BALTA INSURANCE GROUP (EQUITY)

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Project ID 19477

Status Complete

Location

Latvia

Business Sector

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 19477

Status Complete

Location

Latvia

Business Sector

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

26 Jun 2001

Disclosure date

29 Jun 2001

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

The EBRD proposes to acquire approximately 24 per cent of the share capital in Balta, Latvia from Codan a leading Danish insurance company and subsidiary of Royal & SunAlliance of the United Kingdom, following Codan’s recent acquisition of approximately 99 per cent of Balta. The Danish IØ Fund will also acquire approximately 17 per cent of Balta from Codan.

The investment will support the development of the Latvian insurance market and will contribute to the strengthening of the local capital markets.

Transition Impact

The project will bring in foreign know-how as Codan will introduce a comprehensive range of training programmes for local staff and increased product knowledge. Codan will also bring much-needed credibility through its high professional standards to an industry that has seen little foreign ownership to date. The project will also bring a greater emphasis on commercial insurance and thus to the provision of enhanced insurance products for companies and particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Client

Balta insurance group is a Latvian non-life and life insurance provider consisting of three companies: Balta, Latva and Rigas Apdrosinasanas Sabiedriba (RAS). Balta is the largest insurance group in Latvia and one of the largest insurers in the Baltics with a 21 per cent market share of the Latvian non-life insurance market and 29 per cent of the life assurance market.

EBRD Finance

Acquisition of approximately 24 per cent of the share capital of Balta for approximately LVL 5 million (€9.1 million).

Project Cost

Approximately LVL 20 million ( €36.4 million)

Environmental Impact

Balta will conduct its insurance and asset management operations in accordance with the EBRD’s Environmental Guidelines for the Insurance Sector.

Technical Cooperation

None.

Company Contact

Transition impact

ETI Score:85

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

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No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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