CASCO insurance policies generated the largest share of revenue – RON107.57 million, down 1.5% from June 2010, followed by RCA civil car liability insurance – RON51.96 million, compared to RON79.41 million in the first six months of 2010.

Fire and natural disaster insurance policies gained 58.9% in the period, to RON32.42 million.

UNIQA Asigurari paid damage claims worth RON114.47 million for CASCO policies (down 6.7% on the year), RON60.31 million for RCA policies (down 12.1%).

The company’s portfolio included 467,860 policies active at the end of June, of which 149,907 were RCA policies, 73,171 – CASCO and 118,253 – fire and natural disaster insurance.

UNIQA Asigurari (formerly Unita) is one of the top ten players on the local insurance market.

Last year, underwritten premiums dropped 12.9%, to RON432.4 million, and the insurer switched to a loss, with RON56.1 million in the red, from a net profit of RON2.48 million in 2009.

The company has a share capital of RON320.26 million, entirely owned by the Austrian group UNIQA, which also owns Uniqa Asigurari de Viata (formerly Agras). (EUR1=RON4.2567)