News Serbia: Serbia’s Growth Paradox: Small Businesses Drive Jobs but Struggle to Compete in Global Markets
Serbia’s SMEs drive employment and economic growth but face low productivity, financing barriers, skills shortages and slow digital adoption, limiting their global competitiveness. The OECD urges stronger policy implementation, targeted investment and international cooperation to help businesses expand, attract investors and accelerate economic development.
News Serbia: Croatia's Fortenova completes exit from Serbia's retail market
Croatia's Fortenova Group said on Tuesday it has completed its exit from the Serbian retail market after all conditions for the sale of its retail businesses in the country to local firm Alta Retail were fulfilled.
News Serbia: Serbia Uses Costly Commercial Loans to Fund Promised ‘Leap Forward’
Serbia has turned to commercial banks to fund its ‘Leap Into The Future’ investment drive. With interest rates high, the government has picked a ‘very awkward moment’ for such a strategy, economists warn.
News Serbia: Serbian banks loan portfolio expands 16% y/y in Sept
Loans extended by banks in Serbia totalled 4.82 trillion dinars ($46 billion/41 billion euro) at the end of September, up by an annual 15.7% and 1.3% higher on a monthly basis, the Association of Serbian Banks (ASB) said.
News Serbia: Serbia Legalizes Digital Assets Trading and Issuance
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News Serbia: Serbian insurance premiums reach $493M
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News Serbia: Snapsheet Appraisals Software Goes International with Generali in Serbia
Automated appraisals improve efficiency and customer engagement for Generali Osiguranje SrbijaCHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Snapsheet, a pioneer in virtual appraisals technology and a leader in cloud-native claims management solutions, announced the launch of the Snapsheet Appraisals module with Generali Osiguranje Srbija. Generali Osiguranje Srbija is a leader in the Serbian insurance market, part of the Generali Group and one of the largest global insurance and asset management providers as they serve more than 2.5 million insureds across all lines of business. The launch of the Snapsheet Appraisals module digitizes and intelligently automates the end-to-end appraisals process to improve the customer experience while improving operations. Backed by a decade of proven experience, Snapsheet Appraisals is designed to solve the most challenging aspects of virtual inspections and estimating for carriers in any country. Generali Osiguranje Srbija launched Snapsheet Appraisals to enable automated photo capture, omni-channel communications and intelligent assignment workflows for motor claims. Insureds, claimants, fleet managers, repair facilities, internal and external appraisers are all seamlessly connected and proactively managed by the platform.As a testament to the configurability of the technology and Snapsheet’s global cloud architecture, Generali Osiguranje Srbija self-configured and launched the platform with Serbian and English language options in less than 60 days.Snapsheet Appraisals is a module within Snapsheet Cloud’s automated claims management platform, along with Snapsheet Claims and Snapsheet Payments. Snapsheet’s global and GDPR compliant cloud architecture enables a true SaaS model to launch rapidly with modular features to add functionality and enable innovation. This allows for a reduced expense and expedites the time to market.“In order to provide our customers with the best possible user experience, we strive to constantly improve our services, and launching the Snapsheet platform is an important step forward. By using this platform, clients have the opportunity to regulate the liquidation of damages, in just a few steps, in the shortest possible time,” said Veselin Danilovac, member of the Executive Board of Generali Osiguranje Srbija. “The platform launched seamlessly in less than two months, including translation of the entire platform to Serbian–from the mobile self-service app to the back-end tools.”“Our mission is to make claims simple for everyone, from file handlers to customers to vendors, and this mantra has been proven through this partnership and launch,” said CJ Przybyl, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Snapsheet. “We are thrilled to help Generali Osiguranje Srbija achieve increased efficiencies while also improving engagement with customers.” Snapsheet transforms claims experiences for partners around the globe, from the world’s largest insurance carriers like Generali to Insurtechs, self-insured risk management organizations and third-party administrators.About Snapsheet Snapsheet is a leader in cloud-native claims management technology, enabling the most innovative claims organizations to deliver the best experiences for customers. With a focus on engagement, digitization and intelligent automation, Snapsheet provides unmatched technology and processes that improve customer experience, drive greater organizational agility and deliver transformational benefits through its Snapsheet Cloud software suite– Snapsheet Claims, Snapsheet Appraisals and Snapsheet Payments – as well as through Snapsheet Appraisal Services.Snapsheet leads the industry in claims process innovation and, in partnership with Clearcover, has created the fastest digital auto insurance claims process on the market. As a trusted innovation partner, Snapsheet works with more than 100 clients, including many of the largest insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and insurtech and sharing economy disruptors. For more information visit snapsheetclaims.com.About Generali Osiguranje Srbija Generali Osiguranje Srbija is the largest international insurance company in the Serbian insurance market and a leader in life and health insurance. It is a member of Generali Group, one of the largest global insurance and asset management providers. Established in 1831, the Generali Group is present in 50 countries in the world, with a total premium income of more than € 69.7 billion in 2019. With nearly 72,000 employees serving 61 million customers, Generali has a leading position in Europe and a growing presence in Asia and Latin America. Through its regional office in Prague, the Generali Group operates in Austria, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia and it is one of the three leading insurers in the region. The Generali Group's ambition is to be the life-time partner to its customers by offering innovative and personalized solutions, thanks to an unmatched distribution network.Media Contacts LaunchSquad for Snapsheet [email protected] Djurdjevic for Generali Osiguranje Srbija [email protected]
News Serbia: Serbian insurers' Q2 premium income rises 6.9% y/y
The combined premium income of Serbian insurance companies rose by an annual 6.9% to 104.3 billion dinars ($994 million/ 888 million euro) in the second quarter of 2026, the central bank, NBS, said.
News Serbia: Serbia secures IMF approval for next stage of reform program
SARAJEVO, May 6 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and Serbia have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review under a 36-month arrangement to help support economic reforms in the ...
News Serbia: Serbia's hospitality industry prices rise 5.2% y/y in August
Prices at Serbia's restaurants and hotels increased by 5.2% on the year in August, slowing down from a 5.6% annual rise posted in July, the statistical office said on Thursday.
News Serbia: Serbia’s Screen Industries in Crisis Amid Claims That Blacklists, ‘State-Sponsored Censorship’ Are Designed to ‘Starve Independent Production’
Industry groups say they're being starved of financing and shut out by state-aligned media over opposition to right-wing government.
News Serbia: Serbia steps into the future: Robots and Drones – The new power of Serbian industry PHOTO/VIDEO
With the opening of a humanoid robot factory in Šabac and a new facility for assembling Israeli drones, new production capacities are being developed in Serbia in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence and unmanned systems.
News Serbia: Serbia revises 2025 GDP growth upwards to 2.1%
Serbia's statistical office said on Thursday that according to preliminary data the country's economy grew by a real 2.1% in 2025, revising an earlier estimate for 2% expansion.
News Serbia: Fitch assigns 'BB+' rating to Serbia's capital Belgrade
Fitch Ratings said it has assigned the Serbian capital Belgrade long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) of 'BB+' with positive outlooks.
News Serbia: Student List candidate Soskic: Serbia’s debt has doubled since 2012, but growth failed to match
Dejan Soskic, a professor at the University of Belgrade School of Economics, former National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor, and current parliamentary candidate ...
News Serbia: Keys To Doing Business In Serbia
Serbia was recognized by the European Training Foundation as an affordable outsourcing market with great potential. This started with IT specialists around 2005 and spread across diverse industries ...
News Serbia: Serbia’s €56.5 Million Deal Opens Doors to Jobs and Fairer Career Growth
UniCredit Bank Serbia brings experience as the first institution to implement this particular EIB initiative in the country, with the new agreement building on its previous programme.
News Serbia: Serbian financial sector's inflation expectations unchanged in August
The Serbian financial sector's short-term and medium-term inflation expectations were unchanged in August compared to July, the central bank, NBS, said.
