The insurance companies of Ukraine in January-September 2018 formed insurance reserves in the amount of UAH 24.8 billion, which is 15%, or UAH 3.2 billion, more than in the same period of 2017, member of the National Commission for the State Regulation of the Financial Services Market Oleksandr Zaletov has told Interfax-Ukraine. In his opinion, the growth of insurance reserves is associated both with the general increase in the volume of insurance services to the population and enterprises, as well as with the improvement of the actuarial valuation of insurance obligations.
As of September 30, 2018, current accounts and deposits in banks in the structure of placing insurance reserves accounted for 52.8% (UAH 13.1 billion), government domestic loan bonds for 28.6% (UAH 7.1 billion), rights of claim to non-resident reinsurers for 9.3% (UAH 2.3 billion), and real estate for 4.8% (UAH 1.2 billion).
According to Zaletov, a lack of offers from the stock market led to the fact that insurers’ investments in stocks and corporate bonds amounted to less than UAH 400 million, or a mere 1.5% of insurance reserves.
