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IBI-Rating has affirmed the financial strength rating of «UPSK» PrJSC at uaAAifr grade

03.04.2019
Rating agency IBI-Rating informs on determining of the financial strength rating of «UPSK» PrJSC at uaAAifr grade with a «stable» outlook.

«UPSC» PrJSC has been working in the insurance market since 1992. The majority shareholder and Chairman of the supervisory board is Mr. Mikhailov Aleksandr Mikhailovich. The insurer is a member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine and has 36 licenses for carrying out insurance business (20 types of voluntary insurance, 16 types of compulsory insurance). Despite the strong competition in the Ukrainian insurance market, «UPSC» PrJSC demonstrates a relatively stable position among more than 250 participants of the insurance market (non-life), entering in the TOP 20 market leaders in terms of key indicators: the volume of insurance reserves, assets, equity, attracted premiums and payments made. In addition, according to the results of 2018, «UPSC» PrJSC ranked third in terms of the volume of attracted premiums under MOTPL contracts. The insurer has a sufficiently developed regional network, which is located in all oblasts of Ukraine. In addition the company is represented by about 1000 branches of sale the insurance products and customer service centers.

The positive factors of the insurer's activity should include a substantial stock of assets that may be represented by insurance reserves. Moreover, the assets allocation, which are formed by insurance reserves, is assessed as acceptable. Additionally, it should be noted that the diversification of bank deposits in the context of banking institutions (including state institutions) is sufficient, indicated banks have determined the credit ratings that correspond to the high investment level of the national rating grade. In turn, an increase in administrative and service costs (agency fees and costs of brokering services, advertising costs, etc.) have a negatively effects on the performance indicators - the net financial result by 2018 was negative and amounted to UAH (-)20.8 million.

The affirming of the financial strength rating of «UPSK» PrJSC is due to the company's entry into the list of the largest participants in the insurance market of Ukraine, the stable dynamics of the earned insurance premiums, acceptable diversification of the insurance portfolio, high quality and sufficient diversification of assets that represent insurance reserves. In turn, the Rating agency notes the company's loss-making core business, the high value of the combined indicator of loss-making, the instability of the operating environment, the variability of the regulatory field, and the sensitivity of the company's revenue base to changing the situation in the real sector. At the same time, should be noted the good quality of risk reinsurance operations, high quality of insurance claims settlement, availability of a broad client base and well-developed sales channels, which contributes to the stable dynamics of insurance premium receipts, should be noted.

In order to conduct the analytical research the materials provided by «UPSC» PrJSC, have been used, including: annual financial statements for 2016-2018, other necessary internal information, as well as the information from the public sources, which the Rating agency considers credible.

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