In 2018, Georgian insurers collected GWP in the amount of GEL 542.20 million (EUR 176.61 million), 22.84% more y-o-y, as data published by the State Insurance Supervision Service of Georgia show.

MARSH, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, advising clients in over 130 countries, is beginning operation in Georgia, in partnership with the ARRIBA company, Business Georgia reports.

Applying the Estonian model for profit taxation (insurance companies will not be subject to income tax on reinvested profits) will boost development and growth, according to the General director of GPI Holding, Paata LOMIDZE, reported Caucasus Business Week.

The development process of the Georgian insurance market will be significantly boosted by the initiation of obligatory Motor Third Party Liability (MTPL) Insurance in Georgia, representatives of ARDI Insurance point out in an official statement.

A bill, providing for mandatory insurance of civil liability of vehicle owners from July, 2019, soon will be submitted to the Parliament, as the international news agency Sputnik informed.

Based on 3Q2018 data, Georgian insurer UNISON has improved its positions on the market and entered TOP-5 insurance companies in terms of GWP, according to the regulator's statistics.

The conference aims to involve all the relevant stakeholders to identify the most appropriate solutions for the market's growth and to attract the investments and know-how, taking also into consideration the latest practices and other countries' experience.

As already stated in September by EUROINS Insurance Group (EIG), Georgian insurer IC Group has become a member of the Bulgaria based group. EIG owns over 51% of the Georgian insurer.

According to Devi KHECHINASHVILI, Chairman of the Board, Georgian Insurance Association, Bank of Georgia is creating its own insurance company. The new insurer already received a permission from the National Bank and is going to apply to the State Insurance Supervision Service.

For 9 months this year Georgian insurers generated GEL 417.19 million of GWP (EUR 137.66 million), which in local currency is 20.67% more y-o-y. Paid claims for the same period increased by 26.71%, as the data published by the Insurance Supervisory Office of Georgia show.

"By global standards, insurance in Georgia is still immature - in the initial stages really - therefore there are many things that are yet to be done and the market has big potential," Giorgi BARATASHVILI, CEO of ALDAGI, told the FINANCIAL in an interview.

On January 1, 2019 in Georgia the article 5 of the law "On work safety" will come into force; based on it employers will be obliged at their expense to provide employees with industrial accident insurance.

The Georgian insurance market generated GWP in the amount of GEL 295.28 million (EUR 103.83 million) in the first half year, a 19.36% increase y-o-y, while the life sector increased by 69.36%, according to data from the Insurance Supervisory Office of Georgia.

Beginning in 2019, Georgia will change the model of financing within the General Health Insurance program. According to the Ministry of health the new system of reimbursement provides for transition to a model of diagnostically related groups (DRG), based on which a patient's diagnosis, age, length of hospitalization, and other criteria will determine the amount of funding, wrote Business Georgia.

Bulgaria's EUROINS Insurance Group (EIG) stated that it has acquired IC Group, one of the leading insurers in Georgia. The regulatory approval for the purchase agreement has already been granted.

According to preliminary data of the State Insurance Supervision Service of Georgia in the second quarter of this year, local insurers generated GEL 295.28 million (~EUR 103.47 million) of direct insurance premiums.

According to the Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia total number of insured moto vehicles in the country as of the end of the second quarter 2018 amounted to 5.9%, while last year their average number was 5.2%.

According to the Insurance Supervisory Authority of Georgia, after the 1^st quarter this year insurer ALHPA is leading the motor insurance sector.

In the 1^st quarter Georgian insurers generated GEL 164.39 million (EUR 55.23 million) of GWP, up y-o-y 14.32%, according to the regulator's official data. Paid claims, compared to the 1^st quarter last year, increased by 20.8%.

According to the year-end market figures published by the National Bank of Georgia, the Georgian insurance market totaled GEL 441.4 million (EUR 142.19 million) at the end of December 2017, up by 12.3% y-o-y in local currency and up by 1.08% in EUR.