Bulgaria

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Location:
- Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea;
- Neighbours: Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania.

Climate:
- temperate;
- cold, damp winters;
- hot, dry summers coast.

Natural hazards:
- earthquakes;
- landslides.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:110,994km2
Population*:7.0million
Pop. density*:63.2people/km2
GDP*:55.0EUR billion
GDP/capita*:7,844.0EUR

European Union:
EU member, since 2007

Currency: Lev
Code: BGN
Since: 1999

Exchange rates:
1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN (fixed)


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:18%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:82%
Overall Property*:11%
Overall Motor*:61%


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Statistics

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Bulgaria 3Q2023 Market Portofolio

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Bulgaria 3Q2023 Companies Rankings


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Latest news



STATISTICS: Bulgarian market posted 6% increase in Q1 GWP

Bulgarian insurance market totaled BGN 807 million (EUR 413 million) at the end of March 2021, up by 6.1% y-o-y, according to the official quarterly figures from the Financial Supervision Commission - FSC.

Life insurers' GWP increased by an annual 16% to BGN 150 million, mostly driven by the 77% increase reported by UL life policies, while non-life insurers' GWP rose by 4% to BGN 657 million.


ALLIANZ Bulgaria Life was the biggest player on the life insurance market with GWP of BGN 42.5 million, while LEV INS was the largest insurer on the non-life insurance market with
GWP of BGN 81.3 million in the review period, equal to a market share of 12.4%.

Bulgarian insurers posted Q1 profits of EUR 40 m

Bulgarian insurance market posted aggregate quarterly profit of BGN 78.2 million (EUR 40 million), about 63% more as compared with the snapshot at 31 March 2020 (BGN 47.9 million/EUR 24.5 million), according to the market statistics published on FSC website.









Eurohold's shareholders approved capital increase

Bulgarian financial holding Eurohold, the owner of Euroins Insurance Group - announce it will increase its capital by issuing new shares on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), "which will allow the company to raise up to EUR 100 million.



Eurohold posted YE 2020 stable revenues despite Coronavirus pandemic

Bulgarian financial holding Eurohold, the owner of Euroins Insurance Group, announced stable revenues in 2020 compared to the financial results in 2019 when the economy was growing, according to the holding's preliminary consolidated unaudited financial report for the last year.


Bulgaria: Eurohold is issuing new shares on the stock exchange

Eurohold Bulgaria, owner of Euroins, intends to increase its working capital up to EUR 100 million by issuing new shares on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BVB). The main shareholders of Eurohold, including Starcom Holding AD, confirm their participation in the future capital increase.