Estonian insurers reported H1 GWP of EUR 190 million, 6.3% more compared with January-June 2015, according to the market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. At the same time, the value of paid claims increased by 13.7% y-o-y, to EUR 112 million.

Alerted by the increase of terrorist attacks in the West, a couple of Estonian insurance companies have added the costs related to risk factor to their basic packages.

Estonian insurers reported in Q1 2016 GWP of EUR 91.78 million, up 5.21% y-o-y, according to preliminary aggregate market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. Per insurance classes, the total value of GWP on the life segment was down by 4.18% y-o-y to EUR 19 million (20.69% of the total market), while the value of non-life GWP totaled EUR 72.79 million, 7.97% more y-o-y.

Even though residents of Estonia are better prepared for retirement than people in Latvia and Lithuania, more than 70% of Estonians don't believe that the present pension system is sustainable, it appears from the Baltic Retirement Readiness Index Survey based on a poll taken by TNS, cites LETA.

Last year, the Estonian insurance market posted total gross written premiums of EUR 361.2 million, up by 6% y-o-y, according to FY2015 preliminary market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. Claims paid during the period were up by 9.2% y-o-y to EUR 207 million. It's worth mentioning that the figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board reflect the performance of Estonian insurers and other EU branches for the insured risks only in Estonia.

Non-life insurance premiums collected by Estonian insurance companies in November 2015 totaled 22.6 million euros, 5.4% more than in the same month last year, figures available from Statistics Estonia show, cites LETA/BNS.

Estonian insurers posted aggregate GWP of EUR 267 million at the end of September 2015, up by 5.4% y-o-y, according to quarterly market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. Of all five life insurers, the market leader was SWEDBANK Life Insurance SE (40.2% market share), while Estonia's market leader in non-life insurance was If P&C Insurance AS (27%).

The insurers activating on the Estonian market reported total gross written premiums of EUR 178 million at the end of June 2015, up by 4.6% y-o-y, according to the market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. At the same time, the value of paid claims was up by 7.1% y-o-y to EUR 99 million.

The insurance company If P&C Insurance AS in Estonia and its subsidiaries in Latvia and Lithuania earned EUR 9.3 million in the first half of the year 2015, which is 13% less than in the respective period last year, when the company's profit reached EUR 10.7 million, as the company informed LETA.

Estonian insurers reported gross written premiums totaling EUR 87.24 million at the end of March 2015, 4% more compared with the previous year, according to quarterly market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. At the same time, the value of paid claims increased by EUR 1.29 million in absolute value, up to EUR 51.06 million.

The total profit of the Estonian insurance company If P&C Insurance AS, and its subsidiaries in Latvia and Lithuania, amounted to EUR 5.2 million in the first quarter of 2015, reports LETA, according to If P&C Insurance AS.

Last year, the Estonian insurance market posted total gross written premiums of EUR 341 million, 7.5% up compared with the previous year, according to FY2014 preliminary market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. Claims paid during the period were up by 3.5% to EUR 189.5 million due to the 5% increase reported on the general insurance segment.

Cooperation between If P&C Insurance and Estonian Air enables the customers of the airline to book ticket and travel insurance on Estonian Air home page together with a flight ticket. Ticket and travel insurance, that are designed specially for Estonian Air customers, can be obtained by one click only.   Ticket insurance is a unique solution in Estonia giving insurance protection for the flight ticket in case of missing the flight. Travel insurance has a larger coverage than traditional insurance product, and is valid all over the world.

Insurers active on Estonian market posted total gross written premiums of EUR 253.5 million at the end of September 2014, 7.9% up as compared with the previous year, according to quarterly market figures published by the Estonian National Statistics Board. At the same time, the value of paid claims remained almost unchanged a year ago, reaching EUR 135.7 million.

Gross insurance premiums reported by the four life insurers and by the eight general insurers operating in Estonia in the first half of 2014 increased by 3.3% compared to the year before to EUR 225 million, according to statistics published by Financial Supervision Authority of Estonia. The value of claims paid by insurers decreased 6.4% y-o-y to EUR 114 million.

During January-March 2014, the gross written premiums of Estonian insurance companies increased by 3.3% y-o-y, reaching EUR 113.6 million, due the double digit positive performance reported by the life insurers: +14% y-o-y to EUR 23.2 million.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Estonia's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'A+'. The Outlooks are Stable. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at 'AAA' and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F1'. KEY RATING DRIVERS Estonia's ratings are underpinned by its strong public finances, economic policy framework and governance indicators.

Estonia's insurance market is more intelligent - residents evaluate services and contract conditions more carefully. Latvian and Lithuanian residents do not. They do, however, trust companies that come recommended, said BTA Insurance Company CE Chairman Jānis Lucaus in his interview to BNN.

The leading insurance company in the Baltics, ERGO and the largest Nordic financial group Nordea have agreed that the new fund manager of pension funds of ERGO Funds AS in Estonia will be Nordea Pensions Estonia AS. The transfer has been approved by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority.

The Estonian insurer IF and its subsidiaries in Latvia and Lithuania recorded in 1Q2014 a consolidated profit of EUR 5.3 million, a figure 4 times higher compared to 1Q2013, informs LETA.