Dynamics of balance of payments of Ukraine (USD mln)
NBU
In January-July of this year, including more than five months of a full-scale war, the TAS Insurance Group paid UAH 504.11 million under concluded insurance contracts, or 22.4% less than in the same period of 2021, reported on the website of the insurer.
It is also noted that the first place in the insurer’s portfolio of payments with a share of 41.71% was taken by OSAGO, for which payments amounted to UAH 210.27 million. More than a quarter of all payments, or 27.44%, fell on CASCO – UAH 34 million.
The third position in the company’s payout portfolio with a share of 13.49% was occupied by VHI – UAH 67.99 million.
Not much less in the total amount of payments was the share of the “Green Card” – 12.79%, or UAH 64.47 million.
At the same time, under property insurance agreements, SG TAS paid UAH 4.99 million for the reporting period, which is 12.8% more than in seven months of last year.
Under other insurance contracts, the company paid UAH 18.05 million in compensation, exceeding the figure for January-July last year by 15.1%.
Dynamics of balance of payments of Ukraine in 2020-2022 (USD mln)
NBU
The government of Ukraine intends to extend the maturity of all Eurobonds by 24 months, as well as to defer the payment of interest income on them for the same period, the relevant Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 805 of July 19 was published on its website on Wednesday.
“Transactions with public debt in 2022 are carried out until August 15, 2022 by entering into the terms of the bond issue … in agreement with the bond holders …”, the document says.
According to it, “the maturity date of each bond (and for 2017 bonds ⸺ each maturity date of a portion of the 2017 bonds) is deferred for a period of 24 months from the respective final maturity date of the bonds.”
“All interest payment dates on post-deal bonds are deferred for a period of 24 months from each relevant interest payment date (and for 2018 Series 1 bonds ⸺ all interest payment dates on these bonds are deferred for a period from August 1, 2022 d.),” the resolution reads.
During these 24 months, interest income on the bonds continues to accrue at existing rates, and additional interest income is accrued on the amount of accrued basic interest income at the same rates.
“At any time during the specified delay, the total amount of accrued basic interest income and additional interest income (the amount of income of holders) on the basis of a separate decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine may be paid to bondholders in part (or) in full,” the document says.
Likewise, at the end of the said deferral, the unpaid amount of the holders’ income at that time may be paid to the holders in full or by additional issue of the relevant bonds.
“The amount of income of holders is calculated by the Ministry of Finance, taking into account, in particular, information provided by business entities engaged by the Ministry of Finance to provide agency, advisory or other services in connection with transactions, and cannot exceed $ 3,000 million (together for all bonds paid in dollars USA) and 300 million euros (jointly for all paid in euros),” the resolution says.
The Cabinet of Ministers intends to limit payments to members of supervisory councils and management of state-owned companies and state-owned banks to 15 minimum wages (MW) for the period of martial law, based on the size of the minimum wage set as of January 1, 2022 (15 MMW is equivalent to UAH 97.5 thousand), said the deputy head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
“The Cabinet of Ministers wants to limit payments to members of supervisory boards during the war. The corresponding draft decision was sent yesterday from the Ministry of Economy to the Cabinet of Ministers. It also concerns the management of state-owned companies,” Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.
Insurance companies of Ukraine in 2021 collected net premiums in the amount of UAH 45.987 billion, which is 14% more than in 2020 (UAH 40.350 billion), the National Bank of Ukraine reported on its website.
According to the regulator, the volume of gross insurance premiums collected by insurers last year amounted to UAH 49.708 billion, which is 10% more than a year earlier (UAH 45.185 billion). Of these, receipts from individuals amounted to UAH 27.912 billion, from reinsurers – UAH 1.890 billion (in 2020 – UAH 4.201 billion).
In addition, according to the regulator, in 2021, Ukrainian insurers paid UAH 17.671 billion of net insurance payments (+22.3% by 2020). The level of net payments increased to 38.4% from 35.8%.
According to the NBU, gross insurance payments increased by 20.9% to UAH 17.958 billion. The level of gross payments increased to 36.1% from 31.9%
According to the regulator, the volume of insurance payments owned by reinsurers in 2021 amounted to UAH 8.623 billion (+1.6%), of which non-resident reinsurers – UAH 4.9023.652 billion (+34.3%).
The regulator also reports that last year the volume of formed insurance reserves increased by 7.2% – up to UAH 36.566 billion. At the same time, with a decrease in the total assets of insurers by 1.1%, to UAH 64.209 billion, the volume of assets determined by law to represent insurance reserves increased by 2.3% compared to 2020, to UAH 47.159 billion. The volume of paid authorized capital decreased by 18.7% – to UAH 7.924 billion.
The regulator also reports that in 2021, 131.562 million contracts were concluded, while a year earlier, 120.586 million insurance contracts were concluded.
According to the NBU, the total number of insurance companies in Ukraine as of December 31, 2021 was 155, while on the same date a year earlier it was 208.
