Odessa State University of Internal Affairs has announced its intention to conclude a contract with IC VUSO for insurance of real estate.
As it’s reported in the system of electronic public procurement Prozorro, the price offer of the company was 78,858 thousand UAH, which corresponds to the expected cost of purchasing services.
The company was the only bidder of the tender.
IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. The company owns 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory insurance, represented in all regions of Ukraine. It is a member of MTSBU and FSA, a member of the Agreement on direct settlement of losses and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
The insurance company “Knyazha Life Vienne Insurance Group” (Kiev) in January-March 2023 collected UAH 14.8 mln of insurance payments, which is 3.8% less than during the same period a year earlier.
This is stated at the web-site of rating agency Standard-Rating, which confirmed the financial strength rating/credit rating of the insurance company at the level uaAA+ according to the results of the first quarter of 2023.
According to the message, the volume of payouts and indemnities, performed by the insurer in the specified period has amounted to UAH 8,870 mln, that is 2,45 times more than in the same period of 2022. Therefore, the level of payouts of the insurer has increased by 34,41 p.p. – up to 59,82%.
Acquisition expenses of the insurer have decreased by 12,01% down to UAH 2,359 mln in the Q1 of 2023 in comparison with the same period of 2022. Net profit has amounted to UAH 3,199 mln.
As of April 1, 2023 assets of the company grew by 2.15% up to UAH 757.626 mln, shareholders’ equity increased by 2.68% up to UAH 116.787 mln, liabilities grew by 2.05% up to UAH 640.839 mln, cash and cash equivalents increased by 67.40% up to UAH 8.499 mln.
Thus, as of the beginning of the Q2 2023 shareholders’ equity has covered 18,22% of liabilities of the insurer, and 1,33% of its liabilities have been secured by cash and cash equivalents.
RA notes that on the reporting date the company has formed a portfolio of financial investments in the amount of UAH 704,336 m, including bank deposits (UAH 144,2 m), and investments into government bonds (UAH 560,136 m).
RA emphasizes that the high level of external support of the company is provided by its shareholder – Vienna Insurance Group Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG, an international insurance group with headquarters in Austria, which is represented by 50 companies in 30 countries and is the leader in the insurance market of Central and Eastern Europe.
Insurance Company “Universalna” (Kyiv) collected UAH 335.927 million of gross insurance premiums in January-March 2023, which is 63.7% more than during the same period of 2022, according to the website of rating agency “Standard-Rating”.
This indicates that the agency confirmed the credit rating/rating of financial strength (reliability) of IC “Universalna” at the level “uaAAA” on the national scale, based on the analysis of performance in the specified reporting period.
According to the published data, the revenues from individuals have increased by 72.54% up to UAH 192.742 mln, and from reinsurers – by 23.01%, up to UAH 0.278 mln. Thus physical persons prevail in the client portfolio of the company. At the same time, the largest proportion of premiums (almost 37%) came from voluntary insurance of land transport (except for railway transport).
The premiums sent to reinsurers, in Q1 2023 compared to the same period of 2022 decreased by 4,46% – down to 10,293 million UAH. Therefore, the ratio of reinsurers’ participation in insurance premiums has decreased by 2,19 p.p. – to 3,06%.
Net premiums of the insurer in January-March have increased by 67.50% – up to 325.634 million UAH, and earned premiums have increased by 22.91% – up to 338.852 million UAH.
The volume of insurance payments performed by IC “Universalna” in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period of 2022 increased by 37.03% – up to 105,228 million UAH. Given the high growth rate of gross premiums over indemnities and insurance reimbursements, the level of payments has decreased by 6,11 p.p.. – to 31,32%.
Thus, according to the results of the Q1 of 2023 operating profit of the company has amounted to UAH 27,722 mln, that is by 43,38% more than in the Q1 of 2022, and net profit of the insurer has increased in 3,64 times – up to UAH 34,427 mln.
As of April 1, 2023, the assets of the company have decreased by 4,56% down to UAH 1,776 bln, shareholders’ equity has increased by 6% down to UAH 608,643 mln, liabilities have decreased by 9,27% down to UAH 1,168 bln, cash and cash equivalents have reduced by 26,20% down to UAH 174,103 mln.
At that, RA notes that as of the reporting date the company formed a portfolio of current financial investments, which consisted of bank deposits (UAH 603,883 mln) and government bonds (UAH 159,636 mln). Cash and cash equivalents covered 14.91% of liabilities of PJSC IC “Universalna”, liquid assets (cash, bank deposits and OVGZ) covered 80.29% of liabilities of the insurer, and the ratio of shareholders’ equity to liabilities amounted to 52.12%.
IC “Universalna” has an international composition of shareholders, in particular, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development owns 30% of shares and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited – 70%.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Canada) is a holding company, which through its subsidiaries is mainly engaged in accident insurance, property insurance and investment management.
In January-March 2023 ALC “IC ARX Life” (ARX Life, Kiev) collected premiums to the amount of UAH 73,3 mln, that is by 5,06% more than in the same period last year.
It’s reported on the site of RA “Standard-Rating” about the renewal of credit rating/rating of financial stability (reliability) of the insurer at the level “uaAАА” according to the national scale.
The indemnities of the insurer in the Q1 of 2023, compared to the same period of 2022 has grown by 61,75% up to UAH 17,961 mln. Therefore, the level of payouts of the insurer has grown by 8,58 p.p. – up to 24,50%.
Acquisition expenses of the insurer have decreased by 4,22% down to UAH 38,333 mln in the first quarter of 2023 in comparison with the same period of 2022.
According to the results of work in the first three months of 2023 IC “ARCS Life” has received a net profit of UAH 15,410 mln that is 2,89 times more than the profit received in the Q1 of 2022.
As of April 1, 2023 the assets of the company have increased by 4.91% up to UAH 242,225 mln, shareholders’ equity has increased by 12.87% up to UAH 135,102 mln, liabilities have reduced by 3.66% down to UAH 107,123 mln, cash and cash equivalents have reduced by 39,85% down to UAH 39,819 mln.
At the same time, RA notes that as of April 1, 2023, the insurer has made financial investments in the amount of 182,043 mln UAH, consisting of government bonds (83,52%) and deposits in banks (16,48%).
ARX Life, like ARX, is a part of the international insurance holding Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. ARX Life is among the top 10 companies in the life insurance market in Ukraine.
On April 27, the shareholders’ meeting of Cardiff Insurance Company PJSC (Kyiv) elected Oleg Romanenko as the head of the board and Vladimir Erin and Sergey Manushkov as members of the company’s board.
IC “Cardif” started its activity in February, 2007. It specializes on provision of services in the field of risk insurance.
According to the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, the major shareholder of the company is Cardif SA (France) with 99.99% of shares in the authorized capital.
Net loss of insurance company “Zaliznychny Shlyahy” (Poltava) in 2022 increased by 14.2% up to UAH 13,571 mln, reported in materials for the agenda of shareholders meeting scheduled for April, 3.
It is also noted that assets of the company grew by 2.9% up to UAH 56.173 mln.
Equity capital decreased by 4.6% to UAH 36.6 million, cash and cash equivalents increased by 17.9% to UAH 19.8 million, current liabilities remained almost the same as a year before – UAH 5.921 million.
Accounts receivable have grown by 6,7% following the results of the year – up to UAH 2,748 mln.
The authorized capital of the insurer has remained at the level of UAH 21,3 mln.
IC “Zaliznychny Shlyahy” was registered in 1994, it specializes in providing services in the field of risk insurance.
