Shareholders of Insurance Company “VUSO” (Kyiv) plan to approve a resolution at a meeting scheduled for October 2 to allocate 20.013 million UAH from the balance of net retained earnings for 2025—totaling 259.7 million UAH—toward dividend payments.
As the company reported in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the remaining portion of retained earnings for 2025, amounting to 239.7 million UAH, is planned to remain undistributed.
The meeting agenda states that dividends will be paid at a rate of 0.73 UAH per share. They will be paid in full directly to shareholders in accordance with the procedure established by law within six months from the date the relevant resolution is adopted by the general meeting of shareholders.
As previously reported, the shareholders of VUSO Insurance Company, at a meeting on June 29, 2026, adopted a resolution to allocate 20.013 million UAH from the net undistributed profit for 2025 toward dividend payments. Previously, at meetings held from December 4 to 9, 2025, as well as on March 25, 2026, they adopted a resolution to allocate UAH 20.013 million from the confirmed retained earnings for 2024 toward dividend payments.
VUSO Insurance Company was founded in 2001. It is a member of the Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) and the Ukrainian Insurance Federation (UIF), as well as a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
The company’s gross premiums for 2025 totaled 5.136 billion UAH, which is 48.36% more than in 2024; net premiums grew by 47.92% to 4.593 billion UAH, and net earned premiums increased by 48.74% to 4.071 billion UAH. Individuals accounted for 60.56% of gross premiums, while reinsurers accounted for 0.84%.
In 2025, VUSO Insurance Company paid out UAH 1.791 billion to its clients, which is 26.64% higher than the volume of insurance payments and reimbursements for 2024; the payout ratio decreased by 5.98 percentage points to 34.87%.
As of January 1, 2026, the insurer’s assets grew by 63.43% to 3.133 billion UAH, equity increased by 32.49% to 1.001 billion UAH, and liabilities rose by 83.57%, to 2.132 billion UAH, and cash and cash equivalents by 59.50%, to 1.210 billion UAH.
The combined revenue of Ukrainian tobacco companies that reported for the first half of both 2025 and 2026 increased by 10% and reached UAH 198.18 billion, according to Opendatabot.
The analysis included 41 companies that presented comparable financial statements for both periods. In absolute terms, their combined revenue increased by UAH 18.16 billion. Revenues grew at 26 companies, while they declined at 14 market participants.
At the same time, the increase in turnover did not lead to higher net profit. The companies’ combined net financial result decreased by approximately 8% compared with the first half of 2025, to UAH 6.5 billion.
At the same time, the structure of the industry in terms of profitability improved. In the first half of 2026, 29 out of 41 companies, or about 71% of the companies in the sample, made a profit. A year earlier, the share of profitable enterprises stood at 63%.
The number of loss-making companies declined from 14 to 11 over the year.
In total, 50 tobacco industry companies submitted financial statements for the first half of 2026, which is 13 fewer than in the same period last year. The comparison was conducted only among enterprises that submitted reports for both periods.
As of September 2026, 1,101 active companies operating in the tobacco sector were registered in Ukraine.
PJSC “Lutsk Foods,” which manufactures sauces, ketchups, mustard, and mayonnaise, intends to rescind the decision of the remote general meeting of shareholders held on April 29, 2024, regarding the non-payment of dividends based on the results of operations in 2023, and to allocate 20.48 million UAH of retained earnings to pay dividends for 2022–2023.
The company reported this in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC).
According to the draft resolution, it is proposed to allocate 9.26 million UAH for dividend payments based on the 2022 financial results and 11.21 million UAH for 2023. The total dividend amount will be 0.32 UAH per share.
It is proposed that the dividends be paid through the Ukrainian depository system in a single lump sum no later than the deadlines specified by current Ukrainian legislation.
The extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of “Lutsk Foods” will be held remotely on September 28, 2026.
PJSC “Lutsk Foods” was founded in 1997 on the basis of the Lutsk City Food Combine, established in 1945. It manufactures a wide range of tomato paste-based sauces, as well as ketchup, adjika, mustard, mayonnaise, and various types of vinegar under the “Runa,” “Ridnyi Krai,” and “Sribnytsia” brand names. Since 2009, it has been collaborating with a number of retail chains and producing over 40 product items under their private labels. PJSC “Lutsk Foods” exports its products to markets in more than 20 countries.
According to Opendatabot, in 2025, PJSC “Lutsk Foods” reported revenue of 840.7 million UAH and net income of 39.4 million UAH. The company employs 325 people.
The insurance company “Knyazha Life Vienna Insurance Group” (Kyiv) collected 25.2 million UAH in insurance premiums from January through June 2026, which is 7.32% less than in the same period of 2025.
This was reported by the rating agency “Standard-Rating” on its website in an announcement confirming the company’s financial stability rating/credit rating at the “uaAA+” level based on the results of the reporting period.
It is noted that the insurer’s total insurance payments and claims settlements amounted to 23.986 million UAH, which was 57.97% higher than the amount of payments for the same period in 2025. Thus, the payout ratio rose to 95.10%.
The insurer’s acquisition costs for the first half of 2026 totaled 0.324 million UAH, which is 30.47% less than in the first half of 2025. Net profit amounted to 25.613 million UAH, whereas the insurer had reported a loss for the corresponding period in 2025.
As of July 1, 2026, the company’s assets grew by 5.92% to 1.060 billion UAH, equity by 9.48% to 324.824 million UAH, and liabilities by 4.42% to 735.353 million UAH, while cash and cash equivalents decreased by 23.05% to 6.813 million UAH, and government bonds and bank deposits—as part of current financial investments—increased by 6.88% to 1.028 billion UAH.
Thus, as of the beginning of the second half of 2026, the equity of IC “Knyazha Life Vienna Insurance Group” covered 44.17% of its liabilities, and 0.93% of liabilities were secured by cash and cash equivalents.
The RA also reports that as of the reporting date, the insurer had formed a portfolio of current financial investments totaling 1.028 billion UAH, which included bank deposits and investments in government bonds. Thus, liquid assets (cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits, and government bonds) exceeded the insurer’s liabilities by a factor of 1.41.
The RA notes that the company’s high level of external support is provided by its shareholder—the international insurance group Vienna Insurance Group Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG, headquartered in Austria, which is represented by 50 companies in 30 countries and is a leader in the insurance market of Central and Eastern Europe.
Insurance Company “Busin” (Kyiv) in January–June 2026 collected UAH 134.1 million in gross premiums, which is 16.2% more than during the same period a year earlier, according to a report by Standard-Rating on the update of the insurer’s credit rating/financial stability rating at the “uaAA+” level on the national scale, based on an analysis of the specified period.
It is noted that premiums from individuals increased 9.72-fold—to 797,000 UAH—while those from reinsurers decreased by 49.92%, to 8.524 million UAH.
Premiums ceded to reinsurers during this period fell by 21.95% to 107.401 million UAH. Consequently, the reinsurers’ share of insurance premiums decreased by 39.18 percentage points to 80.11%.
Net premiums rose to 26.668 million UAH, while net earned premiums increased by 25.45% to 43.172 million UAH.
In the first half of 2026, the company paid out UAH 937,000 in insurance benefits and claims to clients, which is 10.65 times more than in the first half of 2025. Consequently, the payout ratio increased by 0.62 percentage points to 0.70%.
The agency notes that in the first six months of 2026, the insurer’s operating profit rose to 6.479 million UAH, and net profit to 15.960 million UAH.
Its assets grew by 8.81% to 304.146 million UAH, equity by 3.01%, to 201.390 million UAH, liabilities by 22.29%, to 102.756 million UAH, while cash and cash equivalents decreased by 4.41% to 231.441 million UAH.
Insurance Company “Busin” was registered in February 1993. It specializes in risk insurance. It is a member of a number of professional and industry associations—the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine, the Insurance Claims Club, the International Association of Aviation Insurers (UA), the Nuclear Insurance Pool, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, and the British Business Club.
Insurance Company “Ukrainian Insurance Group” (USG, Kyiv) collected UAH 1.944 billion in gross premiums in January–June 2026, which is 0.62% more than in the same period a year ago; net premiums decreased by 2.24% to UAH 1.699 billion, while net earned premiums rose by 28.13% to 1.807 billion UAH.
This was reported by the rating agency “Standard-Rating” in its announcement regarding the renewal of the company’s financial stability rating at the “uaAAA” level on the national scale, based on its performance for January–June 2026.
According to the report, premiums from individual policyholders decreased by 11.66% over the first half of the year to 1.050 billion UAH, while premiums from reinsurers, on the contrary, increased by 20.68% to 3.811 million UAH. At the same time, the share of individual policyholders in gross premiums was 54%, while the share of reinsurers was 0.20%.
Premiums ceded to reinsurers for the first half of 2026 rose by 26.31% to 244.702 million UAH. Consequently, the reinsurers’ share of insurance premiums increased by 2.56 percentage points to 12.59%.
The total amount of insurance payments and claims settled by PJSC “USG Insurance Company” over the six-month period amounted to UAH 1.327 billion, which is 47.29% higher than in the corresponding period of 2025. At the same time, the claims ratio rose by 21.62 percentage points to 68.24%.
USG Insurance Company’s operating profit for the first half of 2026 increased 7.57-fold compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 148.433 million UAH, while net profit rose 2.55-fold to 217.345 million UAH.
As of July 1, 2026, the company’s assets decreased by 3.76% to 4.042 billion UAH, equity increased by 23.47% to UAH 1.142 billion, liabilities decreased by 11.44% to UAH 2.9 billion, and cash and cash equivalents increased by 37.47% to UAH 279.149 million.
The RA notes that as of the reporting date, the insurer had formed a portfolio of financial investments totaling 2.176 billion UAH, consisting of government bonds and municipal bonds, as well as deposits in banks with high credit ratings. Liquid assets collectively covered 84.65% of the insurer’s liabilities.
As previously reported, the controlling shareholder of “IC ”USG” is the Vienna Insurance Group, an international insurance group headquartered in Austria, which is represented by 50 companies in 30 countries and is the leader in the Central and Eastern European insurance market.
