Bulgaria's ARMEEC Leasing, part of local insurer ARMEEC, intends to acquire the Bulgarian unit of ERB Leasing, part of Greece's Eurobank group.

Ernst & Young, the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission's consultant on the bonus-malus system introduction for the MTPL insurance has submitted its final report, presenting no less than 11 possible scenarios for the system's design.

According to a recent decision of the Bulgarian State Fund Agriculture, the budget state aid scheme for agricultural insurance premiums co-financing will be increased by BGN 700,000 in 2018, to BGN 2.2 million (EUR 1.12 million), Novinite reports.

ZAD BULSTRAD VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP has been awarded the highest recognition on the insurance market in Bulgaria, during the 10th anniversary edition of the Bulgarian market's prestigious awards gala.

The third largest Bulgarian insurer in GWP terms has sold 80% of its Russian unit ITIL ARMEEC shares, announced the Financial Supervision Commission without providing further information, wrote SeeNews.

Belgian financial group KBC said it has completed the acquisition, through its Bulgarian subsidiary DZI Insurance, of MetLife's 40% stake in UBB-MetLife Life Insurance Company, a life insurance joint venture between United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) and MetLife (UBB-MetLife).

Bulgarian insurers ended 2017 with a 7.50% y-o-y growth-rate in GWP, to BGN 2.20 billion (EUR 1.12 billion), while the aggregate value of net profit decreased by 4.80% y-o-y to BGN 102.83 million (~ EUR 52.58 million), according to the Bulgarian FSA preliminary figures.

The aggregate GWP of Bulgarian insurers increased by 7.56% y-o-y to BGN 1.64 billion (EUR 839.72 million) during the first nine months of 2017, quarterly statistics from the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) show.

Belgian financial group KBC announced it reached an agreement with MeLife to aqcuire MetLife's remaining 40% stake in Bulgarian joint venture UBB-MetLife Life Insurance Company through DZI, its Bulgarian insurance subsidiary.

The Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) has revoked the licence of the life insurer SyVZK (TUMICO - Trade Union Mutual Insurance Cooperative) for carrying out insurance activity for all classes, forbidding the company to conclude any new contract for six months.

Dr. Andy Kuper, founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments, has received the 2018 Founder's Award and Gold Medal from the International Insurance Society for his pioneering work. He was honoured for LeapFrog companies reaching 130 million people in a decade.

The works of the Global Insurance Forum continued today in Berlin, Germany. Providing security for ageing populations in health care and pensions terms, as well as innovation and InsurTech or innovative strategies for the future development of the industry are on the today's agenda.

International Insurance Society (IIS) will open two regional offices till the end of this year -in London and Singapore, to expand its global footprint, has announced President & CEO of the IIS, Mike MORRISEY at this year's Global Insurance Forum in Berlin.