Insurance companies “Unique” and “Unique Life” (both Kiev), which are part of non-banking financial group “Unique Ukraine”, in February 2023 paid 109.69 million UAH of insurance claims.
As reported on the web-site of IC “Unique”, according to car insurance contracts the total sum of insurance payments has made UAH 47,2 million, from which UAH 37,2 million – as CASCO payments, UAH 10 million – as MTPL and VGOGO payments.
The total sum of payments according to the contracts of voluntary medical insurance amounted to UAH 41,46 mln. The amount of payments on life insurance was UAH 9,95 mln.
The highest payout in February was for UAH 1,18 mln. on the KASKO insurance contract.
Medical assistance “Unica” during this reporting period handled more than 92.8 thousand applications, the technical assistance – more than 13.151 thousand, stated in the message.
UNIQA Group (Austria) entered the market of Ukraine in 2006. Its companies in Ukraine – “Unique” and “Unique Life” with central offices in Kiev, offer most types of risk and life insurance through a nationwide network.
NNEGC Energoatom President Petr Kotin and British Rolls-Royce SMR director for cooperation with partners Sophie McFarlene-Smith signed a memorandum of understanding on March 20 that envisages the construction of a power plant with small modular reactor (SMR) in Ukraine.
“Under the memorandum, Rolls-Royce SMR is committed to supporting Ukraine’s recovery by deploying a plant-based small modular reactor (SMR) power plant that will be capable of generating enough carbon-free electricity to supply a million homes for more than 60 years,” Energoatom said in Telegram on Tuesday.
Overall, the document provides an opportunity for the companies to work together to find future opportunities to deploy Rolls-Royce SMR small modular reactors (SMRs) in Ukraine as it begins to recover.
“Cooperation between Energoatom and Rolls-Royce SMR has reached a new level. Today we have signed an agreement that will give Ukraine the opportunity not only to start a high-quality post-war reconstruction of power infrastructure, but also to become one of the first countries in the world to attract promising small modular reactor technology to do so,” Kotin was quoted by the company as saying.
For his part, as Rolls-Royce SMR CEO Tom Samson noted, the British government supports Ukraine and its citizens.
“With Britain’s own nuclear technology, we can potentially help the people of Ukraine recover quickly and restore energy security and independence,” he stressed.
As reported, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said last week Ukraine plans to build up to 20 SMRs as part of a “green transition” to replace the thermal generation units destroyed during the war
In turn, Petro Kotin, president of NNEGC Energoatom, said that SMRs are very promising for Ukraine and at the moment the nuclear specialists jointly with the Ministry of Energy are developing many programs with different world companies which develop technology of small modular reactors.
In particular, Energoatom is currently cooperating in the SMR direction, in addition to the British Rolies Royce, also with the American Westinghouse offering its AP-300 reactor, NuScale and Holtec International, as well as with a couple more companies with which memorandums have been signed.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Ukraine on March 21 at the invitation of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and then travel to the Republic of Poland on March 22, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
According to the Foreign Ministry website, Prime Minister Kishida will express his respect to President Zelensky for the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people who have stood up for their country.
“Prime Minister Kishida, as Japan and the G7, which Japan chairs, will explicitly convey our solidarity and unwavering support for Ukraine,” the ministry said.
Kishida will also strongly oppose Russian armed aggression and reiterate his determination to uphold an international order based on the rule of law.
In Poland, the leaders will reaffirm their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation as well as cooperation in international forums, including in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, based on a strategic partnership with Poland.
Kishida will return to Japan on the morning of March 23.
The profits of Ukrainian banks in January-February 2023 amounted to 21.5 billion UAH, which is 2.2 times more than during the same period in 2022 (9.9 billion UAH), the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said on Tuesday.
The regulator noted that bank revenues for the two months increased by 33% to 65.8 billion UAH, and expenses – by 12%, to 44.3 billion UAH.
At the same time, the fee and commission income increased twofold, to 15.582 billion UAH.
The result of revaluation and purchase and sale operations increased 2.4 times up to UAH 4.649 billion against UAH 1.9 billion during the same period last year.
At the same time, deductions to the reserves decreased 2.3 times, to UAH 2.517 billion, and commission expenses went down by 11.9%, to UAH 7.5 billion.
As reported, the Ukrainian banks in 2022, net profit reduced by 3.1 times – to 24.716 billion UAH compared with 77.376 billion UAH in 2021.
Structure of registered unemployed as of 01.12.2022 by age group
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Asia-Pacific stock indices rose on Tuesday, recovering from declines in previous sessions after Wall Street and European markets.
U.S. main indices were up 0.4-1.2%, while the Stoxx Europe 600 composite added 1% on the news that Swiss bank UBS is buying distressed Credit Suisse for 3bn Swiss francs ($3.25bn).
The key event of the week will be the meeting of the Federal Reserve System. Analysts and market participants generally believe that due to the tense situation in the banking sector, the Federal Reserve may raise the prime rate by only 25 basis points. At the same time many economists admit the probability that the rate will be kept at the same level.
China’s Shanghai Composite stock index rose 0.5%.
Shares of Kunlun Tech (10.7%), Zhonghang Electron (6%), Inspur Electronic (1.3%), Wuxi Apptec (5.4%) and Changchun High New (6.7%) showed the most notable gains.
Hong Kong Hang Seng indicator added 0.9%.
Healthcare and consumer sector stocks were the growth leaders. Wuxi Biologics gained 7.3%, Li Ning gained 5.2%, Chow Tai Fook Jewelry gained 4.4% and AIA Group gained 2.8%.
Shares of Bilibili Inc. jumped more than 9% on news that Chinese regulators had issued licenses to sell 27 foreign video games in the country. Bilibili will be the distributor for some of them.
South Korea’s Kospi index rose 0.4%.
The market value of one of the world’s largest chip makers Samsung Electronics Co. rose 0.3% and automaker Hyundai Motor rose 0.2%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.8 percent.
The minutes of the March meeting of the Australian Central Bank, released on Tuesday, showed that the regulator’s leadership is ready to consider a pause in the cycle of rising rates at the next meeting.
Shares of Australia’s leading banks Macquarie Group, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Group, Westpac Banking and NAB rose 1.3-2.7%.
Major mining and energy companies, including BHP Group (1.9%), Pilbara Minerals (3.6%), Whitehaven Coal (3.5%) and Woodside Energy (1.8%) also rose.
Japan’s stock exchanges are closed Tuesday in observance of Vernal Equinox Day.
