Lion insurance secures stepwise success

Lion Insurance Company registered another success on its operation in the last financial year.
The insurance company has closed the 2020/21 financial year with over 395 million birr in total premium income up over nine million birr compared with the preceding year that ended on June 30, 2020.
The annual report of Lion Insurance stated that the main reason for such increase is related to the strenuous effort of the work units particularly branches and the support of the management and the board.
It added that in relation to the growth in premium, the net earned premium decreased by 3.7 million birr or 1.2 percent to 306.3 million birr from 310 million birr in the previous year same period.
The production portfolio was topped by the motor class of business as usual by taking 59.1 percent of the gross written premium. The remaining balance of 40.9 percent was accounted for not motor class of business while liability class of business contributed 9.1 percent from non-motor classes followed by pecuniary by 8.3 percent.
During the reported financial year, the claims performance has shown that the amount of gross claims paid was 173 million birr, while net claims uncured was 188 million birr which increased by 1.9 percent compared with the year ended on June 30, 2020.
In the year under review, the company loss ratio was 61 percent which was 59.5 percent a year ago. As usual on the insurance sector in the country the motor loss ratio stood at the top by taking 60.3 percent that increased by 5.3 percent compared with the preceding year.
The technical provision for the year has also increased by over 44 million birr and stood at 475 million birr.
On its operation for the 2020/21 financial year, Lion’s underwriting result showed a corporate surplus of 119 million birr, while it has dropped by about four percent compared with the preceding year.
“The main reason for the decrement of underwriting result compared with the same period of last year was that claims incurred has increased by 3.5 million birr due to high increment in outstanding claims provision by 29.5 million birr for new bonds claims and other class of business,” Lion Insurance elaborated on its report.
It added that on the basis of consolidated revenue account, with the exception of liability and pecuniary classes of businesses all have registered underwriting surplus.
For the year the company has managed to earn 59.1 million birr profit before tax that has increased by almost 11 percent compared with the same period of last year.
The total comprehensive income for the year stood at 58.9 million birr after tax deduction.
As of June 30, 2021 Lion Insurance’s total asset has climbed by over 16 percent and stood at 979 million birr, “this shows that the company is becoming more dependable to its stakeholders in the market.”
The company that was established by 16 million birr paid up capital in the Ethiopian millennium has now reached at 166.2 million birr with 12 percent increment compared with the amount at the end of June 2020.