Growth was driven by the casualty segment, which grew 21.4%, and life insurance, which grew 51.2%.
The group’s pre-tax profit in Romania stood at EUR5.6 million.
VIG is the largest insurance group in Romania where it controls insurers Omniasig, Asirom and BCR Asigurari de Viata. The group’s market share increased three percentage points last year, to 23%, the company said in a statement.
On a group level, VIG’s underwritten gross premiums declined 1.4%, to EUR9 billion, and the group posted a net profit of EUR1.1 billion.