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Central-bank supervision

GreeceBank of Greece

Insurance supervision in Greece.

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01 / The institution

Bank of Greece

Law 3867/2010 transferred private-insurance supervision to the Bank of Greece. Law 4364/2016 implements the Solvency II framework.

How it is structured

Central-bank supervision

Institutional source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

2025 financial position · Published

Bank of Greece — insurance-market assessment, 4 May 2026 ↗

The Governor’s published market assessment was read, including 2025 supervisory figures. This is an official speech rather than a full financial-stability-report reading; the figures cover insurance undertakings headquartered in Greece.

Natural catastrophe exposure

Protection gap

The assessment highlights low insurance coverage against earthquakes, floods and wildfires, alongside supervision of product value, distribution and digital resilience.

Bank of Greece — insurance-market assessment, 4 May 2026Structural challenges and natural catastrophe sections · Country illustration
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04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. History-of-Supervision-Private-insurance ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. Bank of Greece — insurance-market assessment, 4 May 2026 ↗Checked

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