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Undecided battle at the top of insurance market: Astra has more underwritten premiums, Allianz has more collected premiums
10.03.2011, 23:35 | Insurance | 706 views
Astra Asigurări, a company controlled by businessman Dan Adamescu, climbed to the top position of the ranking of Romanian insurance companies after underwriting 1.11 billion lei (264 million euros) in gross premiums last year, toppling Allianz-}iriac, which had filled the no.1 position for seven years. The Germans at Allianz, however, feature in the statistics of the UNSAR (insurers' professional association) with the biggest volume of premiums collected, almost 1.13 billion lei, 91 million lei more than the premiums collected by Astra. Read more on ZF.ro
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