CEO and the chairman introduce to You the most important achievements of the year. By reading those letters you will find out, what was the main achievement. Whatever on those statements will make you interested, for sure you will find it further on this website.
On behalf of the Management Boards of the PZU Group companies, I hereby convey to you our activity report for 2018.
Last year, economic conditions on the global capital markets were challenging for investors. High volatility returned to the financial markets. Positive sentiments persisted only at the outset of the year, riding the wave of optimism from 2017 when the main indices of the Polish stock exchange rose by more than 20%.
2018 was a very successful year for the Polish economy. High GDP growth, equilibrium in the current account balance, the extremely low public finance sector’s deficit and the unemployment rate coming in at a level unrecorded in nearly 30 years formed great conditions for doing business. Relying on its strong brand and economies of scale, the PZU Group leveraged this period to strengthen its competitive edge and develop all areas of its operations.
These results affirm our unwavering strategy execution, not just in terms of the overarching objective of return on equity (ROE) but also in terms of various lines of business, efficiency and profitability parameters.
In 2018, the PZU Group attained a very robust combined ratio (COR) in non-life insurance – 86.6% in Poland.
2018 confirmed PZU Życie’s strong position as the leader in the periodic premium segment. PZU Życie’s share of the periodic premium insurance market at the end of Q3 2018 was at its highest since 2010 and was equal to 46%. Such a superb result was possible thanks to maintaining the very high attractiveness of the product offer, including an ever higher number of riders coupled with suitable risk pricing.
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Revolutionary telematic solution for the security area. It was made available to the clients in December 2018. More than 300 deviced were already in operation at the end of February.
Development work (including pilot programs) in the dynamic pricing area that facilitates optimization of prices in real time.
Execution of projects regarding underwriting based on pictures and rapid quotation when buying real estate on the web.
24 insurance products were rolled out in the banking offer, thereby ensuring the presence of PZU’s products in all the banks’ product lines.
Introduction of new health insurance products and riders to group insurance products. Network development through further greenfield, M&A projects and partnerships. At the end of 2018, PZU Zdrowie cooperated with more than 2,100 partner centers in more than 500 towns and cities in Poland. Its own medical center network was comprised of more than 60 entities.
Execution of pilot processes, e.g. processes upading the system of court proceedings Robots gather data for employees in a specific place and perform simple operations
Launch of a website that allows a reported claim to be valued in a record time. The outcome of these efforts is the shortening of the time it takes to register claims from 15 to 5 minutes. The number of cases registered by the Internet service has jumped up by 20% and the TPL/MOD service quality indicators improved more than 10-fold
Launch of a contemporary portal for clients, providing access to online product sales and booking appointments. Development work is carried out to provide further functions, including expansion of the product and service offering.
The new unveiling of the pzu.pl portal providing access to claim reporting forms and contacts with an insurance agent.
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Smart client needs analysis
Utilization of Big Data
Solutions based on artificial Intelligence
Flexible and multi-channel distribution network
Innovative mobile solutions
Fast and efficient service
Robotics
Advanced underwriting and tariff-setting methods
Protection against the effects of events of chance – risk valuation, premium calculation and investment, payment of claims
Health care – offering health insurance and medical care services, prophylactics, prevention, promoting a healthy lifestyle
Financial security protection – growing savings, capital accumulation programs
Conducting banking activities, including taking deposits, extending credits and loans, running bank accounts, handling cash settlements and rendering payment services
Protection against the effects of events of chance – risk valuation, premium calculation and investment, payment of claims
Health care – offering health insurance and medical care services, prophylactics, prevention, promoting a healthy lifestyle
Financial security protection – growing savings, capital accumulation programs
Conducting banking activities, including taking deposits, extending credits and loans, running bank accounts, handling cash settlements and rendering payment services