The victim protection fund of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) almost doubled in 2018 compared with 2017, to UAH 1.204 billion, according to a report of the audit commission of the bureau. According to the report, the monthly contributions of MTIBU member insurance companies to the victim protection fund in 2018 increased 48.1%, to UAH 32.914 million, but the total basic guarantee fee decreased by 3.1%, to UAH 448.262 million.
According to the report of the audit commission, last year the additional guarantee fee DV1/DV2 increased 3.8 times, to UAH 308 million, the additional guarantee fee for the victim protection fund (10%) amounted to UAH 375.5 million.
The top 10 members of MTIBU account for 49% of contributions to the victim protection fund.
According to the report, in 2018, procedural insurance payments in claims in the amount of UAH 141.4 million were made from the victim protection fund, which is 25.2% more than a year earlier. At the same time, payments for bankrupt insurers fell by 45.7%, to UAH 3.765 million.
In addition, UAH 173.6 million was returned to the insurers which lost their membership in MTIBU, which is almost twice more than a year earlier. Costs for settling cases slightly increased and amounted to UAH 3.542 million, court costs came to UAH 7.13 million (a rise of 18.5%).
