Matthew G. Krimmel

Deloitte • June 1 2020

Deloitte Czech Republic Has Two New Partners

Starting from June, Deloitte Czech Republic has two new partners. They are Marek Kouřil from Consulting and Petr Neuschl from Tax and Legal.

Deloitte Czech Republic strengthens its position on both the regional and global level. Jaroslav Škvrna becomes the CEO of Deloitte Central Europe, covering 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and Diana Rádl Rogerová, the Managing Partner at Deloitte Czech Republic, is newly responsible for the strategic management of Deloitte

Deloitte • November 18 2019

Prague: The Number of Tourists Grows Faster Than of the Hotel Beds

In addition to Prague, the study also focused on Amsterdam, Barcelona, Budapest and Vienna. And Prague remains one of the most popular destinations.

This study confirms the difference foreign tourists make, the number of which increased between 2016 and 2018 by 838 thousand per year.

In the given period, only Amsterdam was visited by more tourists, recording an increase of more than 1.5 million.

UNIQA Group Online Presse-Center • May 20 2019

UNIQA Annual General Meeting: Dividend Rises Again

On the basis of good business performance in 2018 and the upturn in consolidated net profit of over € 70 million to €243 million, the Annual General Meeting of UNIQA Insurance Group AG (UNIQA) held on 20 May 2019 agreed to the proposal of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board and approved the seventh consecutive dividend increase to 53 cents per share (2017: 51 cents).

UNIQA Group Online Presse-Center • February 21 2019

UNIQA 2018: More Premiums, Increased Earnings and Higher Dividends

UNIQA CEO Andreas Brandstetter on the preliminary annual results: “2018 was a solid year for us in several respects.

We expanded and obtained new customers in the 18 countries in which we operate. We further improved our combined ratio to 96.8 per cent, due to comparatively low expenses for weather damage among other reasons and increased consolidated net profit by more than €70 million to €243 million.

Based on this expected result and our capital requirement that is at a strong international level of more than 250 per cent, we are able to propose the seventh dividend increase in a row of 53 cents.”

UNIQA Group Online Presse-Center • December 17 2018

Alexander Bockelmann is moving to Switzerland

Alexander Bockelmann, Chief Digital Officer and Management Board member of UNIQA Österreich Versicherungen AG and UNIQA International AG, will be leaving the company at his own request at the end of January 2019.

He will take on the position of Chief IT Officer within the Corporate Executive Committee of the Swiss Baloise Group

UNIQA Group Online Presse-Center • September 7 2018

CERN in Vienna: UNIQA Tower to Become a Particle Accelerator

The CERN event “Research? What’s that to me!" at the Vienna Natural History Museum at 7 p.m. on Saturday, 8 September, will be the talk of the town with the UNIQA Tower.

During the event and on four more evenings, the LED façade of the UNIQA headquarters by the Danube Canal will display a mix of particle acceleration, fusion and explosion.

More than 40,000 picture elements and 160,000 individual LEDs on the 7,000 square meters of the building’s outer surface will illustrate the main activities and the importance of the European research center CERN.

UNIQA Group Online Presse-Center • August 22 2018

UNIQA After First Six Months of 2018: Recurring Premiums Up, Improved

In the first half of 2018, UNIQA Insurance Group AG (UNIQA) increased its recurring premiums written including savings portions by 3.1 per cent while its earnings before taxes were up 47.5 per cent to €140.8 million compared with the previous year’s figure.

This includes one-time gains on disposal of €47.4 million in the first quarter of 2018 from the sale of the indirect interest in Casinos Austria Aktiengesellschaft.

KPMG • May 30 2017

Survey of Shopping Habits in the Czech Republic 2017

Most Czechs have become used to recycling plastic; as many as 80% of people in small villages say they “always” sort it, compared to 65% in cities.

The correlation between the size of the place of residence and recycling is even more apparent in the sorting of metal: 51% of people in the smallest villages say they “always” sort it, compared to a mere 27% of city people.

GFK • April 26 2017

More than Half of Americans Prefer Relaxing Vacations over Active Ones

A GfK global study in 17 countries reveals that more than half (54%) of people in the US prefer a vacation where they “relax and take it easy”--- while another 38% would opt for “an active vacation where I do or see lots of things.”

GFK • March 23 2017

Majority of Internet Users Read Books Either Daily or at Least Once a Week

A 17-country report just released by global market analysts, GfK, shows that 30 percent of the international online population read books “every day or most days”.

This population is lead by China at 36 percent, closely followed by Spain and the UK at 32 percent each. However, if the segment is widened to include both daily readers and those who read “at least once a week”, the international total rises to 59 percent, with China firmly in the lead (70 percent of its population), followed by Russia (59 percent) and Spain (57 percent).

GFK • July 13 2016

Consumer Climate in Europe Increases Significantly

Media discussions were dominated above all by country-specific topics in the second quarter. As a result, the economic and income expectations and propensity to buy indicators in the different European countries show varying pictures.

All in all, however, the consumer climate for the EU28 underwent a considerable increase from March to June 2016, rising by 4.1 points to 13.1 points. You can see the indicators of 15 European countries on our website: http://consumer-climate.gfk.com.