On 14-17.02.2013, Third Polish Championships in Sport Bridge for Insurance Industry were organized in Szczyrk. The event, which first took place three years ago at the initiative of the President of the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers Jacek Kliszcz, this year was open to everyone who wanted to take part.
13th edition of the “IT in Insurance GigaCon” conference will be held on 21 February. The honorary patronage over the event has been extended by the Polish Insurance Association and the Polish Chamber of Insurance and Finance Intermediaries.
On 31 January, “Rzeczpospolita” daily was supplemented by press materials entitled “Insure yourself”.
From 15 to 17 February 2013, the Third Polish Insurance Championship in Sporting Bridge will be held at the Orle Gniazdo Hotel in Szczyrk.
On 7–8 May 2013, the Insurance Sector Congress entitled: “Common Europe — challenges and perspectives of the insurance market development” will be held for the first time in Poland, in the Sheraton Hotel in Sopot.
No tendencies for systematic saving for retirement pension as well as very low knowledge of the IKZE (Individual Pension Insurance Account) mechanism are the main reason of the low interest in this programme, as reveal the results of research by Millward Brown ordered by Komitet Obywatelskiej Inicjatywy Ustawodawczej RAZEM (the Commitee of the Legislative Initiative of Citizens RAZEM and the Polish Insurance Association).
Almost PLN 600 million has been paid so far by the insurers for construction of the CEPiK* system. The amount was financed from the drivers’ premiums, as the legal provisions stipulate compulsory transfer of EUR 1 from each public liability insurance to the CEPiK fund. PIU wants this fee to be suspended by the time of presenting the full functionality plans for CEPiK.
On 4 January 2013 the Polish Insurance Association sent a reply to the Polish Insurance Ombudsman to the report published on 11 December 2012, entitled “Life insurance with the insurance equity fund”
Approximately 50 persons appeared at the festive gala of awards organised by the Polish Insurance Association regarding the journalist and the student contests.
Eight insurance federations representing the biggest markets in the continent presented their postulates to EIOPA, the European regulatory institution and the European Commission.
