September 14 (SeeNews) - The gross written premiums (GWP) of Croatia-based insurers rose 12.09% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2021, reaching 8.129 billion kuna ($1.29 billion/1.09 billion euro), the Croatian Insurance Bureau said on Tuesday.
Non-life premiums increased by 12.68% on the year to 6.147 billion kuna in the eight months through August, the Insurance Bureau, an association of Croatia-based insurers, said in a statement.
Life premiums went up 10.32% year-on-year in the review period, reaching 1.982 billion kuna.
There were 15 insurers registered in the Adriatic country of 4.2 million people at the end of August.
(1 euro = 7.477 Croatian kuna)