VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP
Investor Presentation
Results for the first quarter 2021
VIG - THE LEADING INSURANCE GROUP IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
50
group companies
More than
22 million
customers
Since
1994
continous payout of dividends
Represented in
30
markets
S&P Rating
A+
with stable outlook
Market capitalization
~ €2.8bn
(as of 31 March 2021)
More than
25,000
employees
Solvency Ratio 2020
238%
including transitionals (AT) and based on Partial Internal Model
Dividend per share of
75 Cents
proposal to the AGM
2 STRATEGY | VIG VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP |
STRONG BUSINESS PROFILE AND SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY
Well diversified | Proven |
portfolio over | |
countries and | business |
lines of | model |
business |
M&A - based on | Strong balance | Numerous | Five-pillar |
strong footprint, | sustainability | ||
initiatives to drive | |||
VIG follows | sheet and | strategy: | |
profitability and | |||
selective approach | prudent | Core business | |
enable future | |||
accounting | Customers | ||
viability | |||
Employees | |||
Society | |||
Environment |
▪ VIG is the leading | ▪ | Local |
insurance group in CEE | entrepreneurship | |
▪ Operating in 30 markets | ▪ | Multi-brand policy |
▪ No. 1 in many markets | ▪ | Multi-channel |
throughout the region | distribution | |
▪ Providing insurance | ▪ | Conservative |
solutions for all lines of | investment & | |
business to more than | reinsurance policies | |
22 million customers | ▪ | Binding compliance |
and governance | ||
framework | ||
- Early mover
- 30 years of M&A experience in Central- and Eastern Europe
- Taking advantage of the growth potential in the region
- 2020: Share purchase agreement signed to acquire Aegon's CEE business
- A+ Rating with a stable outlook (S&P)
- Solvency Ratio YE 2020: 238%
- Continuous payout of dividends since 1994
- Dividend policy: distribution in the range of 30 to 50% of Group net profits
▪ Optimisation of | ▪ Exit and reduction |
business model under | scenario for the coal |
Agenda 2020 | industry |
- Clear progress made ▪ Focused on green bond
in the digital | investments: |
transformation of VIG | 2020: €238.2mn |
- Staying ahead of ▪ Investments in non-profit
changes and trends to | housing societies |
make use of future | ▪ Senior sustainability bond |
opportunities | of €500mn issued |
3 STRATEGY | VIG VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP |
SUCCESSFUL TRACK-RECORD OF M&A ACTIVITIES
From a local player to the market in leader in CEE
CEE entry | Expansion | Expansion | ||
1990-1995 | 1996-1999 | 1999-2008 | ||
▪ Early mover in CEE | ▪ Entries into the Hungarian, | ▪ | Successful M&A policy | |
▪ | November 1990: | Polish and Croatian | when insurance markets | |
participation in the founding | insurance markets | were split up among | ||
of the Czechoslovakian | ▪ Branch offices in Italy and | international players | ||
cooperative insurance | Liechtenstein | ▪ | Banking cooperation with | |
company Kooperativa in | ▪ VIG grabbed lion share of | Erste Group and the | ||
Bratislava one year after the | market during | acquisition of its insurance | ||
fall of the Iron Curtain | demonopolisation of MTPL | companies increased VIG's | ||
insurance and strong upturn | share in life throughout the | |||
of insurance demand in | region | |||
CEE | ▪ Foundation of VIG Re (own | |||
reinsurance company) | ||||
4 | STRATEGY |
Strengthening positions and group profile
2009 onwards
-
Gaining access to the last blank areas on the map of
CEE - Focus on bolt-on- acquisitions
- VIG RE branch offices for third party business
- Offering insurance solutions to corporate customers in Northern Europe
PL
HU RO
TR
AEGON-Deal
Signed in November 2020
- Acquisition of non-life and life insurance companies, pension funds, asset management and service companies in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Turkey
- Expansion of VIG's leading market position in CEE
- Closing expected in the 2nd half of 2021
VIG VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP
AEGON CEE TRANSACTION
Delivering on
1 strategy
- Announced transaction is in line with VIG's strategy of building further scale in CEE
- Confirms VIG's #1 position in CEE
- Key terms
- Strategic Merits
- Financially attractive
- Outlook
-
Acquisition of Aegon's non-life and life insurance companies as well as pension funds, and asset management in Hungary, Poland,
Romania and Turkey for €830mn - Share purchase agreement signed on 29 November 2020
- Total premium volume in the four countries: ~€600mn in 2019 / Net profit: ~€50mn in 2019
- Expanding in target geographies with enhanced diversification within CEE
- Gaining 4.5mn new clients and complementary distribution network
- Becoming market leader in Hungary with 19% market share
- Strengthening positions in Poland & Romania
- Expanding pension fund business in Hungary, Poland and Romania; all three companies among top 4
- Extending Turkish presence into life becoming Nr. 7 in life insurance market
- Attractive synergies
- Highly confident in achieving synergies on the back of ~40 acquisitions over the past 15 years in CEE
- Transaction to be financed by internal sources; long-term capital optimisation measures ongoing
- Transaction remains subject to regulatory and anti-trust approvals with closing expected in the second half of 2021. Despite the current denial of approval by the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, which is due to the fact that the acquisition is made by a foreign investor, VIG remains in a dialogue with all local authorities involved and is continuing the approval procedures.
5 STRATEGY | VIG VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP |
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