AzSıgorta, which in terms of GWP ranked 8th on the local market in 2018, ended last year with profit of AZN 4.7 million, according to the Chairman of the board of the company, Anar TALYBOV.

The presidential decree of Ilham ALIYEV on amending the Law on insurance activity provides for the right of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan to introduce temporary administrators in Azeri insurance companies or dismiss their top management from duty, as the news agency Trend wrote.

In 2018 Azeri insurers generated GWP in the amount of almost AZN 728 million (+30.7% y-o-y), data published by the Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan (FIMSA) show. In European currency, thanks to the Azeri Manat appreciation against Euro, the market results look much more impressive (+36.36% y-o-y growth).

On January 3, 2019 Fuad KULIEV was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of the reinsurance company AzRe, according to the company.

Azer ALIYEV has been appointed the new chairman of the Azerbaijan Insurers Association (ASA). Association's ex-chair Mustafa ABBASBEYLIi has been assigned advisor to Labor & Social Protection Minister Sahil BABAYEV, as analytical and news agency FINEKO and ABC.AZ wrote.

For 11 months of 2018 Azeri insurers generated GWP of AZN 663.9 million (31.7% more y-o-y) and paid claims amounted to AZN 224.1 million (3% less y-o-y), according to the Financial Markets Supervision Chamber of Azerbaijan (FIMSA).

According to the Chairman of the ASA Mustafa ABBASBEYLI, compulsory real estate insurance in Azerbaijan in 2019 may double its volume, as Trend wrote. He pointed out that as of now the penetration degree of the compulsory real estate insurance in Azerbaijan is about 10-15%.

The Financial Markets Supervision Chamber of Azerbaijan (FIMSA) suspended the license issued to Ata Sigorta for the reinsurance operations, because of the non-conformity of Ata Sigorta's capitalization for provision of reinsurance services, FIMSA said in its statement.

Yavuz OLKEN has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Azerbaijani insurance company AXA MBASK, the Trend news agency reports referring to the company's website.

The Azeri Association of Insurers of (ASA) announced the results of the rating action considering insurance companies' level of service and customer attitude for November, according to the ASA official statement.

Insurance should be accessible to all social classes, regardless of their wealth & income status. Products offered today are conventional insurance products, largely inspired from the developed markets as "one-size-fits-all" solutions, affordable to only middle- and high-income clients in the Eastern Europe's emerging & developing markets. Inclusive insurance's goal is making insurance available to all, with responsible insurance offers, thus making up for a solution to narrow the insurance coverage gap in the region.

Property and motor insurance lines are providing for about 75% of the non-life insurance business in the CEE region, but are responsible for over 77% of the claims expenses. As such, although other classes of risks are emerging, for the time being and most probably for a rather long period ahead, property and motor insurance lines will continue to be at the heart of CEE's insurance market architecture.

To the satisfaction of its traditional guests, FIAR returns in 2019 to its historical hometown, Sinaia. The forthcoming edition will benefit from the comfort and professional facilities of a new venue, the Conference Center of the International Hotel ****, located in the heart of the beautiful mountain resort. Registration is opened at a significantly discounted early bird rate until 28 February.