Although pipe bursts and storms are the risks causing each about one
third of the housing insurance claims in Hungary, it seems people fear
most fire damage and burglary, the latest edition of the Aegonʼs Great
Home Test (Nagy Lakasteszt) shows.
13 December 2018
Hungarian insurers reported 3Q 2018 aggregate GWP up by 9.2% y-o-y to HUF 777 billion (EUR 2.4 billion), according to the market data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB).
12 December 2018
The board of CIG Pannonia Life Insurance decided on 28 November to raise
capital at its general insurance unit by HUF 1.5 billion (~EUR 4.63
million) and modify the unit's dividend policy, Hungarian news agency
MTI reports.
6 December 2018
2 December 2018
2 December 2018
Top 5 Hungarian insurers accounted together for 58.6% of the market GWP in 2017, according to the market data published by MABISZ, the local insurers' association. On the non-life side, the Top 5 market weight is even bigger, of 69.7%.
25 October 2018
According to the first estimations of the Hungarian Association of Insurers (MABISZ), local insurers paid HUF 3.17 billion (EUR 9.7 million) between May 1 and August 31 for over 57 thousand claims for damages caused to individual and condominium buildings by storms, rainstorms, lightning, and hail.
27 September 2018
Hungarian insurers have reported consolidated GWP worth HUF 520.15 billion in 1H2018, by 7.1% up y-o-y. Yet, given the over 6% depreciation of the Forint against the European currency, the market results denominated in Euro show a total GWP volume of EUR 1.58 billion, only 0.6% up y-o-y.
13 September 2018
29 July 2018
Only 10-20% have an accident insurance, while in many countries of the Western Europe accident insurance coverage among their population is of more than 80%, The Budapest Business Journal reports. The low penetration leaves about 8 million Hungarians uninsured for the accident risk.
18 July 2018
15 July 2018
9 July 2018
Extreme weather conditions have significantly affected Hungary during
the first half of June, resulting in about 18,500 claims files worth a
combined HUF 2 billion (~EUR 6.1 million) in losses, the local
association of insurers said.
28 June 2018
Hungarian 25 insurers reported 1Q 2018 aggregate GWP up by 8.2% y-o-y to HUF 275.6 billion (EUR 881.9 million), according to the market data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB).
14 June 2018
4 June 2018
Hungarian 25 insurers reported FY2017 aggregate GWP up by 7% y-o-y to HUF 948.1 billion (EUR 3 billion), according to the market data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB).
26 April 2018
VIENNA Insurance Group announced Hungary's central bank approved the merger of the three VIG Group companies. Thus, starting 1 April 2018, VIG will be represented in Hungary solely by the insurance company UNION Biztosito, while in Slovakia, bancassurer Poistovna Slovenskej sporitelne (PSLSP) will merge with Kooperativa Poistovna.
4 April 2018
While the Hungarian financial services market is forced to navigate new legislation, the insurance sector continues to thrive by using digitalisation to meet clients' demands.
28 March 2018
Hungarian insurer CIG Pannonia is making inroads into markets in two of
the Baltic states through its general insurance unit Elso Magyar
Altalanos Biztosito (EMABIT), the company told national news agency MTI.
20 March 2018
8 March 2018