Austria's Insurance Industry is Optimistic

Professional ServicesInsurance ♦ Published: May 4, 2011; 06:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian insurance industry showed premium increases in all sectors in 2010, with premium income rising by 2.0% to € 16,748bn.

Austria's Insurance Industry is Optimistic / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Total insurance benefits amounted to € 11,808bn in 2010, representing a decrease of 3.1% compared with the previous year.  According to the latest forecasts for 2011, total premium income for the complete year will increase by about 1.4% to € 16,979bn. By December 31, 2010, customers entrusted a total of € 98,300bn in investments to the domestic insurance companies.

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