Management Board report on the activity of the PZU Group and PZU SA (2021)
2021 Management Board's report on the activity of the
for the accounting year ended
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CEO Letter to Shareholders |
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board Statement |
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1.1 Potential |
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1.2 Brand |
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1.3 Mission |
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1.4 Value creation |
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1.5 Milestones in |
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1.6 Awards and distinctions |
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External environment |
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2.1 Main trends in the Polish economy |
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2.2 External environment in the Baltic States and |
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2.3 Situation on the financial markets |
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2.4 Polish and Baltic States insurance sector compared to |
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2.5 Polish banking sector compared to |
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2.6 Regulations pertaining to the insurance market and the financial markets in |
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2.7 Factors that may affect the conditions of operations and the |
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Business |
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3.1 Business model |
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3.2 Insurance |
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3.2.1 Description of the insurance markets on which |
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3.2.2 Activity and product offering of |
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3.2.3 Distribution and customer service |
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3.2.4 Factors, including threats and risks, that may affect the insurance business in 2022 |
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3.3 Medical care |
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3.3.1 Situation on the health market |
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3.3.2 Activity and product offering |
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3.3.3 Distribution and customer service |
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3.3.4 Factors, including threats and risks, that may affect the operations of the health area in 2022 |
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3.4 Investments |
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3.4.1 Mutual funds and pension funds markets |
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3.4.2 Activity and product offering |
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3.4.3 Distribution and customer service |
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3.4.4 Factors, including threats and risks, which may affect the operations of mutual funds, Employee
Capital Schemes and pension funds in 2022 |
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3.5 Banking |
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3.5.1 Situation on the banking market in |
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3.5.2 Activity and product offering |
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3.5.3 Distribution and customer service |
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3.5.4 Factors, including threats and risks, that may affect the operations of the banking area in 2022 |
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3.6 Other areas |
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Strategy in 2021-2024 |
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4.1 PZU Group Strategy in 2021-2024 - #PZU Potential and Growth |
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4.2 Opportunities and challenges 2021+ |
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4.3 Strategic objectives |
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4.4 Strategy operationalization |
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4.5 Major achievements in pursuing the strategy in 2021 |
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4.6 Metrics |
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Financial results |
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5.1 Key factors affecting the financial results achieved |
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5.3 |
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5.4 |
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5.5 Drivers and atypical events affecting the results |
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5.6 |
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5.7 Contribution made by the market segments to the consolidated result |
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5.8 PZU's standalone results |
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Risk management |
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6.1 Objective of risk management |
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6.2 Risk management system |
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6.3 Risk appetite |
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6.4 Risk management process |
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6.5 |
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6.6 Risk vulnerability |
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6.7 Reinsurance operations |
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6.8 Capital management |
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The |
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7.1 Equity and bond market |
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7.2 PZU's share price |
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7.3 Banking sector on the |
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7.4 PZU's investor relations |
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7.5 Analysts' recommendations regarding PZU's shares |
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7.6 |
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7.7 Debt financing of PZU, |
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7.8 Rating |
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7.9 Calendar of PZU's major corporate events in 2022 |
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MANAGEMENT BOARD'S REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY |
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Corporate governance |
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8.1 Application of corporate governance rules |
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8.2 Financial statements control system |
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8.3 Audit firm auditing the financial statements |
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8.4 PZU's share capital and shareholders |
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8.5 Rules for amending PZU's Articles of Association |
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8.6 Shareholder Meeting and shareholder rights |
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8.7 Supervisory Board and Management Board |
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8.8 Compensation paid to members of supervisory and management bodies |
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8.9 Diversity policy |
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Other |
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Appendix: |
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Attachment: Glossary and Alternative Performance |
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Measures |
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In pursuance of the Accounting Act requirements, the Company hereby presents a separate statement of non- financial information related to
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CEO Letter to Shareholders
Beata Kozłowska-Chyła
President of the PZU Management Board
Dear Shareholders,
On behalf of the
In the last reporting period, we functioned in highly volatile surroundings. The subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the clear recovery in the activity of commercial undertakings and consumers, rising inflation and the suitable shift in monetary policy in the latter half of last year and the economic repercussions of the mounting geopolitical crisis in the last quarter were among the factors contributing to that. In the face of uncertainty shaped by a number of new risk factors, the
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Record-breaking gross written premium and earnings
In 2021 the
1.2 billion year on year to the record-breaking watermark of PLN 25.1 billion. This means that it has the leading position in the entire Central and EasteEuropean (CEE) region. From the time PZU went public on the
We also delivered the highest net profit in 12 years, namely from the time when PZU first appeared on the
ambitions and 7.7 p.p. above last year's level. We generated excellent profitability in insurance activity - the combined operating ratio was at a low robust level of 89.2% and in investment activity - the retuin the main portfolio was 5.4% whereby it exceeded the risk-free rate by 4.8 p.p. The rising contribution of banking activity to the net result supported the good results generated on insurance and investment activity. It stood at PLN 604 million versus a loss of PLN 1.2 billion in 2020. This was possible thanks to the improvement in the prospects for lending activity and the positive outcomes of building synergy between the
The generated results form a good prognostic for maintaining the payout of dividends. In 2021 PZU's shareholders received more than PLN 3 billion in dividends, the highest amount paid by any of the companies listed on the
Efficient strategy execution
At the end of
Our strategic ambition is to tuthe
ESG factors and cultivate engaged and effective business relations with employees. In 2021 we intensively expanded our product and service ecosystems to achieve that vision. Among other things we launched the PZU Benefits platform, PZU Sport subscriptions for sports and recreational activity, we introduced a new flexible offer of individual life insurance based on the open group model, subscription and prepaid medical and preventive packages in PZU Zdrowie for individual
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clients, we expanded the inPZU offer to include new index funds, we rolled out the innovative Risk PRO program for clients in the industrial sector and the comprehensive vehicle fleet management system under the name iFleet. We made subscription payments available to clients for many non-life insurance products. PZU set new market standards with many of these newly-implemented solutions.
By pursuing our ESG strategy to tuthe
The preparation of an offer and the large growth in the sales of insurance in bancassurance and through external partnerships deserve emphasis. We would like to utilize to the fullest extent possible the competitive edge afforded to the
We invariably strive to maintain our position as one of the leaders in the technological revolution in the financial industry, which is fostered by having the appropriate corporate culture and structured procedures for sourcing, testing and implementing innovative ideas from inside the organization and from the marketplace. We are also successively enhancing the level of digitalization in our offer, sales channels and service channels. The number of users of our flagship self-service platform called myPZU has surpassed 2.5 million clients.
Poised to face new challenges
The decisions and actions taken in 2021 enabled us to respond effectively to the noticeable growth in insurance awareness among Poles and consequently the higher demand for insurance. Despite these challenging circumstances, we developed our business in all of its most important areas, and in the case of some products and services, we entered market segments that were new to PZU.
This means that the
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