EANS-Adhoc: UNIQA Insurance Group AG / UNIQA significantly improves capital position to 215 per cent

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other/Economic capital requirement ratio
21.04.2017

The economic capital requirement ratio of the UNIQA Group was 215 per
cent on 31 December 2016 on the basis of the internal management
formula and thus at a very high level. This economic capital
requirement ratio already reflects the sale of shares in Italy. The
year-on-year improvement is around 33 percentage points. As well as
operating improvements in the actuarial field of health and life
insurance, the sale of the Italian companies (closing expected in
Q2/17) was a major driver of the increased capital ratio.

The market consistent embedded value after minority interests of the
UNIQA Group improved by 7.3 per cent in the past year to EUR 5,068
million (2015: EUR 4,725 million). The value of in-force business
(VIF) in life and health insurance increased by 14.1 per cent to EUR
2,107 million (2015: EUR 1,847 million). The new business margin
improved to 4.3 per cent (2015: 2.4 per cent); for CEE, it remained
at a persistently high level of 5.4 per cent in 2016 (2015: 6.0 per
cent).

These once again significantly improved ratios impressively
demonstrate the positive progress in the sustainable strengthening of
the profitability of the core business as part of the long-term
growth strategy UNIQA 2.0 launched in 2011. At the same time, the
progressive dividend policy with annual increases in the dividend per
share is thus continued and secured for the long term.

The provisional regulatory capital requirement ratio according to
Solvency II (EIOPA standard formula) as of 31 December 2016 was 202
per cent. In accordance with the legal regulations, this does not yet
take into account the sale of the Italian entities.

ECR Report, ECR & MCEV Presentation and MCEV Disclosure will be
published on Group's Website at www.uniqagroup.com.

The following UNIQA securities are admitted for trading on a
regulated market:

Issue: ISIN: Trading segment:
Share AT0000821103 Vienna Stock Exchange
Official trading
UNIQA subord. bond 13-43 XS0808635436 Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Regulated Market
UNIQA subord. bond 15-46 XS1117293107 Vienna Stock Exchange
Second Regulated Market

Further inquiry note:
UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Norbert Heller
Tel.: +43 (01) 211 75-3414
mailto:norbert.heller@uniqa.at

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Untere Donaustraße 21
A-1029 Wien
phone: 01/211 75-0
mail: investor.relations@uniqa.at
WWW: http://www.uniqagroup.com
sector: Insurance
ISIN: AT0000821103
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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