Hungary
Hungary: Proposed improvement of the fiscal regime for life insurance products with investment component
Hungary's National Economy Ministry has submitted a new tax package to Parliament on October 28, providing for the 6% healthcare contribution on interest income removal for different financial product, including life insurance policies that held at least 80% of their assets in forint-denominated government securities, reports Portfolio.hu.
17 November 2016HUNGARY: CIG Pannoniaʼs acquisition of MKB units cleared
The acquisition of sole direct control over MKB Life Insurance by CIG
Pannonia Life Insurance, and over MKB General Insurance by CIG Pann
14 November 2016HUNGARY: AXA has completed the sale of its banking operations to OTP Bank plc
AXA announced today that it had completed the sale of its Hungarian banking operations to OTP bank plc. This transaction is the final step in the repositioning of AXA Bank Europe as a fully focused Belgian retail bank, serving almost one million clients and operating jointly with AXA Insurance in Belgium.
3 November 2016STATISTICS: HUNGARY, 1H2016: modest market GWP growth supported by the main non-life insurance lines
Hungarian insurers' GWP for 1H2016 amounted to EUR 1.45 billion, 2.8% up y-o-y, the non-life segment being the growth driver, especially due to the double digit increase witnessed on the MTPL insurance line.
20 October 2016HUNGARY: MKB to sell its operations to CIG Pannonia
Hungarian insurer CIG Pannoinia announced that signed an agreement with Versicherungskammer Bayern, through which CIG Pannoinia Life Insurance and CIG Pannonia First Hungarian General Insurance would acquire majority stakes MKB Life Insurance and MKB General Insurance.
13 October 2016HUNGARY's CIG Pannonia posts record Q2 profit
Insurance company CIG Pannonia has posted a HUF 218 million net profit for the second quarter according to HAS, its best quarterly result to date.
24 August 2016STATISTICS: HUNGARIAN insurers' GWP up by 2% in Q1
Hungarian insurance market totaled HUF 236.9 billion (EUR 754 million) at the end of March 2016, 1.84% less y-o-y, according to the statistics published by the Central Bank. The volume of paid claims by insurers remained stable at HUF 126 billion (EUR 400 million).
23 June 2016HUNGARY: New information surface on the sale of MKB
Hungarian weekly Figyelo has published so far unknown details about the
sale of MKB Bank, which show that two New York-based private equity
firms, J.C. Flowers & Co. and Ripplewood Holdings were beaten in the
bidding. The paper said they offered less for MKB. It is also new
information that the German owner will soon sell the two MKB insurers.
7 April 2016HUNGARY: Commissions cashed by agents on investment-linked sales may be further limited by a new law
Commissions cashed by insurance agents on investment-linked (i.e. unit-linked and mixed) insurance policies may substantially decrease in the near future if the new bill demanding cost reduction and increased transparency proposed by the National Bank of Hungary will be adopted, informs potfolio.hu.
31 March 2016HUNGARY: Generali Group premiums revenue climbs to HUF 121 bln in 2015
The Generali Group in Hungary saw revenue from insurance premiums rise 4.7% to HUF 121 bln last year, the firm reported yesterday, according to Hungarian news agency MTI.
11 March 2016STATISTICS: HUNGARY, FY2015: consolidated market profitability and steady growth in the GWP
Hungarian insurers ended 2015, according to the preliminary data published by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH), with an aggregated GWP volume of EUR 2.72 billion, 2.67% up y-o-y. In local currency, total GWP amounted to HUF 851.43 billion, 2.1% up y-o-y. The market's contract portfolio increased by 5.8% relative to the end of the previous year
10 March 2016HUNGARY: KOBE can sell third party liability contracts again
From 4th March on KOBE Central European Mutual Insurance Association can again sell MTPL contracts, as the Magyar Nemzeti Bank has lifted its restriction on sales by the company, after the insurer submitted a financial plan to abolish the previous reserve deficit.
7 March 2016HUNGARY: MNB could introduce cost limits on unit-linked life insurance products
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) is considering imposing strict limits on the fees of non-pension-based unit-linked insurance products insurers can charge customers by introducing total cost indicator limits, Kornel Kisgergely, the central bank's managing director responsible for the supervision of financial institutions, said yesterday, according to Hungarian news agency MTI.
3 March 2016Hungary: Third year of positive evolution for the insurance market, according to MABISZ's statements
Hungary's insurance sector posted 2.2% y-o-y annual GWP growth in 2015, Anett PANDURICS, President of MABISZ stated at a specialty conference organized in Budapest. As reported by porfolio.hu, the Hungarian insurance market has expanded for the third year in a row, reaching HUF 851 billion, according to the central bank's statistics.
3 March 2016Service initiatives pay-off for Aegon Hungary
Aegon Hungary recently took home the 2015 Client-Friendly Insurer of the
Year Award, based on feedback from more than 52,000 clients. A
significant achievement in a country with a total population of just 10
million. The campaign was run by NETRISK.hu, an online insurance
broker. Not only did clients rank insurance companies on a general
level, but they were asked to assess companies based on their
administration, client information, client retention, and claims
handling capabilities.
12 February 2016HUNGARY: VIG premiums revenue reaches HUF 63-65 bln
Austriaʼs Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) had annual revenue of HUF 63-65 bln from premiums in Hungary, the management of the groupʼs local businesses told journalists on Friday, but the management did not disclose other figures for last year, according to reports.
8 February 2016HUNGARY: Fairfax Financial Holdings unit takes over QBE branch
Colonnade Insurance, a member of Canadaʼs Fairfax Financial Holdings,
has opened a branch in Hungary and taken over the local business of QBE
Insurance, Hungarian news agency MTI reported today.
8 February 2016HUNGARY: AXA to sell its banking unit to OTP Bank
AXA announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Hungarian banking operations to OTP Bank. The French Group expects that the sale will result in an EUR 80 million loss in net income. In this regard, "a provision was booked in the Group consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015", AXA officials pointed out in a statement.
4 February 2016Imre SZTANO to replace Cornelia COMAN as CEO of NN Hungary
Starting March 1st, 2016, Imre SZTANO, currently Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of NN Hungary, will be appointed CEO of the company, this change waiting for regulatory approval. He will succeed Cornelia COMAN, who was CEO of NN Hungary since 2012: "She will be moving on to a new role within NN Group", the company announced in a statement.
2 February 2016HUNGARY's Magyar Posta reports record for 2015
The stock of savings reached a record at Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post)
in 2015, the company announced on Monday. By the end of last year, the
number of Posta Bank Accounts exceeded 50,000.
2 February 2016
