Kosovo Insurers' 7-mo Gross Premium Income Rises 18.7% to 41.3 Mln Euro

A total of 312,300 insurance policies were sold through July, up from 288,900 a year earlier.

Nine insurance companies operate in Kosovo: the local branches of Albanian privately-held INSIG, Sigal and Sigma, together with Pristina-based Dardania, Dukagjini, Kosova e Re, Siguria, Sigkos and Sigurimi.

The gross premium income of insurers in Kosovo rose by 11% to 56.4 million euro in 2008.

Details follow (in million euro):

($=0.6694 euro)