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UNIVERSALNA INSURER INCREASES NET PREMIUM COLLECTION IN 2020

Universalna insurance company (Kyiv) in 2020 collected UAH 813.184 million in net insurance premiums, which is 5.5% more than in 2019, according to the website of the Standard-Rating agency.
The agency has affirmed the financial reliability/credit rating of the insurer at “uaAA +” guided by the results of 2020.
According to the report, the volume of gross premiums of the insurer in 2020 amounted to UAH 953.829 million, which is 0.44% higher than the volume of premiums in 2019. At the same time, receipts from individuals increased by 5.93%, to UAH 357.918 million, while receipts from reinsurers decreased by 43.14%, to UAH 1.668 million.
It is noted that, despite the increase in premiums from individuals and an increase in their share in gross premiums, legal entities continue to prevail in the company’s client portfolio. In particular, for the year the largest part (more than 48%) came from insurance of land transport (except for railway).
Insurance payments to reinsurers in 2020 decreased by 21.36% compared to the same period in 2019, to UAH 140.645 million, and the ratio of their participation in insurance premiums decreased by 4.08 percentage points (p.p.), to 14.75%.
Last year, Universalna insurer made insurance payments and compensations for UAH 298.370 million, which is 42.31% less than in 2019. As a result, the level of payments decreased by 23.18 p.p., to 31.28%.
The financial result of the insurer’s operating activities amounted to UAH 66.519 million versus a negative result in 2019. Net profit increased to UAH 72.077 million, which is 12.98 times higher than it was in the previous year.
The company’s assets by December 31, 2020 increased by 9.64%, to UAH 1.131 billion, equity capital by 25.44%, to UAH 355.368 million, liabilities by 3.66%, to UAH 775.508 million, and cash and cash equivalents decreased from UAH 129.549 million to UAH 73.952 million (by 42.92%).
As of the indicated date, the company formed a portfolio of bank deposits in the amount of UAH 450.208 million, and the insurer invested UAH 54.476 million in government domestic loan bonds.
As of the end of 2020, cash and cash equivalents covered 9.54% of the company’s liabilities, liquid assets covered 74.61% of liabilities, and the coverage ratio of liabilities by equity capital was 45.82%.
Universalna insurance company was founded in 1991. It specializes in providing services in the field of risk insurance. It offers services in 42 types of insurance. It has the regional network of more than 300 points of sale throughout Ukraine.

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UKRAINIAN FORTE LIFE INSURER CHANGES OWNER

Astrum Ukraine LLC, which owns 99% of the shares of Forte Life insurance company (Kyiv), has reduced its stake to zero, according to the official information of the insurer.
It is noted that Oksana Kuleshina became the owner of 99% of the shares of the insurance company.
According to the unified state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, Kuleshina is the ultimate beneficiary of Astrum Ukraine LLC.
Forte Life (formerly Insurance Union Life), registered in 2005, specializes in providing services in the field of life insurance.

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TAS INSURER RAISES PAYMENTS BY 29% IN DEC 2020

TAS Insurance Group (Kyiv) in the last month of 2020 paid out UAH 95.23 million of compensation under concluded insurance contracts, which is 29.4% more than in December of the year before last, according to the insurer’s website.
More than a third of all payments for the reporting month (39.18%) fell on OSAGO – UAH 37.31 million, which is 58.6% higher than the corresponding figure for the same period in 2019.
The second place in the December portfolio of the company’s payments with a share of 26.76% is occupied by KASKO: under such insurance contracts, UAH 25.48 million was reimbursed, which is 18.2% more than in December 2019.
Payments under voluntary medical insurance contracts increased even more – by 60.6% – under which UAH 17.61 million was reimbursed during the last month of 2020, which is 18.49% of the insurer’s total payments for the reporting period.
As for Green Card policies, TAS paid UAH 12.98 million in January, which is 13.63% of the total amount of the insurer’s indemnities for the month.
Under other insurance contracts in December last year, the company paid UAH 1.85 million in compensation.

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TAS INSURER RAISES PAYMENTS

TAS Insurance Group (Kyiv) in January-November 2020 paid UAH 792.37 million of insurance claims under concluded insurance contracts, which is 21.27% more than in the same period a year earlier (UAH 653.38 million).
According to the insurer’s website, in particular, the company reimbursed UAH 291.66 million under OSAGO policies, which is 36.81% of the total payments for the reporting period and is 11.9% more than the corresponding figure for the 11 months of last year.
The second place in the portfolio of the company’s payments with a share of 30.79% is taken by KASKO: under land transport insurance contracts, TAS paid UAH 244.01 million, which is 42.5% more than was paid in January-November 2019.
Under Green Card policies, TAS Insurance Group reimbursed UAH 123.78 million over the 11 months, which is 15.62% of the total amount of the insurer’s payments and is 28.1% more than this figure for January-November last year.
The volume of payments under voluntary medical insurance contracts increased even more (by 52%) over the year: UAH 107.7 million of compensations were paid under them. Thus, the share of voluntary medical insurance in the insurer’s payment portfolio amounted to 13.59%. In January-November, the company paid out UAH 5.49 million under property insurance contracts. During the reporting period, UAH 19.73 million of compensation were paid under other insurance contracts.

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ALFA-GARANT INSURER PLANS TO REDUCE CHARTER CAPITAL

The shareholders of Alfa-Garant Insurance Company (Kyiv) on November 20, 2020 decided to reduce the charter capital, which currently amounts to UAH 65 million, according to the insurer’s website.
As noted, the decrease will take place through a proportional reduction in the nominal value of the deposits of all members of Alfa-Garant without changing the size of the shares of each participant in percent and without refunds of money contributed to the charter capital.
The company informs that the decision to reduce the charter capital was made in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, including the laws on limited and additional liability companies, on insurance, on financial services and state regulation of financial services markets and does not affect the company’s financial stability.
According to the reporting on the results of work of Alfa-Garant for the nine months of 2020, the excess of the actual solvency margin (UAH 79.075 million) over the standard (UAH 46.406 million) is UAH 32.669 million.
Alfa-Garant has been operating in the insurance market since 2003 in the segment of risk insurance of individuals and legal entities.

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KRAYINA INSURER INCREASES GROSS PREMIUMS BY 24.6%

Gross insurance premiums of PJSC Insurance Company Krayina (Kyiv) in January-September 2020 amounted to UAH 392.6 million, which is 24.6% more compared to the same period in 2019, the Expert-Rating agency said, reporting on the renewal of the company’s rating at the level “uaAA + ” on the national scale for the specified period.
According to the report, the share of the company’s insurance premiums held by reinsurers decreased by 19.30%, and their share in the company’s gross premiums fell to 2.29%.
In the three quarters of 2020, the company made 20.48% more insurance payments and compensations than in the three quarters of 2019 – UAH 182.8 million. The level of payments during the specified period decreased 1.59 percentage points, and at the end of the first nine months of 2020 amounted to 46.56%.
As of September 30, the equity capital of Krayina grew by 33.85%, to UAH 155.050 million, and gross liabilities – by 3.79%, to UAH 137.33 million. Due to a significant excess of the growth rate of equity capital in comparison with the growth of the company’s liabilities, the level of coverage by equity capital of the insurer’s liabilities increased 25.36 percentage points, to 112.91%.
The volume of cash and cash equivalents in the accounts of Krayina as of September 30, 2020 amounted to UAH 88.050 million, which is 37.75% more than as of the same date in 2019. Significant cash growth rates amid insignificant growth of the insurer’s gross liabilities led to an increase in the rate of coverage of the company’s liabilities by 15.80 percentage points, to 64.11%.
In the reporting period, profit from operating activities increased 1.86 times, to UAH 39.910 million, and the company’s net profit increased 3.32 times and amounted to UAH 25.860 million.
The agency said that, according to the reports provided, during the analyzed period, the insurer adhered to the criteria and standards of solvency and capital adequacy, liquidity, profitability, asset quality and the riskiness of the insurer’s operations established by law.

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