Over PLN 29 billion paid out by insurers

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According to data collected by PIU, in the first three quarters of 2012 property insurance companies paid out their clients over PLN 10.5 billion PLN in compensation. Life insurance claims amounted to over PLN 18.7 billion.

Results of “The Best Annual Report 2011” announced

5 December 2012
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For the seventh time the Accounting and Tax Institute announced results of “The Best Annual Report” competition, rewarding the best annual report in 2011 according to the IAS and IFRS. The competition was organised under the patronage of the Polish Insurance Association.

New bancassurance recommendations

19 November 2012
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The Polish Insurance Association and the Polish Banks Association (ZBP) announced the third recommendation of good practice for the bancassurance market. The document concerns the so-called investment or savings insurance. It will enter into force on 1 January 2013. Simultaneously, the first recommendation of good practice was updated in respect of protective insurance linked to banking products.

PIU on the Health Market Forum

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The Polish Insurance Association became a partner of the 7th Health Market Forum – one of the most important cyclical debates on the health care system in Poland. The Forum takes place at the Sheraton hotel in Warsaw.

3rd Pillar in Poland Must be Put into Life

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A pension paid out under the new pension system will be even lower than current benefits. Whereas the Poles — frightened by the crisis and discouraged from saving in the Third Pillar — in the first 6 months of 2012 made payments only to 12,000 Individual Pension Security Accounts (IKZE) from among 300,000 opened ones. The total of the payments equalled only PLN 5.5 million.