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Knyazha Life VIG reduced payments by 1.4%, claims by 39.9%

8 October , 2024  

In January-June 2024, the insurance company “Knyazha Life Insurance Group” (Kyiv) collected UAH 28.843 million of insurance payments, which is 1.4% less than in the same period a year earlier.
This is reported on the website of the rating agency Standard-Rating, which affirmed the company’s financial strength rating/credit rating at uaAA+ for the reporting period.
The volume of insurance payments and reimbursements made by the company for the first half of 2024 amounted to UAH 11.8 million, which is 39.9% less than the volume of payments for the first half of 2023.
Thus, the insurer’s claims ratio decreased by 26.22 percentage points to 40.91%. The insurer’s acquisition expenses for the first six months of 2024 amounted to UAH 0.790 million, which is 81.83% less than in the same period of 2023.
According to RA, the company’s operations were profitable in the first half of 2024. In particular, the insurer’s net profit for the first half of 2024 amounted to UAH 5.267 million.
As of July 1, 2024, the company’s assets increased by 6.88% to UAH 852.216 million, equity – by 1.16% to UAH 278.167 million, liabilities – by 9.90% to UAH 574.049 million, while cash and cash equivalents decreased by 28.31% to UAH 1.795 million.
Thus, as of the beginning of the second half of 2024, equity capital covered 48.46% of the insurer’s liabilities, and 0.31% of its liabilities were secured by cash and cash equivalents.
Also, as of July 1, 2024, the insurer formed a portfolio of financial investments in the amount of UAH 825.354 million, which included bank deposits and investments in government bonds. Thus, as of the beginning of the second half of 2024, liquid assets (cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits and government bonds) were 1.44 times higher than the insurer’s liabilities.
RA notes that a high level of external support for the company is provided by its shareholder, Vienna Insurance Group Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG, an international insurance group headquartered in Austria, represented by 50 companies in 30 countries and a leader in the insurance market of Central and Eastern Europe.

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