The MTPL loss ratio in the Armenian insurance market reached 81.1% as of November 1, 2024 (vs 68.2% a year ago), according to data from the Armenian Bureau of Motor Insurers, ArmInfo reports.
At the end of 3Q2024, against the backdrop of deteriorating premium dynamics, insurers' profit from investment activities barely maintained double-digit growth, while the pace slowed significantly from 36.5% to 15.5%, ArmInfo reports.
At the end of 3Q2024, the insurance sector of Armenia decreased by 1.50%, amounting to AMD 54.20 billion (EUR 125.09 million), according to the data of the Financial Rating of Insurance Companies provided to ArmInfo.
German KfW Development Bank is ready to provide funds, and the state will co-finance the agroinsurance program. According to the Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, negotiations with the reinsurer are already underway, ArmInfo writes.
From January to September 2024, Armenian insurers paid taxes in the amount of AMD 1.7 billion (USD 4.4 million), which is 6.3% higher y-o-y in local currency, ArmInfo writes with reference to the data of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
Introduction of universal health insurance (UHI) in Armenia in 2025 is not planned, as the Minister of Finance of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan stated in the parliament on November 1, since the draft budget for next year does not include a corresponding expenditure item, ArmInfo reports.
As of September 1, 2024, MTPL loss ratio in Armenia reached 79.1% (from 65% last year), ArmInfo writes with reference to data from the Bureau of Motor Insurers of Armenia.
According to the Bureau of Motor Insurers of Armenia, from September 18, the maximum damage threshold for the European Accident Statement will be increased to AMD 400,000 (~EUR 940) from the previous AMD 200,000, ArmInfo writes.
As of August 1, 2024, the MTPL loss ratio in Armenia increased to 79.3% from 64% a year ago, АrmInfo reports with reference to data from the Bureau of Motor Insurers of Armenia.
According to the 1H2024 results, amid the deteriorating premium dynamics, insurers' investment income continues to grow at double-digit rates, remaining at 27% for the second year in a row, ArmInfo writes.
In the first half of 2024 the insurance sector of Armenia decreased by 6.32% to AMD 38.67 billion (EUR 93.04 million), according to the data of the Financial Rating of Insurance Companies provided to ArmInfo. At the same time, paid claims skyrocketed by 31.65% to AMD 20.55 billion (EUR 49.44 million).
In Armenia, Ingo insurance company has introduced a completely new product for the Armenian financial market – income protection insurance, ArmInfo reports.
At the end of 1Q2024, the insurance sector of Armenia recorded a GWP decrease by 19.10% to AMD 19.26 billion, according to the data of the Financial Rating of Insurance Companies provided by ArmInfo. It’s interesting that in euros the decline was approximately the same (-19.44%, EUR 45.43 million).
In 1Q2024, the net profit of the Armenian insurance sector decreased by 73% y-o-y (vs an increase of 41.2% a year ago). Experts note that this was impacted by an increase in paid claims and a decline in premiums, while a year earlier they saw growth, ArmInfo reports.
According to the 1Q2024 results, the list of 1000 largest taxpayers in Armenia included, as a year earlier, 3 insurance companies out of the existing 7: LIGA Insurance, Nairi Insurance and INGO Armenia (now INGO), ArmInfo reports.
As part of the pilot agroinsurance program, the Armenian government will not only subsidize insurance premiums, but also compensate the costs of insurance companies if a certain threshold of insurance payments is exceeded, as Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said on April 12, ArmInfo writes.
The insurance sector of Armenia ended 2023 with an increase of 16.26%, reaching AMD 71.01 billion, as evidenced by the data of the Financial Rating of Insurance Companies provided by ArmInfo. It is worth noting that in euros the annual market growth was almost half as much (+9.03%, EUR 158.55 million).
In 2023, as part of the pilot agroinsurance program, all 13 agricultural crops included in the program were insured, and the total area of insured land reached 11,000 hectares, ArmInfo writes with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia.
In the insurance market of Armenia, MTPL loss ratio increased by December 1, 2023 to 70% from 65% a year earlier, ArmInfo writes with reference to data from the Bureau of Motor Insurers of Armenia.