Czechia

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Location:
- Central Europe;
- Neighbours: Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia.

Climate:
- temperate;
- cool summers;
- cold, cloudy, humid winters.

Natural hazards:
- flooding.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:78,866km2
Population*:10.6million
Pop. density*:134.3people/km2
GDP*:204.5EUR billion
GDP/capita*:19,301.7EUR

European Union:
EU member, since 2004

Currency: Koruna
Code: CZK
Since: 1993


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 CNB estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:36%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:64%
Overall Property*:16%
Overall Motor*:28%


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CZECH REPUBLIC: CPI acquires 19 office buildings from PPF

Following almost a year of negotiations, Radovan V?tek's CPI group has completed a deal to acquire 19 office buildings in Prague and other Czech towns and cities from Czech billionaire Petr Kellner's PPF Group.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech CSOB owner in debt rating downgrade

International ratings agency Moody's has downgraded its rating for the Belgian bank at the center of the financial group that controls one of the Czech Republic's biggest banks, CSOB. Moody's marked down KBC Bank's long-term senior debt and deposit rating from A1 to Aa3 and at the same time downgraded from A1 to A2 the KBC Group's senior debt rating.

Decreasing profit for the insurance market in the Czech Republic

In the first three months of 2011, insurers activating on the profile market in the Czech Republic achieved a net profit of EUR 160.3 million, down by EUR 36.1 million compared to Q1/2010, as show the data recently published by the National Bank of Czech Republic.