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Franz Kosyna, Member of the Executive Board of Vienna Insurance Group. Vienna Insurance Group Financing of Investments. 5 th Vienna Economic Forum: November 10 th , 2008. Vienna Insurance Group Operating in 23 countries of Central and Eastern Europe
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Franz Kosyna, Member of the Executive Board of Vienna Insurance Group Vienna Insurance GroupFinancing of Investments 5th Vienna Economic Forum: November 10th, 2008
Vienna Insurance Group Operating in 23 countriesof Central and Eastern Europe Largest Insurance Groupin Central- and Eastern Europe* No other Insurance Group has a higher CEE-share of premiums Around 23,000 employees Vienna Insurance Group * VIG-definition CEE: CZ, SK, PL, RO, BG, HR, HU
Think globally – act locally Since more than 180 years successful in Austria – More than 15 years of success in CEE Continuous expansion by organic growth and through acquisitions Local management Exchange of know-how within the Group Multi-brand policy Multi-channel distribution Vienna Insurance Group reinvests profits earned in a CEE country within that country
VIG Investment Strategy VIG follows a long-term and selective strategy Long term – engagements • Stakes in insurance companies (national and international) to expand business • Stakes in non-insurance companies to support insurance business development (e.g. private hospitals, laboratories, hotels) Selective engagements • Selective market entrancein CEE regions and expansion in already entered markets through acquisitions and organic growth
CEE Region Offers Multiple Growth Insurance Density (USD) Versicherungsd Insurance BIP Wachstum GDP Growth urchdringung Penetration 2007 2007 – – 2009F 2009F 1 1 2007 2007 2 2 CEE CEE 5,0% 5,0% 3,3% 3,3% Ö Ö sterreich sterreich 2,3% 2,3% 5,8% 5,8% EU 15 EU 15 1,8% 1,8% 9,2% 9,2% Spain population: 10mn GDP per Capita (USD) 1 Premiums in % of GDP. 2 Weighted average for CEE. CEE is defined as Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Stepwise expansion to the family of Vienna Insurance Group
Vienna Insurance Group – Number 1 in CEE Top market positions in the countries Vienna Insurance Group Poland: 4. position Czech Rep.:2. Position Ukraine: 2. position MTPL Austria: 1. position Slovakia: 2. position motor vehicle ins.: 1. position Bulgaria: 1. position Romania: 1. position Georgia: 1. position Croatia: 4. position2. position Life Albania: 2. position Serbia: 4. position1. position Life Core markets
Transaction Erste Bank Acquisition of the Erste Group insurance companies • Enormous customer potential • Expansion of market position in Central and Eastern Europe • General Distribution Agreementbetween Erste Group and the Vienna Insurance Group
Placement of 23 million shares Volume of the capital increase: approx. EUR 1.14 billion Financing Successful Capital Increase 2008: largest ever share offering by an insurance Group on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Issue of a hybrid bonds with an volume of EUR 250 million • to strengthen equity capital • to finance acquisitions in Central and Eastern Europe