Arsenal Insurance (Kyiv) in 2018 collected insurance premiums in the amount of UAH 1.886 billion, which is 19% more than a year earlier, according to a press release from the insurer.
Voluntary types of insurance, including KASKO, property insurance, collective medical insurance and other types account for 76% of the total premiums, mandatory types for 24% of the company’s total sales. This portfolio structure allows the insurer not only to occupy a significant market share, but also to generate profit: last year it amounted to UAH 22.6 million and grew by 2.8 times compared with 2017, the report says.
The company also reports that it achieved the most significant results in the auto segment: about 13,000 car owners and 6,500 corporate clients used KASKO services from Arsenal Insurance in 2018.
“Over 36% of our gross premiums last year accounted for KASKO. Our company was growing very actively in this sector, increasing sales for the year by 32%. This is the best dynamics among the top market players, and we are sincerely glad that more and more car owners trust their protection to our brand,” Serhiy Avdeyev, the board chairman of the company, said.
Arsenal Insurance is the successor of Arsenal-Dnipro insurer, operating in Ukraine since 2005. It is represented in all regional centers and some large cities of the country.
The government committee has approved the concept for the development of Boryspil International Airport until 2045, providing for investments in the amount of EUR3.4 billion and the increase in passenger traffic to 54 million passengers per year (today 12 million passengers/year). According to the concept of the airport’s development, the text of which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, it is planned that the airport will be able to service 14.4 million passengers in 2019, some 27.7 million passengers in 2030, some 44.3 million passengers in 2040, and about 53.9 million passengers in 2045.
To achieve the objectives of the concept until 2021, it is planned, in particular, to reconstruct the second runway, extend the finder and the apron of Terminal D to the south, reconstruct the cargo terminal, and build a new office center.
Paper and Board Company (Lviv), the producer of packaging cardboard tubes and hygienic paper products, in January-March 2019 saw a 12.9% rise in production year-over-year, to UAH 151.7 million.
According to the Ukrpapir association, the company increased production of base paper for hygienic paper products by 6% over the period, to 1,530 tonnes, production of box cardboard fell by 9.25, to 5,910 tonnes.
Toilet paper output grew by 23%, to 899,000 rolls. In January-March 2019, production of toilet paper reached 173 million rolls.
Paper and Board Company was established in 1946 on the basis of the production facilities of a small mechanical plant. Currently it produces goods and semi-finished products from waste paper (cardboard sheets, corners, tubes) and pulp paper (toilet paper, towels, napkins).
The company exports its products, in particular to Poland, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Romania.
The victim protection fund of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) almost doubled in 2018 compared with 2017, to UAH 1.204 billion, according to a report of the audit commission of the bureau. According to the report, the monthly contributions of MTIBU member insurance companies to the victim protection fund in 2018 increased 48.1%, to UAH 32.914 million, but the total basic guarantee fee decreased by 3.1%, to UAH 448.262 million.
According to the report of the audit commission, last year the additional guarantee fee DV1/DV2 increased 3.8 times, to UAH 308 million, the additional guarantee fee for the victim protection fund (10%) amounted to UAH 375.5 million.
The top 10 members of MTIBU account for 49% of contributions to the victim protection fund.
According to the report, in 2018, procedural insurance payments in claims in the amount of UAH 141.4 million were made from the victim protection fund, which is 25.2% more than a year earlier. At the same time, payments for bankrupt insurers fell by 45.7%, to UAH 3.765 million.
In addition, UAH 173.6 million was returned to the insurers which lost their membership in MTIBU, which is almost twice more than a year earlier. Costs for settling cases slightly increased and amounted to UAH 3.542 million, court costs came to UAH 7.13 million (a rise of 18.5%).
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting approved the reduction of the total term for developing draft national construction standards from 18 months to 10 months. The respective amendments are outlined in a government resolution amending the rules of developing, approving and amending national construction standards and declaring them invalid.
The Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry drew up the document.
“Today, the procedure for developing national construction standards is still quite bureaucratic and delayed. Now the basic organization first forms the technical specifications for the development of the future national construction standard, and then it is published on the website and is discussed with the public, after which proposals are made and the technical specifications are reviewed. In order not to do double work and spend extra time, we suggest that together with experts, professionals and the public, we determine the essential conditions, that is, what the purpose of the future national construction standard being developed and what it is aimed at, and on the basis of this jointly and finally formulate the technical specifications,” Deputy Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Lev Partskhaladze said on his Facebook page.
According to the resolution, the national construction standards should be developed in accordance with the technical specifications, which are based on the results of the collection and analysis of issues that require regulation based on proposals from businesses and individuals. Also, when developing draft new national construction standards and amendments to them, substantial conditions should be taken into account, which are determined after their public discussion.
National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy in 2018 cut its net profit by 64.3% or UAH 24.532 billion compared with 2017, to UAH 13.613 billion, according to consolidated statements of the group published on Tuesday.
According to the press service of Naftogaz, the reduction in the size of the net profit was due to the fact that the company’s financial statements for 2017 showed the positive results of the decisions of the Stockholm arbitration in the amount of UAH 12.6 billion. The statements for 2018, in turn, accounted for VAT recognized by Naftogaz in accordance with the decision of the arbitration on gas transit in the amount of UAH 4.8 billion. The reduction in profits by another UAH 10.1 billion was also affected by the security of lawsuits. Most of this amount (UAH 9.6 billion) was secured in a lawsuit with involvement of JSC Ukrtransgaz for covering misbalances in the gas transmission system (GTS).
According to the document audited by Deloitte, the net sales income for 2018 increased 9.1% or UAH 17.012 billion, to UAH 204.938 billion, gross profit – by 11.5% or UAH 4.749 billion, to UAH 46.038 billion.
Income was received: from the transit of natural gas (UAH 72.347 billion); sales to gas supplying enterprises for the needs of households (UAH 56.245 billion); deliveries to heat producers for households (UAH 25.986 billion); deliveries to other consumers under public servicing obligations (PSO, UAH 16.319 billion); deliveries to other consumers beyond PSO (UAH 33.537 billion); and other (UAH 504.634 million).
