VIG profit before tax rises 31% in Q1–Q3 2025

Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has reported nett earlier taxation of €872.8m from the archetypal 4th to the 3rd 4th of 2025 (Q1–Q3 2025), an summation of 31% compared to the aforesaid play past year.

The effect was supported by improved combined ratios and concern volume, peculiarly successful the Special Markets, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria segments.

Insurance work gross during the play roseate by 8.6% to €9.7bn owed to maturation crossed each lines of concern and segments during this clip frame.

The insurer’s gross written premiums (GWP) for the reporting play grew to €12.46bn, up 8.6% year-on-year (YoY).

Health security premiums accrued by 12.1%, centrifugal third-party liability premiums roseate by 11.9% and beingness security without nett information grew by 11.8%.

The nett combined ratio astatine the adjacent of Q3 2025 was reported astatine 92.1%, an betterment of 2.2 percent points compared to past year’s effect of 94.3%.

A cardinal crushed for this betterment was little weather-related claims, which were astir €160m successful the reporting play versus astir €338m the erstwhile year.

In October 2025, pursuing a concern operation statement with Nürnberger, VIG published a voluntary connection to get up to 100% of Nürnberger’s stock capital.

Before this announcement, organization shareholders astatine Nürnberger had agreed to tender shares representing astir 64.4% of its stock capital.

As of 24 November 2025, taxable to confirmation, VIG had secured 11,333,375 shares, including those already held oregon different obtained, accounting for astir 98.38% of Nürnberger’s stock superior and voting rights.

The woody is acceptable for completion by 2nd fractional of 2026, taxable to customary conditions and regulatory approval.

VIG CEO Hartwig Löger said: “2025 has been a singular twelvemonth for VIG successful respective respects. Firstly, we are expecting an exceptional year-end result, which has enabled america to amended our outlook for the fiscal year.

“Secondly, the planned acquisition of Nürnberger is the largest transaction successful the past of our Group. The purpose of diversifying done the peculiar marketplace Germany is to enactment VIG’s semipermanent profitable maturation strategy successful CEE [central and eastbound Europe] portion positioning Nürnberger besides arsenic a starring supplier of biometric solutions wrong the Group.”

Based connected show successful the archetypal 3 quarters, VIG has revised upwards its full-year pre-tax nett forecast for 2025 to betwixt €1.10bn and €1.15bn.

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