Georgia

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Georgia left the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2008. However, only for the ease of categorization, the country is still listed in our publications under the CIS category

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Location map
author: OCHA/ ReliefWeb


Location:
- Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe.
- Neighbours: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Russia.

Climate:
- warm and pleasant;
- Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast.

Natural hazards:
- earthquakes.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:69,700km2
Population*:3.7million
Pop. density*:53.2people/km2
GDP*:13.5EUR billion
GDP/capita*:3,632.2EUR

Currency: Lari
Code: GEL
Since: 1995


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:7%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:93%
Overall Property*:16%
Overall Motor*:24%

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Georgia: The health insurance segment maintained the market at its 2009 level

The insurance market in Georgia has seen a slight increase in 2010 of the gross written premiums of 0.27%, up to GEL 361.46 million (EUR 152.24 million) as compared with the similar period of 2009, when the profile companies underwrote GEL 360.45 million (EUR 151.82 million), according to the most recent data published by the National Bank of Georgia.

Georgian Government will subsidize health insurance

Georgian Government and insurance companies have signed an agreement which includes the initiative of President of Georgia, Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, about the accessibility of population to health insurance.