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Merkur osiguranje

Merkur groupCroatiamerkur.hr ↗#12 of 14 in Croatia, FY 2025
Updated 11 Nov 2026
Sources and updates
Source
written premium (from 2023), lines, solvency and claims from each insurer's SFCR; HANFA's audited written premium to 2022, its collected premium from 2023 as a note
Latest figures
FY 2025, Jan–Sep 2026
Next update
FY 2026, around April 2027

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Share
Premium
€39m
1.9% of Croatia
Growth
+1.0%
FY 2025 vs 2024, in EUR · market +7.4%
Life share
80%
of own premium
Capital cover
229%
SCR ratio · €62m held vs €27m required
Claims and costs
129%
combined ratio after reinsurance · gross 116% · market 96%
In shortNumber 12 of 14 in Croatia with 1.9% of premium, growing slower than the market. Its non-life business lost money on underwriting, with a combined ratio of 129% after reinsurance against 96% for the market. It holds 2.3 times the capital it must hold.

Latest resultsJan–Sep 2026, year to date: €28m of premium, −1.7% on Jan–Sep 2025 (market +6.1%); share 1.7% (−0.1 pp), #12 of 14. More

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Merkur osiguranje's line mix, and where it stands among the 14 insurers in Croatia on each measure, FY 2025.

Line mix
Life80%
Health12%
Property5%
Accident2%
Size#12 of 14 by premium
€39m
larger than 15%median €110m
GrowthFY 2025 against 2024, in EUR
+1.0%
ahead of 8%median +8.4%
Claims and costsnon-life combined ratio, after reinsurance
129%
better than 0%median 99%
Capital coverSCR ratio: own funds ÷ SCR
229%
ahead of 46%median 231%
Return on equitynet profit ÷ average equity
2.7%
ahead of 15%median 6.1%

Each bar runs from the weakest to the strongest of the insurers in Croatia with that figure in FY 2025; the dot is this insurer, the tick in the middle the median. Combined ratios as shown across the site: after reinsurance where published, else gross. The rose: each petal's area is the line's share of written premium; the dashed ring is a quarter.

Premium and market share

Market share against the nearest rivals

By year

Insurer20212022202320242025
Generali osiguranje8.4%8.0%6.9%7.2%7.3%
UNIQA osiguranje5.1%5.2%5.7%5.7%5.6%
GRAWE Hrvatska4.0%3.9%4.2%3.8%3.8%
Agram Life3.4%3.2%3.1%2.7%2.5%
Merkur osiguranje2.1%2.0%2.2%2.0%1.9%

Lines and claims

Written premium by line with ratios after reinsurance for the year selected (gross, marked, where the insurer gives no net figures for a line); the market figure on the same basis sits under each ratio.

All figures

Savings and protection in life

Life premium by kind

Solvency

DetailsCapital in detailOwn funds against the capital requirement, and the risks it covers

Capital at year end

Capital cover

    Also in the Merkur group

    3 companies in 3 markets · €115m premium, latest year

    All 3 on the Merkur page →
    Slovenia1 company€67m
    Merkur zavarovalnica€67m
    Serbia1 company€8.5m
    Merkur Osiguranje€8.5m

    Company details

    Legal name
    MERKUR OSIGURANJE d.d.
    Registered seat
    Zagreb, Croatia
    Website
    merkur.hr
    LEI
    529900S781HTTWM6KC58

    Legal name, seat and LEI from the Global LEI Index (GLEIF); website from the company's own reports or the supervisor's register, checked 20 Oct 2026.

    Questions about Merkur osiguranje

    Short answers from the figures on this page.

    What is Merkur osiguranje's market share in Croatia?

    Merkur osiguranje wrote €39.1m of premium in FY 2025, 1.9% of all premium in Croatia, ranking #12 of 14 insurers; its premium grew 1.0% on FY 2024.

    Who owns Merkur osiguranje?

    Merkur osiguranje is part of the Merkur group, which has 3 companies in 3 of the 18 markets on Polisa (FY 2025).

    What does Merkur osiguranje sell?

    Merkur osiguranje is a composite insurer; its largest lines in FY 2025 are life insurance (79.8% of its premium), health (12.1%) and property (5.2%).

    Is Merkur osiguranje well capitalised?

    Merkur osiguranje's SCR ratio was 229% at 31 December 2025: it held 2.3 times the capital Solvency II requires, against a median of 230% for the insurers in Croatia.

    Is Merkur osiguranje profitable?

    Merkur osiguranje made a net profit of €1.57m in FY 2025, a return on equity of 2.7%; its non-life combined ratio was 129% after reinsurance.

    Is Merkur osiguranje growing?

    Merkur osiguranje's premium grew 1.0% in FY 2025, slower than the market in Croatia (+7.4%).

    Sources for this page

    Premium: the insurer's SFCR for FY 2025, template S.05.01 (gross written premium), and its SFCRs of 2023 and 2024 for those years; for FY 2021–2022 HANFA, Revidirani pojedinačni podaci (audited written premium per insurer). HANFA's audited collected premium, its per-insurer figure since 2023, is in each insurer's data note. Lines, claims, expenses and solvency: the insurer's SFCR for FY 2025, templates S.05.01 and S.23.01; claims, expenses and solvency for FY 2021–2024 from the SFCRs of those years. How these numbers are built.

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    Polisa. (2026). Merkur osiguranje (Croatia): premium, market share, lines, solvency and claims [Data version 2026-11-11.13378f]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://polisapro.com/insurers/hr-merkur-osiguranje

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      author       = {{Polisa}},
      title        = {Merkur osiguranje (Croatia): premium, market share, lines, solvency and claims},
      year         = {2026},
      version      = {2026-11-11.13378f},
      howpublished = {\url{https://polisapro.com/insurers/hr-merkur-osiguranje}},
      note         = {Accessed 11 November 2026}
    }

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