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Location:
- Eurasian island located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea;
- Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Neighbours: Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt.

Climate:
- subtropical climate Mediterranean type of climate, with very mild winters (on the coast) and warm to hot summers;
- snow is possible only in the Mountains, in the central part of island;
- rains occurs mainly in winter, summer being generally dry.

Natural Hazards:
- moderate earthquake activity;
- droughts.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:9,251km2
Population*:0.9million
Pop. density*:93.0people/km2
GDP*:20.7EUR billion
GDP/capita*:23,987.4EUR

European Union:
EU member, since 2004

Currency: Euro
Code: EUR
Since: 2008


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:44%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:56%
Overall Motor*:21%

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Statistics

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Cyprus 3Q2023 Insurance Companies Rankings

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Cyprus 3Q2023 Market Portfolio


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Latest news




CYPRUS: Insurance company refuses to help car knocked down by car in Cyprus

On the night of Sunday, 30 July, an 56-year-old tourist from Chelyabinsk Elena Lvovskaya was shot down near the Flamingo Beach Hotel in Larnaca. She was operated in the Central Hospital of Nicosia and will soon be withdrawn from the state of an artificial coma. Transportation of Elena to Russia will cost 50 thousand euros. The insurance company refuses to cover these costs. The culprit of the accident - 28-year-old Cypriot - was drunk at the time of the accident. She does not render any assistance to the victim.


STATISTICS: CYPRIOT insurers' Q1 GWP up by 6.5% y-o-y

Cypriot insurers reported aggregate GWP of EUR 234.4 million in the first three months of 2017, up by 6.5% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC.


STATISTICS: CYPRUS, 3Q: The GWP growth-rate was supported by both market segments

According to the quarterly report on insurers' performance published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus (IAC), at the end of September 2016 the local insurance industry totaled EUR 565 million in GWP, up by 2.7% y-o-y. Per business segments, the value of life GWP was up by 3.3% y-o-y to EUR 235.7 million, while the non-life insurers generated a volume of EUR 329.4 million (approximately 58.3% of the total premiums), up by 2.4% y-o-y.





Travel insurance costs to increase in Cyprus, Malta, Spain

If you're going to Spain, Malta or Cyprus you'll now pay more for your travel insurance. This is because the cost of medical treatment in some of these sunny holiday hotspots is rocketing. That's because they are starting to rely more on private healthcare for tourists to help to ease the strain on public resources.


STATISTICS: CYPRUS, 1H2015: Market's status almost unchanged in the last 12 months

According to the figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC, in the period January-June 2015, the total volume of gross written premiums by the member companies remained approximately at the 1H2014 level: EUR 381.74 million, down by 0.03% y-o-y. According IAC's web-site, there are 28 insurance company members which account for about 95% of the annual GWP.

STATISTICS: CYPRIOT insurers 1Q GWP down by 2.2% y-o-y

Cypriot insurers posted aggregate gross written premiums of EUR 191.92 million in the first three months of 2015, down by 2.19% y-o-y, according to the quarterly market statistics published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus - IAC. At the same time, in the analyzed period, the local insurers paid about EUR 115 million in life and non-life claims.



STATISTICS: CYPRUS insurance market declined by 3% in 2014

At the end of 2014, the Cypriot insurance market totaled EUR 727 million, recording an annual decrease of 3%, according to the figures published by the Insurance Association of Cyprus (IAC). The value of paid claims declined by 26% y-o-y to EUR 459 million. In case of life insurance, IAC reported a negative dynamic of 4.7% y-o-y to EUR 304 million while in case of non-life insurance segment, the decrease was 1.9% y-o-y to EUR 423 million.

Labour costs double in the financial and insurance sector in CYPRUS

Hourly labour costs in the financial and insurance activities sector were at least twice as high as the national average for the total economy in 2012 in Cyprus (+106%), as well as in Portugal (+167%), Romania (+136%), Latvia (+113%) and Hungary (+110%).