Segment reporting

The accounting and measurement methods of the segments that are subject to mandatory reporting correspond with the consolidated accounting and measurement methods. The earnings before taxes for the segments were determined taking the following components into consideration: summation of the IFRS profits in the individual companies, taking the elimination of net investment income in the various segments and impairment of goodwill into consideration. All other consolidation effects (profit/(loss) for the period at associates, elimination of interim results, and other overall effects) are included in “Consolidation”. The segment profit/(loss) obtained in this manner is reported to the Management Board of UNIQA Insurance Group AG to manage the Group in the following operating segments:

UNIQA Austria – includes the Austrian insurance business.

UNIQA International – includes all international primary insurance companies and international service companies as well as investment management companies and pension funds. This segment is divided on a regional basis into the following main areas:

  • Central Europe (CE – Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary)
  • Eastern Europe (EE – Romania and Ukraine)
  • Russia (RU)
  • Southeastern Europe (SEE – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
  • Western Europe (WE – Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
  • Administration

Reinsurance – includes UNIQA Re AG (Zurich, Switzerland) and the reinsurance business of UNIQA Insurance Group AG.

Group functions – includes the remaining items for UNIQA Insurance Group AG (net investment income and administrative costs) as well as all other remaining Austrian and international service companies.

Reinsurance
An insurance company insures part of its risk via another insurance company.
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