Prestige Insurance Company (Kyiv) plans to increase its authorized capital to UAH 49 million through an additional issue of shares worth UAH 27 million.
According to the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), this issue is on the agenda of the company’s shareholders’ meeting scheduled for August 30, 2023.
The company plans to place 27 thousand shares of the company with a par value of UAH 1 thousand.
At the same time, it is specified that the participants in the placement are the shareholders of IC Prestige PrJSC as of August 30, 2023: Yevhen Bridun, Ihor Bridun, Yuriy Myronchuk, and Svitlana Atamas.
As reported, Yevhen Breedun owns 88.01% of the company’s shares, and Ihor Breedun owns 9.986%.
Prestige Insurance Company was established in 2012. The company has 14 licenses for voluntary and 11 licenses for compulsory insurance.
The company completed the first quarter of this year with net written premiums of UAH 11.773 million, which is 3.6% less than in the same period a year earlier. Gross written premiums for the first quarter decreased by 18% to UAH 15.5 million, while ceded premiums to reinsurers increased by 4.3% to UAH 5.6 million.
In the first quarter of this year, the company paid out UAH 2.6 million (-19.1%). Administrative expenses increased to UAH 820 thousand (+16.5%), and sales expenses increased to UAH 8.238 million (+3.2%).
Financial result before tax amounted to UAH 476 thousand (-15.3%), net profit – UAH 15 thousand (-44.5%).
The authorized capital is UAH 22 million.
On August 23, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) fined Kashtan Insurance Company (Kyiv) UAH 34 thousand for providing the regulator with knowingly false information, according to the regulator’s website.
The insurance company must pay the fine within seven business days from the date of receipt of the NBU’s decision to impose the fine.
Kashtan Insurance Company was registered in June 2002. It offers clients insurance services in 20 types of voluntary and compulsory insurance.
As reported, on August 17, 2021, the NBU revoked the license of Kashtan Insurance Company to provide compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles at the request of the company.
In January-June 2023, the insurance company “Knyazha Vienna Insurance Group” (Kyiv) collected UAH 879.7 million of insurance payments, which is 69.8% more than in the same period a year earlier, according to the website of the rating agency “Standard Rating” in the information on the confirmation of the financial strength rating / credit rating of the insurer at the level of “uaAA+” for the specified period.
According to the RA website, during this period, the insurer’s revenues from individuals increased by 63.57% to UAH 616.2 million, and from reinsurers – by 205.44% to UAH 1,347 million. In the first half of 2023, the share of individuals in the company’s gross written premiums amounted to 70.04%, and the share of reinsurers – 0.15%.
Insurance payments sent to reinsurers in the first half of 2023 increased by 71.15% to UAH 298.9 million compared to the same period in 2022. Thus, the ratio of participation of reinsurance companies in insurance premiums increased by 0.26 p.p. to 33.98%.
The company’s net written premiums increased by 69.19% to UAH 580.8 million, and earned premiums increased by 33.04% to UAH 504.3 million.
The volume of insurance payments and reimbursements made by the company in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 increased by 53.53% to UAH 272.72 million. The payout ratio decreased by 3.30 p.p. to 31.00%.
In the first six months of 2023, the company received a net profit of UAH 17.324 million. Its assets increased by 19.11% to UAH 2.310 billion, equity increased by 4.83% to UAH 417.27 million, liabilities increased by 22.80% to UAH 1.892 billion, cash and cash equivalents decreased by 68.10% to UAH 51.532 million.
At the same time, the RA notes that as of July 1, 2023, the insurer made financial investments in the amount of UAH 914.8 million, which consisted of government bonds (UAH 663.7 million), as well as deposits in banks with a high credit rating (UAH 251.1 million).
PrJSC “IC “Knyazha Vienna Insurance Group” is a part of IFG Vienna Insurance Group Ukraine, the main shareholder of which is Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (Austria). The group also includes PrJSC IC Ukrainian Insurance Group – 100%, PrJSC IC Knyazha Life Vienne Insurance Group – 97.8%, LLC USG Consulting – 50.7%, LLC VIG Services Ukraine – 78.7%, LLC Assistance Company Ukrainian Assistance Service – 100%.
In January-March, 2023 ARX Insurance Company collected UAH 781,6 million of insurance premiums, that is 27% more than during the same period of the last year, increasing the number of concluded contracts in 2,2 times.
As it is said in the press release of the insurer, the amount of payments in the first quarter made UAH 303,5 million, and it is by 12% more than in 2022. Every day ARX pays out about UAH 4,7 mln.
Besides, more than 360 million UAH were collected on CASCO contracts in the first quarter, which is 17% more than last year, more than 156,7 million UAH on voluntary health insurance contracts, which is 4% more than in 2022, about 102 million UAH on property insurance contracts, which is 38% more than last year. Compulsory insurance of civil liability (CMTPL) showed an increase of 34%, the amount of premiums amounted to more than 53 million.
The Company also reports that in the first quarter of 2023 ARX paid more than 77 million UAH of taxes to the budget of Ukraine. Overall in 2022 the insurance company ARX and life insurance company ARX Life paid more than UAH 368 million of taxes to the state. In 2022 ARX transferred UAH 35 mln to VSU, the company constantly cooperates with the fund of military assistance “Come back alive”.
IC “ARX” works on the insurance market for 26 years. According to its data, the company is the leader in CASKO insurance for the 12th year in a row. It takes the first place among the insurers of Ukraine on the size of net premiums and net indemnities in 2021. It is a part of the international insurance holding Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Canada).
Insurance company Unives (Kyiv) in January-March 2023 collected UAH 1.223 mln of net premiums, which is 9.4 times less than during the same period of 2022. As it is reported in the interim report of the company, placed in the information disclosure system of NSCE, its gross premiums for this period amounted to UAH 144 ths, while during the same period a year earlier it was UAH 6,769 mln. UAH 2 ths was ceded in reinsurance.
The company paid out UAH 1,011 mln in the first three months, which is 3,1 times less than in the same period a year ago.
The company’s administrative costs amounted to UAH 833 th (-18.8%), while sales expenses amounted to UAH 110 th.
Net profit decreased 4,8 times- to UAH 2,121 mln.
IC Unives works in the insurance market of Ukraine since 2003. It is a part of the financial group “Unives”. It specializes in risk insurance. It has 17 licenses for obligatory and voluntary types of insurance.
The authorized capital of the company amounts to UAH 50 mln.
Insurance company ARX (Kyiv), according to the National Bank of Ukraine, according to the results of 2022 took a leading position in four indicators, the company said in a statement.
In particular, the company was the first in terms of net premiums earned and collected more than 2.9 billion UAH, labor costs – 373.6 million UAH, profit – more than 537 million UAH, income tax expenses – 212.6 million UAH.
Besides, the company has taken the second position on payments to customers by reimbursing about 1,04 mln UAH and written premiums – more than 2,7 bn UAH
In total the gross premiums of ARX and ARX Life insurance companies for the year 2022 amounted to more than UAH 3,03 billion. The net profit of the two companies is UAH 559 mln.
IC “ARX” has been working in the insurance market for 26 years. According to its data, the company is the leader in CASCO insurance for the 12th year in a row. It takes the first place among the insurers of Ukraine on the amount of net premiums and net indemnities for 2021. It is a part of the international insurance holding Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Canada).
