In spite of the financial turmoil, the CEE insurance markets keep on developing and continue to provide business opportunities to foreign investors. The second edition of the Baden-Baden XPRIMM Symposium, programmed for the 24th of October and the second and third Editions of the “CEE Insurance Markets Survey” are only few of our initiatives meant to maintain the European companies` interest in the regional business opportunities.

History in the making – Baden – Baden 2009

Last year, we set up a new tradition at Baden-Baden. Over 160 leaders and experts in insurance, reinsurance and related areas that were participating at the annual Meetings in Baden-Baden took part in the XPRIMM Symposium, organized in premiere, on the 25th of October 2009.

The event occurred in the opening of the annual meeting in Baden-Baden, which marked the beginning of negotiations to renew reinsurance contracts for 2010.

On this occasion, XPRIMM launched a big scale editorial premiere, "CEE Insurance Markets Survey", a comprehensive report on the evolution of insurance markets in the 15 countries from Central and Eastern Europe that presented, exclusively, the latest data and the current trends in the region.

"CEE Insurance Markets Survey 2009" was the first synthesis document with information related to markets in the region and, also, the first regional evaluation of the particular manner in which the financial crisis has exerted influence on the economies and on the insurance markets in each CEE country.

CEE, RUSSIA & CIS countries, in the spotlight at FIAR 2010

After only six months, the second edition of this editorial project is launched at FIAR – The International Insurance – Reinsurance Forum 2010. In the context of FIAR`s Main Conference, Daniela GHETU, Editorial Director of PRIMM Magazines, presents “CEE, RUSSIA & CIS 2009 Insurance Regional Survey”. Considering the success of the first edition of the Survey, this is an extended edition, covering not only the CEE insurance markets, but also the Russian and the Turkish ones and those of the CIS.

The insurance markets of 22 countries are presented in the “CEE, RUSSIA & CIS 2009 Insurance Regional Survey”: Albania, Bosnia &Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Turkey. By analyzing all these countries’ profiles, one can get an objective general impression of the insurance specific and trends of the region.

The Survey also offers important information about the evolution of various classes of insurance at regional level for 2009, in comparison with 2008. Moreover, one can find out what are the most competitive companies in the region: Top 100 General insurance and Top 50 Life insurance.

The 2010 Baden-Baden XPRIMM Symposium will constitute the context for the launch of the third edition of the “CEE Insurance Markets Survey”. From one edition to another, the XPRIMM editors will dig even deeper into the background of the regional results, in order to provide the readers with the most accurate and complex picture of the regional insurance market. The edition presented in Baden-Baden will include the regional insurance market’s results for the first half of 2010.

The tradition continues

The tradition set up last year in Baden-Baden therefore continues in 2010, as the second edition of the Baden-Baden XPRIMM Symposium is due to take place on the 24th of October, at Holland Hotel SOPHIENPARK, Stephanie Salon.

It was a pleasant surprise to see how XPRIMM Symposium managed,
in its first edition, to make room in everyone's overloaded agendas,
enjoying such a numerous attendance, as it took place in parallel
with other two events traditional for Baden-Baden. We expect even
more participants at the 2010 Edition, since the event proved to
a be a great context to get an objective general picture of the CEE
insurance market, still a source of great business opportunities for
international insurance and reinsurance companies, Alexandru
CIUNCAN, Head of International Relations Department and Business
Development Director of Media XPRIMM, stated.

Therefore, we are looking forward to seeing you at FIAR – The International Insurance – Reinsurance Forum this year and to present you the regional insurance market’s profile after one year and a half of economic turmoil. After its launching, the “CEE, RUSSIA & CIS 2009 Insurance Regional Survey” will be available for free download on www.insurance.1asig.ro.

It is also our pleasure to invite you to be our special guest at the Baden-Baden XPRIMM Symposium 2010!