Kosovo Insurers 8-mo Gross Premium Income Rises 9.3% to 40 Mln Euro

Insurers sold 340,383 insurance policies in the eight-month period, compared to 296,382 a year earlier.

Nine insurance companies operate in Kosovo: the local branches of Albanian state-run insurer INSIG, Albanian privately held 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 4.2% in 2007 to 50.8 million euro.

($=0.7838 euro)