Croatia

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Location:
- Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea;
- Neighbours: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro.

Climate:
- Mediterranean and continental;
- continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters;
- mild winters, dry summers along coast.

Natural hazards:
- destructive earthquakes.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:56,594km2
Population*:4.1million
Pop. density*:72.4people/km2
GDP*:51.4EUR billion
GDP/capita*:12,541.8EUR

European Union:
EU member, since 2013

Currency: Kuna
Code: HRK
Since: 1994


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:32%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:68%
Overall Property*:14%
Overall Motor*:33%


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CROATIA: Croatian Insurance Days, Ante ZIGMAN: We can expect a good year for insurance

The largest regional conference on insurance - Croatian Insurance Days was held on November 4, 2021 in Zagreb, organized by the Croatian Insurance Bureau (HUO) and partners. The conference once again brought together leading people in the insurance industry from the national, regional and European levels who discussed latest developments and future challenges of the Croatian and European insurance markets, svijetosiguranja.eu wrote.

CROATIA: Croatia Osiguranje sees profit growth in 3Q

Croatia Osiguranje is the leader on the Croatian market, with a total share of 26.9%. For 9 months of 2021 its GWP in Croatia amounted to HRK 2.27 million (+5% y-o-y), and consolidated GWP, including regional branches, amounts to HRK 2.73 (+5%).

STATISTICS: Croatian insurers posted double-digit increase in Q3 GWP

The Q3 2021 gross written premiums of Croatian insurers increased by 12.15% y-o-y to HRK 9.02 billion (EUR 1.20 billion), while gross paid claims by insurers totaled HRK 5.19 billion, up by 9% y-o-y according to the quarterly figures published by the Croatian Insurance Bureau - CIB.

The Croatian Insurance Days 2021 conference close to the start

The traditional annual event that reunites Croatian insurers, as well as their foreign business partners, the Croatian Insurance Days 2021 conference will be held on November 4, 2021 in Zagreb at the Hilton Garden Inn, abandoning for this edition its usual venue, Opatija.



Groupama Biztosito enters the Croatian market

French insurer Groupama announced its Hungarian subsidiary - GROUPAMA Biztosito finalized the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Croatian insurance company OTP Osiguranje from OTP Banka d.d., Croatian subsidiary of OTP Bank.

STATISTICS: Croatian insurers' H1 GWPs up by more than 13% y-o-y

The gross written premiums (GWP) of the 15 Croatia-based insurers rose 13.13% y-o-y at the end of June 2021, reaching HRK 6.40 billion (EUR 855 million), according to the half-year figures published on the Croatian Insurance Bureau (CIB) website.






Croatia: GWP up by 13.2% in the first five months of 2021

The 15 insurers active on the Croatian market in the first five months of 2021 wrote gross premiums worth HRK 5.4 billion (~ EUR 972 million), of which for life insurance HRK 1.4 billion, and HRK 4.0 billion for non-life insurance, latest data from HANFA, the supervisory authority, show.


CROATIA osiguranje end-March net profit increased to EUR 15.5 million

CROATIA osiguranje d.d., one of the largest insurance company in Adriatic region, reported unaudited Q1 2021 gross profit of HRK 140.6 million (EUR 18.57 million) vs HRK 120.4 million a year before while its net profit increased from HRK 98.3 million in March 2020 to HRK 117.3 million (EUR 15.5 million) representing an increase of 19.4 % y-o-y.