Segment reporting
The accounting policies for the reportable segments are in line with the consolidated accounting policies. Earnings before taxes for the segments were determined taking the following components into consideration: summation of the IFRS profits/(losses) in the individual companies, taking the elimination of net investment income in the respective segment and impairment of goodwill into consideration. All other consolidation effects (profit/(loss) for the period of associates, elimination of intercompany profits/(losses) and other cross-segment effects) are included in “Consolidation”. The segment profit/(loss) thus obtained is reported to the Management Board of UNIQA Insurance Group AG for managing 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)
- Southeastern Europe (SEE – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
- Western Europe (WE – Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
- Administration
Due to the planned sale of the Limited Liability Company “Insurance Company “Raiffeisen Life” (Moscow, Russia) (referred to below as “Raiffeisen Life”), the earnings components attributable to the company have been reclassified to profit/(loss) from discontinued operations in accordance with the provisions of IAS 8 for the 2023 financial year and the comparative year 2022 and are therefore not included in earnings before taxes.
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.