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KÖBE

Hungarykobe.hu ↗#15 of 25 in Hungary, FY 2025
Updated 11 Nov 2026
Sources and updates
Source
MABISZ quarterly report; lines, solvency and claims from each insurer's SFCR
Latest figures
FY 2025, H1 2026
Next update
Jan–Sep 2026, around December 2026

Sources for HungaryWhat changed

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Share
Premium
€53m
1.0% of Hungary
Growth
−7.5%
FY 2025 vs 2024, in HUF · market +14.9%
Life share
0%
of own premium
Capital cover
201%
SCR ratio · €25m held vs €13m required
Claims and costs
94%
combined ratio after reinsurance · gross 75% · market 87%
In shortNumber 15 of 25 in Hungary with 1.0% of premium; its premium fell 7.5% while the market grew 14.9%. Its non-life business made money on underwriting, with a combined ratio of 94% after reinsurance against 87% for the market; before reinsurance it was 75%, with 57% of its non-life premium passed to reinsurers. It holds 2.0 times the capital it must hold.

Latest resultsH1 2026, year to date: €28m of premium, −11.2% on H1 2025 (market +2.6%); share 0.9% (−0.1 pp), #18 of 25. More

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KÖBE's line mix, and where it stands among the 25 insurers in Hungary on each measure, FY 2025.

Line mix
Motor TPL68%
Property12%
Casco11%
Liability7%
Accident1%
Size#15 of 25 by premium
€53m
larger than 42%median €107m
GrowthFY 2025 against 2024, in HUF
−7.5%
ahead of 4%median +10.5%
Claims and costsnon-life combined ratio, after reinsurance
94%
better than 44%median 91%
Capital coverSCR ratio: own funds ÷ SCR
201%
ahead of 55%median 201%
Return on equitynet profit ÷ average equity
7.0%
ahead of 17%median 25.0%

Each bar runs from the weakest to the strongest of the insurers in Hungary 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
Gránit2.2%2.1%2.2%2.2%2.1%
Medicover (Medicare)0.8%0.9%1.1%1.2%1.1%
KÖBE1.3%1.2%1.3%1.3%1.0%
Genertel1.0%1.0%1.1%1.1%1.0%
CIG EMABIT0.0%0.4%0.7%0.8%0.9%

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.

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Solvency

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

Capital at year end

Capital cover

    Company details

    Legal name
    KÖBE Közép-európai Kölcsönös Biztosító Egyesület
    Registered seat
    Budapest, Hungary
    Website
    kobe.hu
    LEI
    529900HVP4DAV3S2OD53

    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 KÖBE

    Short answers from the figures on this page.

    What is KÖBE's market share in Hungary?

    KÖBE wrote €52.9m of premium in FY 2025, 1.0% of all premium in Hungary, ranking #15 of 25 insurers; its premium fell 7.5% on FY 2024 in HUF.

    Who owns KÖBE?

    Polisa records no group for KÖBE in FY 2025.

    What does KÖBE sell?

    KÖBE is a non-life insurer; its largest lines in FY 2025 are motor TPL (67.5% of its premium), property (12.5%) and casco (11.4%).

    Is KÖBE well capitalised?

    KÖBE's SCR ratio was 201% at 31 December 2025: it held 2.0 times the capital Solvency II requires, against a median of 201% for the insurers in Hungary.

    Is KÖBE profitable?

    KÖBE made a net profit of €1.8m in FY 2025, a return on equity of 7.0%; its non-life combined ratio was 94% after reinsurance.

    Is KÖBE growing?

    KÖBE's premium fell 7.5% in HUF in FY 2025 while the market in Hungary grew 14.9%.

    Sources for this page

    Premium: MABISZ (Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies), quarterly report for Q4, per member: total, life, non-life and motor TPL (kgfb). Other 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). KÖBE (Hungary): premium, market share, lines, solvency and claims [Data version 2026-11-11.13378f]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://polisapro.com/insurers/hu-kobe

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    @misc{polisa_insurers_hu_kobe_2026,
      author       = {{Polisa}},
      title        = {KÖBE (Hungary): premium, market share, lines, solvency and claims},
      year         = {2026},
      version      = {2026-11-11.13378f},
      howpublished = {\url{https://polisapro.com/insurers/hu-kobe}},
      note         = {Accessed 11 November 2026}
    }

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