October 19 (SeeNews) - The insurance companies operating in Kosovo reported a combined gross premium income of 47.3 million euro ($70.7 million) for the first eight months of 2009, up 18.3% year-on-year, Kosovo’s central bank said.
A total of 369,200 insurance policies were sold through August, up from 340,400 a year earlier.
Nine insurance companies operate in Kosovo: the local branches of Albanian privately-held INSIG, Sigal and Sigma, together with Pristina-based Dardania, Dukagjini, Kosova e Re, Siguria, Sigkos and Sigurimi.
The gross premium income of insurers in Kosovo rose by 11% to 56.4 million euro in 2008.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
|
Jan-Aug'09 |
Jan-Aug'08 |
2008 |
| Total premiums |
47.3 |
40.0 |
56.4 |
| -- third-party liability |
24.9 |
25.7 |
35.6 |
| -- other |
22.4 |
14.3 |
20.8 |
| -- claims paid |
11.3 |
10.1 |
17.7 |
($=0.6694 euro)