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Rating agency Rurik withdrew ratings of insurer “Grandvis”

June 23 the Rating Committee of National Rating Agency “Rurik” has withdrawn the ratings of PrJSC IC “Grandvis” (Chernihiv), according to the website of RA.
The report explains that the rating is withdrawn due to the fact that the borrower fails to provide the necessary information to update the rating or for other reasons.
As earlier reported, on March 7, 2023 RA “Rurik” has confirmed a long-term credit rating of the borrower at the level uaAА of investment category with the “in development” outlook.
Analyzing the results of the company’s activity in 2022, the agency considered as positive the high indices of the company’s liquidity. Thus, the ratio of quick liquidity as of January 1, 2023 amounted to 952% while the recommended 60%. Also the RA noted a high margin of solvency of asset quality, a sufficient level of financial autonomy of the insurer, since the coverage level of assets and insurance reserves by shareholders’ equity amounted to 85% and 1109%, respectively.
The negative factors include low diversification of the company’s insurance portfolio by types of insurance. According to the results of 2022 three largest types of insurance corresponded to 81% of insurance payments, which, as stated, indicates a high dependence of the company on the key areas of insurance activity, its significant costs, given a high specific weight of administrative expenses.
IC Grandvis has been working in insurance market since 1995. It specializes on risk kinds of insurance.
The authorized capital of the company is UAH 14,3 m.

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Insurer “Inter-Policy” will increase authorized capital

PJSC IC “Inter-Policy” (Kiev) plans to increase the authorized capital by 14.160 million UAH (87.5%) by increasing the nominal value of the shares from 300 UAH to 560 UAH per share , according to the agenda of the shareholders meeting scheduled for August 3, 2023, according to the NKTSBFR system.
It is also noted that the issue will be carried out at the expense of sending to the share capital part of the share premium, received in 2016 in the total amount of 14.160 million UAH.
As it was reported, IC “Inter-Policy” was founded in 1993. It has 20 licenses for voluntary and compulsory insurance, branches and representative offices in all major regional centers of the country.
Authorized capital UAH 16,182 mln.

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“Expert-Rating” has withdrawn rating from insurer “Alfa Insurance”

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

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“Expert-Rating” has withdrawn rating of insurer Krajina

June 12 Expert-Rating rating agency decided to withdraw the financial stability rating of insurer PJSC Insurance Company Krajina (Kiev), according to the website of RA.
It is also noted that the reason for this decision is the termination of the contract.
As earlier reported, Expert Rating RA updated rating of IC Krajina at the level uaAA+ according to the national scale for the first quarter of 2023.
According to the agency, the proportion of insurance premiums of the company, owned by reinsurers, has grown by 32,2%, and their share in the structure of gross premiums has increased by 2,32 p.p., up to 4,32%.
The company has carried out UAH 1 mln of insurance payments for the first quarter of 2023, or by 32,01% less than in the same period last year, but the ratio between payments and gross premiums has grown by 5,33 p.p., to 53,49%.
Shareholders’ equity of the company has decreased by 10,38%, to UAH 139,43 mln, and gross liabilities have decreased by 3,06% down to UAH 175,91 mln, cash and cash equivalents have decreased by 5,32%, to UAH 58,82 mln, and the level of the insurer’s liabilities, as of 30 March, 2023 has not changed significantly and, as of the beginning of the Q2 2023, has amounted to 33,44%.
Herewith the RA notes, that as of the reporting date the insurer has formed a portfolio of current financial investments in government bonds in the amount of UAH 31,296 mln that has positively influenced the provision of liquid assets. In the aggregate, liquid assets (cash and OVGZ) covered 51,23% of liabilities of the insurer.
IC Krajina has been working in the insurance market of Ukraine since 1994. It has licenses for 23 types of insurance. The regional network of the insurer consists of 98 objects throughout the country.

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Insurer “Quorum” in January-March reduced payments by 61%

Insurance company “Quorum” (Kyiv) in January-March 2023 collected insurance premiums for UAH 10.6 mln, which is 43.04% less than during the same period a year earlier, Standard-Rating RA said in its update to the credit rating/ financial strength rating of the company on the national scale at “uaAA”.
At that, it is specified that the rating has been updated on the basis of the analysis of the company’s results for the mentioned reporting period.
Proceeds from individuals for this period have decreased by 77,52% – to UAH 6,696 m and there were no receipts from reinsurers. The proportion of individuals in gross premiums following the results of Q1 2023 constituted 62,90%, i.e. individuals prevailed in the client portfolio of IC “Quorum”.
The insurance payments sent to reinsurers, in Q1 2023 have constituted UAH 3,588 m, which is more than twice higher than in the same period of 2022. Thus, the ratio of reinsurers’ participation in insurance premiums has grown by 10,19 p.p. – up to 33,71%.
Net premiums of the insurer in the first quarter have increased by 23,98% – up to UAH 7,057 mln, and the earned premiums – by 7,31%, up to UAH 6,884 mln.
The volume of insurance indemnities of the company in the first quarter of 2023 has decreased by 61,09% – down to UAH 1,255 mln, and the level of payments has decreased by 31,55 p.p., compared to the same period of 2022. – to 11.79%.
It is also noted that the operating profit of the company for the first quarter of 2023 increased by 24.74% to UAH 3.136 million, and net profit increased by 71.51% to UAH 3.780 million.
Assets of the company grew by 3.08% to UAH 52.809 mln, shareholders’ equity increased by 8.79% to UAH 46.799 mln, liabilities reduced by 26.81% to UAH 6.010 mln, cash and cash equivalents increased by 4.64% to UAH 31.401 mln.

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National Bank revoked all licenses of insurer “Speir”

The National Bank of Ukraine on May 11 has cancelled all licenses of ALC Insurance Company Speir (Kyiv) to provide financial services.
According to the message on the website of the regulator, an unscheduled inspection carried out by the NBU in February-March this year found a repeated violation of license conditions – the insurer does not comply with mandatory standards.
The countermeasure for similar violations of license conditions to ALC “IC “Speir” was already applied on September 2, 2022.
The decision on revocation of the license shall come into force on May 12, 2023.
As previously reported, the rating agency “Standard-Rating” has withdrawn the credit rating / financial stability rating of the insurer SK “Speir” on February 9, 2023.
By results of H1 2022 ADO IC Speir received UAH 5,5 m of insurance premiums, 95% of which – from natural persons, and carried out UAH 22,8 th of insurance payments. The market share of the company according to the results of H1 2022 – 0,06%.

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