According to the preliminary data for 9 months this year, provided by the All-Russian Insurance Association (ARIA), Russian life insurers generated GWP in the amount of RUB 342.6 billion (+36% y-o-y).

MTPL insurers in Russia are likely to compete more strongly on price if further liberalization of the market takes effect next year, FITCH Ratings says in a new report, published on November 5, 2018.

Net profit of RESO-Garantia from January to September this year increased by 18% y-o-y and amounted to RUB 16.2 billion, as the insurer informed.

According to preliminary data of the Russian Association of Motor Insurers (RAMI), for the first 9 months of this year MTPL GWP amounted to RUB 167.16 billion, which is almost the same level as a year ago.

Net profit of RESO-Garantia from January to September this year increased by 18% y-o-y and amounted to RUB 16.2 billion, as announced by the insurer.

SOGAZ and VTB group completed 100% of the transfer of VTB Insurance. The merge involves all the companies of VTB group, including VTB Life insurance and VTB health insurance. All necessary approvals from regulatory authorities were received, according to SOGAZ.

Expert RA confirmed the rating of SiV Life at ruAA with a stable forecast. As the key positive rating factor the agency pointed to the high financial potential of the company's owner, Talanx AG, one of the leaders in the European insurance market with high international ratings.

The President of RNRC (Russian National Reinsurance Company) Nikolay GALUSHIN announced on October 23 that the company held a competitive selection of an insurance broker to organize a retrocession program for 2019, at that an Indian company became the leader of the program, writes Finmarket.

ERGO Group AG announced the sale of 100% of its life business in Russia to ROSGOSSTRAKH. The parties already signed an agreement and the deal is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities, as ERGO informed on its official website.

GWP of RNRC (Russian National Reinsurance Company) amounted to RUB 8.8 billion (+68% y-o-y) from January to September this year, as reported by the Financial director of the company, Olga KRYMOVA.

The most important annual meeting of the Croatian insurers, the "Croatian Insurance Days", took place in Opatija, Croatia, on 7 - 9 November.

On November 1st, an Agricultural insurance conference took place in Skopje, Macedonia, organized by the Insurance Supervision Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. Drawing attention to the necessity of reducing the risks in agriculture by using insurance was the event's main purpose.

Emmanuel DJENGUE, Innovation Director, Europe - RGAX, Spain is the Keynote Speaker at IIF 2018 - Insurance in a DIGITAL WORLD Conference in Bucharest, on November 27.

Becoming a growing threat globally, cyber risks is both a challenge and an opportunity for the insurance industry. MUNICH Re's representatives talked to XPRIMM TV in Baden Baden, about the different approach to this type of risk that the Group, as one of the most active players on the cyber market solutions, proposes.

End investors, Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) funds, and buyers - the three groups active in ILS - have predominantly weathered 2017 loss activity with a view that reinsurance products backed by 'alternative' capital have become mainstream, according to a new Global ILS Market Survey by Willis Towers Watson.

Swiss Re expects the global reinsurance industry to consolidate as the distinction between insurers and reinsurers become increasingly blurred, an executive from the Swiss Group said in Baden Baden, reports Reuters.

Current market conditions are putting increasing pressure on returns with some companies viewing consolidation as a potential solution, James NASH, CEO of International at Guy Carpenter said in his opening remarks at the Baden-Baden 2018 Reinsurance Meeting hosted by the global risk and reinsurance specialist.

E+S Ruckversicherung AG, the Hannover Re Group's unit handling German business, continues to expect a positive premium development in the German market for the January 2019 renewals, albeit at a somewhat more diminished pace than in 2018.