminary results for 2023. PZU Ukraine collected UAH 1,869 million (~EUR 44.37 million) in premiums, which means an increase of 46.1% y-o-y, Forinsurer reports.
The Financial Stability Board has agreed on a concept note for creation of a fully functional war risk insurance system in Ukraine. The concept was developed with the participation of specialists from the World Bank, the National Bank (NBU), the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Economy, Forinsurer reports.
Insurance premium collections by the Euroins Ukraine, a subsidiary of European insurance company Euroins Insurance Group (EIG), increased by 20.4% y-o-y, to UAH 564.909 million in 2023, Ukrainian media said, citing the Euroins Ukraine management's interim report published in the information system of Ukraine's National Securities and Stock Market Commission.
The TAS insurance group, companies of which are among the top 20 insurers in Ukraine, collected UAH 3,539.92 million (~EUR 84.04 million) in 2023, which is 45.5% more y-o-y, Forinsurer reports.
During 2023, ARX and ARX Life paid their clients UAH 1.4 billion (+33% y-o-y)/~EUR 33.23 million, which the company considers a new record, Forinsurer writes.
TAS Insurance Group, which is among the top 20 insurers in Ukraine, collected UAH 3,224.32 million (~EUR 81.26 million) in premiums in January–November 2023, which is 46.6% more y-o-y, Forinsurer wrote.
Based on the results of 3Q2023, MetLife once again confirmed its leadership in the life insurance market in terms of GWP, paid claims, number of insured persons, as well as in terms of financial stability - assets and insurance reserves, Forinsurer wrote.
The insurance market of Ukraine in January-September 2023 recorded an increase of 19.49%. Total GWP reached UAH 34.14 billion (EUR 885.55 million), according to data published by the National Bank (NBU).
The insurance company VUSO (one of the TOP 10 insurers in Ukraine) collected premiums worth about UAH 2 billion (~EUR 51.04 million) in January-September 2023, which is 64.4% more y-o-y, Forinsurer reports.
In terms of the number of MTPL contracts, concluded for the third quarter of 2023, the TOP 3 includes ORANTA, TAS and Knyazha Vienna Insurance Group. In terms of collected GWP, TAS ranks first, as MTIBU (Motor (Transport) Bureau of Ukraine) reports in its press release.
Based on the 3Q2023 results, 16 insurers out of 35 MTIBU-members (Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine) have the highest ratings based on all indicators of the bureau’s report. Only 3 insurance companies received a low rating for the “Quality of claim settlement”, Forinsurer reports.
MTIBU reported that for January-September 2023, over 5.7 million MTPL contracts were concluded, which is 9.3% more y-o-y. However, it still remains 15.7% lower than in the first 9 months of pre-war 2021, according to a press release from MTIBU.
For 9M2023, MTIBU made over 5.6 thousand payments from the Bureau’s Victim Protection Fund for a total amount of UAH 326.6 million (~EUR 8.33 million), which is 4.8% more compared to 2021 number-wise, and 61.6% more amount-wise.