EghtesadOnline: Iran’s insurance companies absorbed 335.9 trillion rials ($7.96 billion) in premiums during the previous fiscal year that ended on March 20, 2018, up by 21.1% when compared with the year before, the head of Central Insurance of Iran said.

EghtesadOnline: The government plans to reduce the percentage of premiums Iranian insurance firms are obligated to entrust to the Central Insurance of Iran for the purpose of reinsurance, the director of the industry’s regulator said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran Chamber of Guilds has put forward a proposal to the Social Security Organization to eliminate employers’ share of insurance premiums for small workshops with fewer than five employees, the head of the chamber said.

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has released data on the volume of per capita insurance premiums and claims paid and received by Iranians during the fiscal 2016-17 as part of its latest annual report.