Insurance industry targets 20 percent growth this year

Vietnam’s insurance sector has targeted a growth rate of 20 percent this year, according to the Vietnam Insurance Association.
Insurance industry targets 20 percent growth this year ảnh 1The country’s insurance sector has targeted a growth rate of 20 per cent this year, according to the Vietnam Insurance Association. (Photo: tbck.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam’s insurancesector has targeted a growth rate of 20 percent this year, according to the VietnamInsurance Association.

Bui Gia Anh, the association’s general secretary, said theinsurance market had maintained its strong growth so far this year.

The mechanisms and policies in the insurance industry werenearly complete while businesses had secured their financial security tobecome more competitive and effective, Anh said.

The total assets of insurance companies in the first sevenmonths of the year were estimated at 423.4 trillion VND (18.2 billion USD),representing a 19 percent year-on-year increase.

During the period, insurance companies re-invested nearly 342.8trillion VND into the economy, marking a rise of 26 percent from the sameperiod last year.

The sector’s total revenue in the January-July period surgedby 24 percent from the same period last year to 71.1 trillion VND. Insurancefirms paid out 10.3 trillion VND to customers in the period, up 30 percent. Thenumber of new insurance contracts reached 1.22 million, a 27 percent rise.

Previously, leaders of some insurance companies forecast thatthe sector's growth rate would be lower than in previous years. However, it hasgrown more quickly than expected so far this year.

The country now has 64 life insurance firms, 18 non-lifeinsurance firms, two reinsurance businesses and 14 other insurance brokers.

According to Ngo Trung Dung, the association’s deputy generalsecretary, the country now has 779,600 insurance agents.Agent quality has been an area of focus for life insurance companies,and firms have introduced policy adjustment to develop strong agent channels.

The Vietnam Report Company earlier this month announced alist of the 10 most prestigious life insurance companies in Vietnam 2019. Thelist included Bao Viet, Prudential, AIA, Dai-ichi Life, Manulife, ChubbLife, Sun Life, Hanwa Life, Cathay Life and Mirae Asset.

The most prestigious non-life insurance companies named wereBao Viet, PVI, Petrolimex, PTI, Bao Minh, BIC, VietinBank, MIC, Liberty andAviation Insurance.-VNS/VNA
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