Premier Alliance Insurance Company (formerly Salamander Ukraine, then Van Click) and Alfa Insurance Company have been expelled from the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU).
This decision was made at the general meeting of MTIBU members held on January 22, a participant in the meeting told Interfax-Ukraine.
The membership of Premier Alliance Insurance Company was terminated on the basis of the company’s application in connection with the termination of its activities, all its funds were transferred to Salamandra Insurance Company, Alfa Insurance Company – due to the loss of the license for compulsory motor third party liability insurance (MTPL).
As reported, on December 20, 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine revoked all insurance licenses of Premier Alliance Insurance Company PrJSC and excluded information about it from the State Register of Financial Institutions based on the company’s application.
According to the NBU, according to the insurer’s latest financial statements for the first nine months of 2023, the company’s insurance premiums amounted to UAH 14.361 million, assets amounted to UAH 62.419 million, and insurance reserves amounted to UAH 3.840 million. Premier Alliance, like Salamandra, was part of the non-banking financial group Salamandra, the ultimate beneficiary and owner of which is Yuriy Yavtushenko.
As reported, on December 14, 2023, the NBU revoked all licenses of Alfa Insurance (Kyiv) due to violation of the regulations on licensing and registration of financial service providers, namely, inconsistency of business reputation of the owners of significant participation.
According to the NBU, according to the latest filed financial statements of PrJSC “IC “Alfa Insurance” as of September 30, 2023, the company’s insurance premiums amounted to UAH 3.991 million, the value of assets – UAH 644.129 million, insurance reserves – UAH 21.053 million. The company’s market share in terms of insurance premiums amounted to 0.13%.
National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has applied the enforcement measures to IC “Greenwood Life Insurance” and IC “Alfa Insurance” (both Kiev) in the form of an obligation to take measures to remedy violations until July 17, 2023, according to the website of the regulator.
“Measures of influence are applied due to non-compliance with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 11 of the NBU board resolution “On peculiarities of application of registration and licensing procedures of non-bank financial services market participants during martial law …”, – said in a message on the regulator’s website.
According to the document, it refers to written assurances of companies to the National Bank about the compliance of direct and ultimate owners of material participation to the requirements of the regulator on the financial / property status, documents to assess such a position and subsequent responses to the NBU request.
PrJSC “Greenwood Life Insurance” works in the Ukrainian life insurance market since 2007 as the successor of the insurance company “Guarantee Life”. The company is a part of financial and investment holding Green Globe Enterprises INC (USA, New York), which operates in the territory of Europe, Asia, America.
IC “Alfa Insurance” was founded in 2000. On December 5, 2022 NBU has applied to IC “Alfa Insurance” a measure of influence in the form of temporary suspension of the license to provide financial services. Due to the company’s non-compliance with the requirements of the Regulations on licensing and registration of financial service providers and the conditions of their activities in the provision of financial services…, namely, the requirements for business reputation of financial service providers.
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On June 21, 2023 Rating Committee of Expert-Rating RA has decided to withdraw the financial stability (reliability) rating of the insurer Alfa Insurance PJSC (Kyiv), according to the website of RA.
As it was reported, the rating committee of RA “Expert-Rating” has decided on December 23, 2022 to suspend the rating of the company, noting that it may be restored if the license of the company has been renewed.
Earlier, on December, 5 of 2022, the National Bank of Ukraine has applied to PrJSC IC “Alfa Insurance” a measure of influence in the form of temporary suspension of the license to provide financial services.
The NBU also noted that these measures were applied in connection with the company’s non-compliance with the requirements of the Regulation on licensing and registration of financial service providers and the conditions of their activities to provide financial services …, namely the requirements for business reputation of financial service providers. The company must eliminate the violations by December 5, 2023.
Later, the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine reported on its website that due to the temporary suspension of IC “Alfa Insurance” license for compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of vehicles (MTPL), it lost the right to enter into new contracts.
As it was reported, IC “Alfa Insurance” was founded in 2000. It offers a universal portfolio of services, including comprehensive programs for protection of business interests and a wide range of insurance products for individuals
December 23, 2022 Expert-Rating RA rating committee decided to suspend the financial stability (reliability) rating of insurer PJSC Insurance Company “Alfa Insurance” (Kiev), according to the website of RA.
It also noted that the rating may be restored if the license of the company will be renewed.
As reported, the National Bank of Ukraine on December 5, 2022 has applied to PJSC IC “Alfa Insurance” a measure of influence in the form of temporary suspension of license to provide financial services.
The NBU also noted that these measures were applied in connection with the company’s non-compliance with the requirements of the Regulations on licensing and registration of financial service providers and their conditions of operation in the provision of financial services …, namely requirements for business reputation of financial service providers. The company must eliminate the violations by December 5, 2023.
Later, the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine reported on its website that due to the temporary suspension of a license of IC “Alfa Insurance” on compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of vehicles (MTPL), it lost the right to enter into new contracts.
Earlier, it was reported that the last update of the financial stability rating (credit rating) of IC “Alfa Insurance” by RA “Standard-Rating” was performed on November, 2 2022 at the level uaAA+, according to the results of the 9 months of this year.
In the first three quarters of 2022 the company has collected UAH 719,327 mln of gross premiums that is by 32,97% less than in the same period of 2021. Net premiums have decreased by 32,75% down to UAH 711,449 mln, and earned premiums – by 16,23% down to UAH 849,317 mln.
The volume of indemnities paid out by IC “Alfa Insurance”, has decreased by 11,68% down to UAH 258,439 mln in the first nine months of 2022 comparing to the same period of 2021. Given the large rates of gross premiums decrease in comparison with insurance reimbursements, the level of payments has grown by 8,66 p.p. up to 35,93%.
The financial result from operating activities has grown in 3,77 times compared to the three quarters of 2021, and the net profit has increased in 4,09 times up to UAH 126,472 mln.
As reported, IC “Alfa Insurance” was founded in 2000. It offers a universal portfolio of services, including comprehensive programs to protect the interests of business and a wide range of insurance products for individuals.
Motor-Garant Insurance Company and Alfa Strakhovaniye PJSC will lose the right to conclude new contracts of compulsory insurance of civil liability of motor vehicles owners (CMTPL) starting from December 6, 2022, according to website of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU).
It is noted that companies must fulfill their obligations under previously concluded contracts.
The Ministry of Transport Insurance Bureau notes that the reason for this decision was the application of the National Bank of Ukraine to these companies in the form of suspension of licenses for compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of vehicles.
As reported, on December 5, the NBU suspended Alfastrakhovanie and Motor-Garant in connection with the fact that the companies did not meet the requirements of the Regulations on licensing and registration of financial services and conditions for their activities in the provision of financial services, namely the requirements for business reputation of financial services providers.
As previously reported, IC “Alfa Insurance” was founded in 2000. It offers universal portfolio of services, including comprehensive programs to protect business interests and a wide range of insurance products for individuals.
IC Motor-Garant has been operating in the insurance market since 2000 and is a part of the banking group together with Motor-Bank JSC. The ultimate beneficial owner of the company is Vyacheslav Boguslaev, who owns 83.6% of shares.
In January-September 2022, PJSC Alfa Insurance Company (Kyiv) collected a third less gross premiums (by 32.97%) than in the same period in 2021 – UAH 719.3 million, the RA reported “Expert Rating” in the information on confirmation of the company’s financial strength rating at the level of “uaAA +” on the national scale based on the results of work for the specified reporting period.
According to the RA press release, the share of insurance premiums owned by reinsurers decreased by 48.04% over nine months, to UAH 7.878 million in the same comparison.
At the same time, the company made insurance payments in the amount of UAH 258.4 million, which is 11.68% less than in January-September a year earlier.
For the period from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022, the company’s equity increased by 44.26% to UAH 485.52 million, while its gross liabilities increased by 7.05% to UAH 556.07 million. As a result of the high growth rates of own capital, the level of coverage of the company’s obligations by equity capital increased by 22.52 percentage points, up to 87.31%, which indicates a high level of equity capital provision, the RA notes.
The volume of cash and cash equivalents on the company’s accounts increased by 83.12% and amounted to UAH 736.7 million, while the ratio between cash and gross liabilities of the insurer increased by 55.03 percentage points, to UAH 132.48 million .
The RA also notes that as of September 30, 2022, PJSC IC Alfa Insurance formed a portfolio of investments in government bonds (OVGZ and OZGP) in the amount of UAH 56.36 million, which had a positive effect on the provision of liquid assets.
During the reporting period, the operating profit of the insurer increased by 3.77 times compared to the same period in 2021, to UAH 138.43 million, and its net profit increased by 4.09 times, to UAH 126.47 million.
IC Alfa Insurance was founded in 2000 and is one of the top 10 leaders in the Ukrainian insurance market. Offers a versatile portfolio of services, including comprehensive business protection programs and a wide range of insurance products for individuals.
